Home Owner Thread

[Lee]

You have a two dimensional penis? I’ve heard of chicks being flat but never dudes.

I guess cubed? lol

 

[2 For The Brew]

I like square inches.

I might only have a 4 inch penis, but I gave her 12 square inches. (no, my penis is not square, lol)

Obviously. 12 / 4 = 3. 3 does not equal 4, so it’s not square. It’s a rectangle 3” X 4”.

If you slice your penis diagonally from one corner to the other then the diagonal length will be 5”.

I’ll make a $500 contribution to RCF if any of the teachers on the site use Lee’s sliced wiener example to teach the Pythagorean Theorem to their students.

 

[2 For The Brew]

I guess cubed? lol

I’m not judging. If your penis is two dimensional then so be it. You’ll have to tell women you’re going to put the shim to them - full disclosure.

 

[N7RobBob]

square peg in a round hole reference must be in here somewhere

 

[Blink]

I finally finished the project that was thrust on me this past fall.

We moved into our house in April and shortly thereafter cut down a massive maple tree in our back yard. I had the larger pieces milled, and managed to break even by keeping 1 of the trunk slabs, a couple branch slabs, and maybe 150 feet of 5/4. The mill kept the other 9 slabs from the trunk as payment.

 

[Out of the Rafters at the Q]

I finally finished the project that was thrust on me this past fall.

We moved into our house in April and shortly thereafter cut down a massive maple tree in our back yard. I had the larger pieces milled, and managed to break even by keeping 1 of the trunk slabs, a couple branch slabs, and maybe 150 feet of 5/4. The mill kept the other 9 slabs from the trunk as payment.View attachment 4934View attachment 4935View attachment 4936View attachment 4937

Looks great. I love dining room tables with a bit of character.

Last year I made my dream desk out of a piece of honey locust.

 

[Simmy]

Wife and I moved into our first home in October last year. Here's a few snaps I shared with @Sebastian:


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[bob2the2nd]

Wife and I moved into our first home in October last year. Here's a few snaps I shared with @Sebastian:


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simmy, can you reshare them?

 

[bob2the2nd]

I finally finished the project that was thrust on me this past fall.

We moved into our house in April and shortly thereafter cut down a massive maple tree in our back yard. I had the larger pieces milled, and managed to break even by keeping 1 of the trunk slabs, a couple branch slabs, and maybe 150 feet of 5/4. The mill kept the other 9 slabs from the trunk as payment.View attachment 4934View attachment 4935View attachment 4936View attachment 4937

did you do all of the finishing work? If so, damn i have a lot of questions! tit looks absolutely fantastic!

 

[Blink]

did you do all of the finishing work? If so, damn i have a lot of questions! tit looks absolutely fantastic!

The slab was kiln dried and leveled at the mill. I did the rest.

 

[bob2the2nd]

The slab was kiln dried and leveled at the mill. I did the rest.

For all of the holes how many layers of resin did you use? How did you keep it from going everywhere? what grit did you use? My wife did some very minor amounts for some of our kitchen shelves and it made a god awful mess. Thankfully its shelves and nothing anyone will ever see

 

[Blink]

For all of the holes how many layers of resin did you use? How did you keep it from going everywhere? what grit did you use? My wife did some very minor amounts for some of our kitchen shelves and it made a god awful mess. Thankfully its shelves and nothing anyone will ever see

The voids are filled with epoxy, the surface is oil based varnish.

I used a deep pour epoxy, so theoretically I could have done it in 2. I dyed a thin layer black on the bottom so you can't see all the way through, then clear to the top. I ended up doing probably 6 or 7 total sessions between the screwups, topping off after it settled, and hitting up the voids on the bottom.

I taped off the bottom of the table, and used plumbers putty to build a dyke around the top so I could overfill without making a mess.
Couple of mistakes here:
1. Painters tape will not get it done. TYVEK tape worked for me. It's made for house wrap, so it's a thick, sticky packing tape.
2. I didn't sand the bottom of the table before I taped it off, so I didn't get a good seal on the rough surface. This resulted in the first pour mostly ending up on the ground.
3. Plumbers putty, at least the kind I used, was a mistake. The oils in the putty leached into the wood. Luckily it sanded out OK.

In the end, I over-poured on the surface and made a mess. I came back through with a flap wheel to clean it up once it was cured. It was nerve wracking because it's so easy to screw up, but the belt sander wasn't getting it done.

There were a couple open voids that I dammed off with a shim then caulked. When it cured, I used a dremel to grind it back until all of the caulk was gone.

I started with 80 grit after the belt sanding with a 240 on the final wood finish. I did 320/ 400 between coats of varnish with a final 600 wet sand by hand. I finished it off by using an automotive rubbing compound by hand.

 

[Simmy]

Anddddd.. we’ll end on a video:

 

[Kouki]

The voids are filled with epoxy, the surface is oil based varnish.

I used a deep pour epoxy, so theoretically I could have done it in 2. I dyed a thin layer black on the bottom so you can't see all the way through, then clear to the top. I ended up doing probably 6 or 7 total sessions between the screwups, topping off after it settled, and hitting up the voids on the bottom.

I taped off the bottom of the table, and used plumbers putty to build a dyke around the top so I could overfill without making a mess.
Couple of mistakes here:
1. Painters tape will not get it done. TYVEK tape worked for me. It's made for house wrap, so it's a thick, sticky packing tape.
2. I didn't sand the bottom of the table before I taped it off, so I didn't get a good seal on the rough surface. This resulted in the first pour mostly ending up on the ground.
3. Plumbers putty, at least the kind I used, was a mistake. The oils in the putty leached into the wood. Luckily it sanded out OK.

In the end, I over-poured on the surface and made a mess. I came back through with a flap wheel to clean it up once it was cured. It was nerve wracking because it's so easy to screw up, but the belt sander wasn't getting it done.

There were a couple open voids that I dammed off with a shim then caulked. When it cured, I used a dremel to grind it back until all of the caulk was gone.

I started with 80 grit after the belt sanding with a 240 on the final wood finish. I did 320/ 400 between coats of varnish with a final 600 wet sand by hand. I finished it off by using an automotive rubbing compound by hand.

Beautiful...really nice work...

I found some nice live-edge wood slabs on FB marketplace and was hoping to get some and turn a yuge profit (plus I find woodworking relaxing and good for my mental health) but I lost shop privileges after (stupidly) stinking up the house with PB Blaster, then wife googling and concluding that I shouldn't do woodworking in basement.

 

[Blink]

Beautiful...really nice work...

I found some nice live-edge wood slabs on FB marketplace and was hoping to get some and turn a yuge profit (plus I find woodworking relaxing and good for my mental health) but I lost shop privileges after (stupidly) stinking up the house with PB Blaster, then wife googling and concluding that I shouldn't do woodworking in basement.

I started out in the garage, but you're not supposed to pour epoxy below 60F and it was October, so I had to move my Dexter fan club into the basement. I mostly got in trouble for the bathroom sink always being dirty.