Does anyone do any woodworking around here?

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

Starting to get into it a little and was wondering if anyone has any advice, tips, books I should read?

Things I am looking to build, bookcases, desks, tables and maybe a little more elaborate if things go well. Also looking to build my own workbench (wanting to make it collapsable and due to size).


Edit: Has anyone used a dremmel? If so what model and how were the results?

 

[Paroxysm]

I do woodworking when my girlfriends on her period.

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

ha...ha...ha.

I forgot how helpful the world of comic book forums are.

 

[Paroxysm]

lol, but really I've done a bit of woodworking, I can use a table saw and lathe and stuff. I made a bookshelf and a night stand years ago but I haven't really dabbled in it for awhile.

the only tip I can give though is measure twice.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

It was a required class in high school.

All I did was sleep through it. :/

 

[Manic]

Oddly enough, my high school didn't have any kind of wood shop class. We had an automotive class, though.

Instead, I took Drama: Stage Craft. We built all of the sets for the Drama Club's productions. Moving platforms, door frames, standing sets, folding sets, painted walls, etc. A surprising amount of woodwork for a class with "drama" and "stage" in its name.

But then came those couple of weeks where we had to learn make-up...

 

[ChickenScratch]

I am a guitar player and as such my interests stretch into the repairing and restoring of guitars too. Though they are made of wood I can't really compare it to woodworking since we use automotive finishing techniques and things like bondo and fiberglass sealant so it's more like working on a boat I guess.

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

SOB. Where's Paul Bunyan?

 

[Bnightwing]

My brother does a lot of wood work, he made my mom's table, and he has made many things, I really enjoy seeing what he will do next.

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

Mind asking him where I should start?

 

[Ace of Knaves]

I did some chippy work for a while. I was building these mobile homes for pikeys.

But it was mainly doing trusses and frame works for walls, doing floors and stuff like that. I didn't do any stuff like what you mention.

But get a chop saw. Chop saw's are awesome. And jigsaws.

 

[Bnightwing]

Mind asking him where I should start?

Well, my opinion is to start on something small, as I did

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...M5N_04hCIkX61lQLA&sig2=awf04m3x20DF_8RjhPkdng

Cheesy, but it works, and looks great