Coming soon to my workbench is a small cabinet for my cousin. What’s everyone building this holiday season?

  • Hadriscus@lemm.ee
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    10 days ago

    I’d have to go the manual route I think, given my lack of proper equipment. I’ll consider rabbetting for my screen, I always feel kinda bad using screws 😁

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      5 days ago

      I made some panels like this this summer, to block the sun coming into our apartment, without blocking the light completely.

      The canvas was more expensive than the wood, I must say. I just made squares, not divided panels, because I wasn’t sure how we would arrange them. I used lap joints for the corners and I just wrapped the canvas over the frame and stapled it at the back. I put a couple of feet on each one so that the canvas wouldn’t be touching the ground and get dirty.

      So, nothing fancy at all, but they’re actually very pleasing to look at - the sunlight coming through them, especially. I can really recommend this as a project!

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      10 days ago

      You will hear voices out there who will tell you it’s wrong or improper or lowly to use metal fasteners rather than traditional joinery in furniture projects. Those voices are dumb and bad and wrong. Pocket screw joinery–done correctly–is strong enough for projects like this, inexpensive and easy to make, and accessible without a lot of tools. If it holds the project you want together what’s the problem?

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        10 days ago

        Yea, well said. I have a tendency to never be satisfied with my work, but I try hard for it not to extend to my hobbies. I recently completed a dish cabinet, mostly using brackets (after a failed first try with glue and gudgeons!). Ultimately I am very happy with it, like you said, it does the job. Thanks for the wise words