What's funny is I feel that about *your* work! Larger pieces have more room for tolerance, what's 1 millimeter off on a 198cm board? versus a millimeter mistake on a piece that's only 2-3cm wide? yikes. The smoothness of furniture pieces is way more important too, my stuff has gouges all over and I just deal with the imperfections so as not to work forever on a single piece.EarthQuake said:@poopinmymouth every time I see your progress shots I'm astounded at the scale. And then I see you hand-chiseling those big chamfers and talking about hand jointing those boards... I really need to figure out how to tune a plane. Ah well, I've got a jointer coming on Monday so I'll probably push off figuring out how to properly use my Stanley a bit longer. I am getting more confident with a chisel (and sharpening them too) though.
Nice! You can get pretty far with a miter and table saw. A bit of advice: chuck the blades that come with those saws, get a good quality 60 tooth crosscut blade for the miter saw, and a 24 tooth glue line rip blade for the table saw. If you're going to handle sheet goods (plywood etc) or do miters on the table saw (for edge-glued panels or boards too thick to cut on the miter saw), get a good crosscut blade for that too and swap them out depending on the type of cut you're doing. Crosscut blade are best for cutting against the grain or cutting sheet goods and rip blades are best for cutting with the grain or ripping solid boards. A good ripping blade helps to make sure you're not burning hardwood as you cut and will generally make it easier to smoothly and safely push solid wood through the saw, especially dense species like maple. If the budget is limited, buy a nice 40-tooth or so combo blade, it won't be great at either crosscutting or ripping, but it will probably be a lot better than the stock blades that come with the tools.R3D said:I'm looking into getting a small woodworking setup, is there a specific place you guys get the plans from? Picking up a mitre saw and a table saw sometime next month.