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[Questions]: Beginning woodworker needs some advice
Hi all:
This seems to be a very active and helpful group and I am hoping that I will get some advice for the newbie questions I am about to ask :-) I am a beginning woodworker. I am just starting to research into this area. My interests are to start out small - maybe build a small shelf, a jewelery box, a small storage cabinet. Stuff like that. The first thing is that I live in a apartment with limited room. I can devote a little bit of room (maybe 8 ft x 6ft) for my woodworking projects. Does anyone live in a small apartment and do their projects? What kind of problems might I encounter? The 2 that spring right to mind are maybe noise complaints by neighbours and cleaning the area. Any suggestions on this? Also, I'd like to start out small. I do not want to spend a lot of money on tools initially but I will buy the minimum required stuff. Hammer, saw, planes, chisel....Does anyone have any advice on this? Also keeping the nature and scope of my projects in mind (as described above), does anyone have any recommendations on books to get? Again, keep in mind that I am a complete newbie. The closest I have gotten to woodworking is putting an Ikea table together ;-) Regards, Stormwolf |
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[Questions]: Beginning woodworker needs some advice
Have you considered taking classes locally? Our Woodcraft store offers
classes for all levels of experience and has many for beginners. The tools are provided as well as the wood. stormwolf wrote: Hi all: This seems to be a very active and helpful group and I am hoping that I will get some advice for the newbie questions I am about to ask :-) I am a beginning woodworker. I am just starting to research into this area. My interests are to start out small - maybe build a small shelf, a jewelery box, a small storage cabinet. Stuff like that. The first thing is that I live in a apartment with limited room. I can devote a little bit of room (maybe 8 ft x 6ft) for my woodworking projects. Does anyone live in a small apartment and do their projects? What kind of problems might I encounter? The 2 that spring right to mind are maybe noise complaints by neighbours and cleaning the area. Any suggestions on this? Also, I'd like to start out small. I do not want to spend a lot of money on tools initially but I will buy the minimum required stuff. Hammer, saw, planes, chisel....Does anyone have any advice on this? Also keeping the nature and scope of my projects in mind (as described above), does anyone have any recommendations on books to get? Again, keep in mind that I am a complete newbie. The closest I have gotten to woodworking is putting an Ikea table together ;-) Regards, Stormwolf |
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stormwolf wrote: first thing is that I live in a apartment with limited room. The 2 that spring right to mind are maybe noise complaints by neighbours and cleaning the area. Any suggestions on this? Also, I'd like to start out small. I do not want to spend a lot of money on tools initially but I will buy the minimum required stuff. Regards, Stormwolf Most Woodcrafts have a woodworkers Club attached to them. The membership gets you use of tools on their premises. Combined with classess ther, you should be able to pick up the information, tool usage and help to complete your projects. Dave in Fairfax -- reply-to doesn't work use: daveldr at att dot net |
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[Questions]: Beginning woodworker needs some advice
Dave in Fairfax writes:
Most Woodcrafts have a woodworkers Club attached to them. The membership gets you use of tools on their premises. Not so. A FEW Woodcraft stores have the WWs Club, and it is a worthwhile addition. The one here in Parkersburg is excellent, but I think there are only about 6-7 nationwide. And the membership isn't cheap. Just checked. There are 4 Woodworker's Clubs. Charlie Self "If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must have dissent." Henry Commager |
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Charlie Self wrote: Dave in Fairfax writes: Not so. A FEW Woodcraft stores have the WWs Club, and it is a worthwhile addition. The one here in Parkersburg is excellent, but I think there are only about 6-7 nationwide. And the membership isn't cheap. Just checked. There are 4 Woodworker's Clubs. Charlie Self Thanks for the correction Charlie. I guess I lucked into the ones that had them and just figured that it was a feature. Dave in Fairfax -- reply-to doesn't work use: daveldr at att dot net |
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snip projects? What kind of problems might I encounter? The 2 that spring right to mind are maybe noise complaints by neighbours and cleaning the area. Any suggestions on this? snip I remember seeing an idea for taping a furnace filter to a box fan to use as a "cheapy" benchtop dust collector. Place the filter on the back side and facing toward the dusty area so that the fan pulls the dust into the filter. Not sure how it will work but it might be worth a try. |
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Lenny wrote:
shape. At some point down the road you might consider adding a router and some quality carbide bits (particularly a pattern bit which can be used with a straight edge to effectively joint your edges). Good idea...a small router table (really just a box, with the router in it) would be easy to store and greatly increase the number of things you can build. Of course, you won't want to run a router at 1:30am... ************************************ Chris Merrill (remove the ZZZ to contact me) ************************************ |
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stormwolf wrote:
projects? What kind of problems might I encounter? The 2 that spring right to mind are maybe noise complaints by neighbours and cleaning the area. Any suggestions on this? I worked in my kitchen for years. The advice you already have is good, so I won't bother to go through the litany of how/when I bought what. I built a rather massive 10' x 6' x 1' plant stand in my kitchen using a miter box, jig saw, electric drill and random-orbit sander. Don't let a small shop get you down. DO buy a Shop Vac. I built a lot of shadow box thingies too. I have one shaped like a house, and one shaped like a mushroom. Just plywood and 1x2s with some kind of thin something for the shelves. I have to say that I was looking at one of those just the other day and thinking how few projects I've done with all my fancy power tools can match the beauty of some little thing I built with a few tools and a lot of love in my old kitchen. -- Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 Confirmed post number: 16708 Approximate word count: 501240 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ |
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[Questions]: Beginning woodworker needs some advice
Couple of years ago Finw Woodworking magazine had an article about a
woodworker that used a closet. My first project was a shelf wife wanted. Rounded ends and supprts meant bandsaw. Rounded edges and plate groove meant router. Made the mistake remebering how Sears was respected YEARS ago and bout 3 wheeled BS and their roter and table. BBoth given away! Scrollsaws are handt and can make cuts internal to a slab. Edges can be rounded without using a router. Buy GOOD tools and take care of them. On 23 Jul 2003 10:22:35 -0700, (stormwolf) wrote: I can devote a little bit of room (maybe 8 ft x 6ft) for my woodworking projects. |
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