Posts made by BigDub

@tjcombo said in Woodworking?:

Diving into woodworking with a CNC router is an interesting place to start. The real joy of woodworking (JMHO) is working with hand tools. I do have a good collection of power tools and use them to relieve the drudgery and hard yards of some jobs, but there's nothing quite like watching wood shavings peel out of a hand plane.

Here's a long term project that's nearing completion - hand and power tools used, but not much opportunity for assistance from CNC gear...

Good move building it outdoors. Many Are the stories of people who built boats in the basement.....are they true? Some of them, yes, I believe.
Nice job, so far. I would love to see photos of it finished.

@administrator said in Woodworking?:

@BigDub said in Woodworking?:

This is another thing I made. A rolling storage cart. Fairly simple, but what made it so much more simple to make was the use of the pocket hole Jig. One of the best things for fastening. All the screws are hidden because I did them from the bottom. There are 100 screws holding this together!
It is surprisingly strong and stable, too.

How did you make the pocket holes? I would love to know.

There is a kit available By Krieg and other companies called the pocket hole jig. It consists of a special drill bit for pilot holes, a guide so that the hole is made in the precise angle needed, special screws for this purpose, and a square head bit fitting the screw heads. The way the pre drilled hole is made allows the screw to be flush with the surface and will not be seen from the angle affords the strongest attachment by the way it goes into the side grain.
There are various price points, but here is what one kit looks like.

@Curlydoc said in Woodworking?:

@BigDub , Could use as a taboret.

Oh, definitely. As soon as I find out what a taboret is.

This is another thing I made. A rolling storage cart. Fairly simple, but what made it so much more simple to make was the use of the pocket hole Jig. One of the best things for fastening. All the screws are hidden because I did them from the bottom. There are 100 screws holding this together!
It is surprisingly strong and stable, too.

@Dr-GO said in Woodworking?:

Does this count:

I built this entire laundry room cubicle myself with bead board from Lowe's to match the cabinets I also purchased from Lowe's. The sink cabinet I made from the extra pieces to match the cabinets I mounted on the wall.

@Dr-GO said in Woodworking?:

What about working around wood? I put this wall of back-splash in with the help of my wife again with marble tile I got from Lowe's. Worked from 5 pm to 5 am the next morning to complete the project on a cold (8 degree F day) in February. Had to run a heater in the garage to keep the water from freezing in the stone cutter. Did the entire profect (facing wall not pictured) for $380.00!

Sorry. No, this does not qualify.
Haha, very nice!

@administrator said in Woodworking?:

Anybody here like woodworking? I just bought myself a bunch of tools to get started in woodworking, including a CNC router.

I have done a lot of woodworking and enjoy it very much.
I built a dining room table, music cabinet, coffee table, bathroom vanity, other cabinets, two cradles, and a trumpet. Out of wood.

@barliman2001 said in A little humour:

FACT: Einstein applied for a Chair of Mathematics in Zurich and was rejected because "his theories were too far-fetched for use in academic teaching."

That, sadly, is amazingly similar to my situation, except for the chair of mathematics job, and having theories.

@Dr-GO
That’s how my face would look too after being with Einstein.
Look at his teacher's face. Seems to me his expression says,
“ I didn’t learn a single thing in school!”

Not sure what happened with my post, but here goes again.
This is the last of my “one painting a day sky scapes”.
I added some water and maybe a sailboat, for the topping.
This was done in the total real time of approximately 2 1/2 hrs start to finish.

@Dr-GO said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:

This is the painting for day two. From the best of my recollection, I tried to show how it looked driving along a highway from Charleston, South Carolina to Bluffton, SC as I drove, the boredom became exhilarating with the flaming sunset. Here’s the best I could remember.!

Remember how l commissioned you to paint an ocean scene from my memory?

Yes. How could I forget. Quite a challenge, that one!

Another day, another painting..

This is the painting for day two. From the best of my recollection, I tried to show how it looked driving along a highway from Charleston, South Carolina to Bluffton, SC as I drove, the boredom became exhilarating with the flaming sunset. Here’s the best I could remember.

A new challenge I gave myself is to do a different painting each day for maybe a week ( 5 days ). Hey, I'm the one who made it up, right? I might go longer. We'll see. I wanted to concentrate the subject matter to dramatic sky scapes. Here is day one. Yes, I did complete it in one 2 hour session. It’s small.

During the quarantine I more or less decided that I shouldn’t expect to be too optimistic about selling anything, period.
Well, that was not to be the case. Through various connections, and by that I mean a lot of different means, I was able to sell 8 different pieces of art. This one was purchased from someone in Georgia who had moved away from my area and saw another painting posted by somebody on Google. It was in the photo selections of a Church in Rocky Hill, NJ. Somebody I don’t know posted a photo of my painting on Google for Rocky Hill Reformed Church. That is how this person hunted me down, and then also bought this ship painting!

@Kehaulani said in Artist on BOARD:

Isn't the painting missing the cards and poker chips?

Oh, no. This one is an original. I couldn’t very well copy, now, could I?

@GeorgeB

Thanks, George. I appreciate that very much.

A commission I am working on, it may be done. The paint isn’t even quite dry yet, and acrylics dry pretty fast!

My newest thing, also I did a time-lapse video of the whole thing from start to finish on FaceBook for those who want to watch paint dry, so to speak....