SawDustB Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Nail hole coasters anyone? I think these would make a simply lovely rustic set... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Those are fantastic! Great job, man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Theres some idiot somewhere willing to pay 500$ for that set... Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 1 minute ago, shaneymack said: Theres some idiot somewhere willing to pay 500$ for that set... Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Or post them in the showcase section of a wood working forum This is the second time since I've been here that I've seen that posted. Fortunately, I think this one was done tongue & cheek but, the first one, they guy was serious. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Or post them in the showcase section of a wood working forum This is the second time since I've been here that I've seen that posted. Fortunately, I think this one was done tongue & cheek but, the first one, they guy was serious. But atleast he had a cool video to go with it If I remember correctly... Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDustB Posted May 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 45 minutes ago, shaneymack said: Theres some idiot somewhere willing to pay 500$ for that set... Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk If that's the case, @shaneymack, I better go make more! I fished these out of my cutoff bin. 43 minutes ago, TIODS said: Or post them in the showcase section of a wood working forum This is the second time since I've been here that I've seen that posted. Fortunately, I think this one was done tongue & cheek but, the first one, they guy was serious. Guilty as charged. I was cleaning up and these reminded me of that very same post. These ARE actually related to the real project - my wife wants me to make another couple of matching picture frames for the one I posted a few months back (Picture frame for my baby daughter). This is wood that I scavenged from a couple of large pallets used for shipping sheet metal at my work. They're a LOT nicer than the usual junk you'd see in pallets, and I found some interesting wood after cleaning some of it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 I remember a guy that thought he'd get rich by turning his 2x4 cutoffs into coasters. He even held out on posting his "design" because he thought we'd steal it. At least these have nail holes in them. Glue on some twine, and you have a winner! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDustB Posted May 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Is pallet wood better than wall wood? Well, mine has authentic nail holes. And rough sawn edges. That had to make it worth more, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 but you gotta create a fancy web-page and marketing video to keep up with the competition... http://www.rusticcoaster.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 2 minutes ago, h3nry said: but you gotta create a fancy web-page and marketing video to keep up with the competition... http://www.rusticcoaster.com/ Yep, that's the guy! I remember the part about putting them in the fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDustB Posted May 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 I remember a guy that thought he'd get rich by turning his 2x4 cutoffs into coasters. He even held out on posting his "design" because he thought we'd steal it. At least these have nail holes in them. Glue on some twine, and you have a winner! That's part of my packaging plan! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 1 minute ago, SawDustB said: That's part of my packaging plan! They look too thick, i don't know about you but my drinks are afraid of heights. Can you resaw them into 2 separate pieces and include some of the band saw blade marks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDustB Posted May 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 They look too thick, i don't know about you but my drinks are afraid of heights. Can you resaw them into 2 separate pieces and include some of the band saw blade marks. Interesting idea... There are some nail bits, and I have no band saw, so might be challenging. I think it would be in keeping with the style to do it with a reciprocating saw, add some randomness to the saw kerf. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 4 minutes ago, SawDustB said: Interesting idea... There are some nail bits, and I have no band saw, so might be challenging. I think it would be in keeping with the style to do it with a reciprocating saw, add some randomness to the saw kerf. Ooo that's a good Idea then you could get some slope on the coaster and channel the condensation runoff directly off the table so there is less cleanup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDustB Posted May 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 You could try and split it by driving a bunch of screws into the sides. The screw markings could add to the flavor and tack on a few extra "Rustic Bucks" to your selling price. Lester, that's perfect! I think we have a winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Edgar Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 I see the twine, where's Colin lurking? I tried to salvage some pallet wood a while back, seemed like a good idea. Mine were assembled with ring shank nails, near impossible to remove w/o destroying the wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Its still a bit cool here in the morning and all I see is kindling...Some are makeing money off this stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDustB Posted May 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 I see the twine, where's Colin lurking? I tried to salvage some pallet wood a while back, seemed like a good idea. Mine were assembled with ring shank nails, near impossible to remove w/o destroying the wood. I wouldn't ever bother with normal pallets... not enough (decent) wood to make it worth it. Even these ones are questionable. I still haven't used up the wood i got from taking apart two of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDustB Posted May 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 So now that we've had our fun, here's the material I'm actually planning to use for the picture frames. I'm thinking I may do half laps for the frames this time, instead of the dovetails. It still needs some thought... the dovetails looked good on the other frame, but were a pain in the butt to cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SawDustB Posted May 21, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 So I started actually working on the frames tonight. First I ripped them to approximate size. Next I cut the half lap joints using the dado stack. I used a stop block referenced off the first cut to place the second. I had excess length on most of them, so I trimmed then using a hand saw so I could avoid removing the dado stack. Finally, I glued everything up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDustB Posted May 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 After I got the clamps off, I realized my glue up slipped in the clamps, leaving me with a gap. I cut a tiny sliver from one of the "coasters" and shaped it using the belt sander. I glued it into the gap. It should be good after I sand everything. Next, I trimmed all the half laps with a flush cut saw and flushed up the worst face mismatch on the half laps. Even though the advice was that the cranked neck wasn't an urgently needed tool, I quite like it for this task. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 This frame is looking good..Hard to see where you fixed it..Is it going to need a rabbit in the back and what finish are you going to use?..Oh ya,,Hope you dont drop something on your foot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDustB Posted May 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 This frame is looking good..Hard to see where you fixed it..Is it going to need a rabbit in the back and what finish are you going to use?..Oh ya,,Hope you dont drop something on your foot. Thanks! The fix is in the upper left in the first picture, and the lower left in the second. It mostly vanished after removing the excess. I'm usually good about wearing steel toes in the shop, but it was a hot day and I was only out there for half an hour... I'm planning to use rattle can lacquer on this (semi gloss?) since that's on the other frame in the room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Like to see it when your done with the finish.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDustB Posted May 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 Here's the start of frame 2. It'll take two 5x7 pictures when it's done. The plan is to dovetail the center support into the face. The ends will likely be sliding dovetails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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