Coop Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 Anyone have Eric’s email that you could pm me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted October 18, 2020 Report Share Posted October 18, 2020 Ain’t looking too good in San Diego Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 I noticed that the Grizzly catalogue is now carrying Festool. I don't know if that's something new or I just wasn't paying attention. I also see that Grizzly now has its own line of cordless power tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted October 29, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 Just wondering if I’m alone? My wife prefers her cabinets and vanities painted and is good for freestanding furniture such as end tables to be natural. @curlyoak‘s vanity is what made me ask. We are about to embark on adding a new master bath and I want to build the vanities but refuse as she wants them painted. Otherwise, she’s a pretty darn decent wife. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyoak Posted October 29, 2020 Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 Coop, for a lady that is worth it I'd paint figured wood. I've never done that, but I love figured wood! Otherwise I paint poplar and soft maple for the cash. All the rest is natural finish for the love of the work first....and second for the money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Larry Moore Posted October 29, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 I hate painting, and refuse payed jobs that require it.. But I did paint the kitchen cabinets and table I built for my wife. AND I still hated painting. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted October 29, 2020 Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 Interesting that she prefers painted. I've only ever lived with wood cabinets and have had relatives and friends with painted. Some love it some hate it. I've heard from quite a few that say cleaning is a constant endless task as the whites and off whites show finger grime a lot and it takes some elbow grease to get it off of some finishes. The counter argument is if the grime is there you should clean it regardless. My mentality is a little dirt never hurt any one. I also feel we need some germs in our lives to keep our immune systems busy so they don't start fighting our bodies in the form of allergies and immune system diseases. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortan D Posted October 29, 2020 Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 Long time ago my wife wanted a medicine cabinet for the bathroom and she also wanted it painted. So I made it out of pine and pocket screws and painted it white. End of story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mark J Posted October 29, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 @Coop , try this. Make the vanity on legs so it looks like a sideboard, then tell her that since it's "free standing" you went with natural. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted October 29, 2020 Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 My parents have had white cabinets for 20 years and they still look clean. I'm okay with painted things at times. Still discussing with my wife about a TV stand. She wants it to look like Ana White farmhouse style and painted but I'm trying to advance my woodworking skills and pocket holed 2x4s don't interest me at this point. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chestnut Posted October 29, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 2 hours ago, legenddc said: My parents have had white cabinets for 20 years and they still look clean. I'm okay with painted things at times. Still discussing with my wife about a TV stand. She wants it to look like Ana White farmhouse style and painted but I'm trying to advance my woodworking skills and pocket holed 2x4s don't interest me at this point. I think it has a lot to do with the paint applied. Not all of the people with painted cabinets disliked them, i mean they are popular for a reason. You should work on advancing your woodworking skills. It's always fun to try and do new things. Right now I'm working on a table project that is new for me and is a LOT of fun. If it was painted, George Nakashima would come back and haunt me for the rest of my life undoubtedly. I'm kinda worried about him haunting me anyway for a choice i made. I personally like hoe wood texture and color allowed for the blending of styles colors and textures in a room. This isn't the case with paint. Having 2 different off whites next to each other can look very jarring. (I was worried about thread hijacking till i realized where this was posted...) I think painting has a place, I just haven't found that place in my house yet. Legit hijack, we've been getting random wedding gifts and it entertains me when we get some weathered beaten up rustic painted thingys. These people have been to my house and know none of our furniture or decorations are rustic... Hanging a distressed stained and painted sign next to the sideboard I just finished is entertaining but also not happening. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted October 29, 2020 Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 3 hours ago, legenddc said: She wants it to look like Ana White farmhouse style and painted but I'm trying to advance my woodworking skills If you want to try some new joinery and for it to show go with tusk tenons--no amount of paint will cover them up. Seriously maybe compromise, painted top and natural legs and apron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 5 hours ago, Chestnut said: I think it has a lot to do with the paint applied. Not all of the people with painted cabinets disliked them, i mean they are popular for a reason. You should work on advancing your woodworking skills. It's always fun to try and do new things. Right now I'm working on a table project that is new for me and is a LOT of fun. If it was painted, George Nakashima would come back and haunt me for the rest of my life undoubtedly. I'm kinda worried about him haunting me anyway for a choice i made. I personally like hoe wood texture and color allowed for the blending of styles colors and textures in a room. This isn't the case with paint. Having 2 different off whites next to each other can look very jarring. (I was worried about thread hijacking till i realized where this was posted...) I think painting has a place, I just haven't found that place in my house yet. Legit hijack, we've been getting random wedding gifts and it entertains me when we get some weathered beaten up rustic painted thingys. These people have been to my house and know none of our furniture or decorations are rustic... Hanging a distressed stained and painted sign next to the sideboard I just finished is entertaining but also not happening. You get the weirdest stuff when you get married. Funny to because it's one of the few times you make a public list of the gifts you want.... Still have some time before I get around to the TV stand. Up first is a whiskey cabinet and then the shaker side table. Unless I get distracted and make the doll bunk bed my daughter wants or helping my dad with a project. All depends on how much time there is in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mick S Posted October 30, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 16 minutes ago, legenddc said: Funny to because it's one of the few times you make a public list of the gifts you want.... Says who? I publish one semi-annually. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted October 30, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 I would like to start a go fund me for a new SawStop. Is that unkind and selfish? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 11 hours ago, Mick S said: Says who? I publish one semi-annually. I'm fine with that. My grandfather once emailed his kids and told them they had too much stuff, all they wanted for Christmas was 1/2 cord of firewood. 11 hours ago, Coop said: I would like to start a go fund me for a new SawStop. Is that unkind and selfish? Might as well. People put up crazy things all the time. If we ever saw someone with a wedding registry that had tools I would purchase as many as I could for them. Until then we just write a check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 2 hours ago, legenddc said: Might as well. People put up crazy things all the time. If we ever saw someone with a wedding registry that had tools I would purchase as many as I could for them. Until then we just write a check. It's funny i have tools on mine. All the towels and kitchen stuff got purchased and it's only tools left. I think I've been told about 20 times that we don't have any items on our registry.... but there are like 50 items left. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 6 minutes ago, Chestnut said: It's funny i have tools on mine. All the towels and kitchen stuff got purchased and it's only tools left. I think I've been told about 20 times that we don't have any items on our registry.... but there are like 50 items left. We were told the same thing by my wife's office when they had a baby shower for our second kid. We didn't know the sex of the baby so couldn't ask for clothes and already had all the baby stuff. I finally started adding expensive small items so it would be easier for us to return and get the one thing we said we needed all along, diapers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 52 minutes ago, legenddc said: We were told the same thing by my wife's office when they had a baby shower for our second kid. We didn't know the sex of the baby so couldn't ask for clothes and already had all the baby stuff. I finally started adding expensive small items so it would be easier for us to return and get the one thing we said we needed all along, diapers. Diapers or giftcards/prepaid credit cards are my go to for baby gifts. Friends of ours are having a baby soon and they decided to go with cloth diapers so the first went out the window. I ended up being able to score them a bunch of 2nd hand stuff like strollers etc from neighbors of mine that had grand kids and went a bit to baby crazy. The stuff was free and practically unused. I can't count how many friends complain about all the stuff they get that gets used once and then stuck in storage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post curlyoak Posted October 30, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 Due to budget, this was going to be all painted. I painted a verbal picture of a walnut counter. They agreed and it made a big difference. They had no regrets. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 Well, I posted my 91 Toyota truck last night and sold it in less then 24 hours. Will miss having a truck but this one has a ton of sentimental value as it was my adopted grandfathers truck. Seemed like having it for 10 years and only putting on 5k miles it was time. Starting to get some body rust and would never some investment soon. Can’t believe used Tacomas go for so much. It retained 40% of its sticker price 29 years later. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted October 31, 2020 Report Share Posted October 31, 2020 Ahh, the Christmas catalog came today, aka the Fine Woodworking Tools & Shops issue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted October 31, 2020 Report Share Posted October 31, 2020 You must be closer to Taunton Press than me as I haven’t received mine yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted October 31, 2020 Report Share Posted October 31, 2020 I got both as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted November 1, 2020 Report Share Posted November 1, 2020 Tents are going up around here to receive Christmas trees that were probably cut a month ago. At one point, they at least waited until Thanksgiving. That ain’t right! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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