Comments on: 71- Magazine Rack

By: Aggie83

Aggie83 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:35:27 +0000

Since the holiday season is once again right around the corner …

I have been thinking that by taking the ‘magazine rack’ design, increasing the “V” angle to one the is much more open or obtuse and, maybe, beefing it up a little, that it would make a nice book/Bible holder/display stand.

By: PigBear

PigBear — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:09:53 +0000

I’m thinking of using either my jig saw or band saw angled at 40 degrees to cut the slots in the legs. I don’t have a thin kerf blade in/for the table saw so the grain won’t line up as nicely as it does naturally if I rip the legs and then cut the slots. Should be able to cut the two primary outside cuts for the slot and then nibble the rest out.

By: demowen

demowen — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:12:28 +0000

Ha Ha That’s great! Perhaps I can rest easy now that you gave me a time line, no more avoiding homework :(

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:21:40 +0000

And I keep checking my comments thinking, “Oh man…..when is Demowen going to post another comment??” ;)

Actually, the next holiday project will be out early this week. So the wait will not be all that long. :) Thanks for your enthusiasm.

By: demowen

demowen — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:03:58 +0000

I feel like such a loser, I must check this site about 4 times a day, just waiting for that icon that says “All Videos(107)” to magically appear into “All Videos(108)”… Sigh

By: demowen

demowen — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:09:49 +0000

That edge ads a nice touch!

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:44:49 +0000

Well, the only problem there is you need to be a member of the forum in order to post. On the blog, anyone can throw a quick comment in. And a blog without comments kinda feels like birdseye maple with no birdseyes. :)

Originally, I thought the forum would be a simple extension of this blog, where people could get into these discussions in more depth. But I soon realized that the forum really has a life of its own. And my shows are rarely a topic of conversation. Woodworking in general is really the focus there. So I wouldn’t worry too much about missing episode-specific information if you don’t feel like checking the forum. Having the comments directly attached to the video is a pretty valuable thing. But I do see the need to NOT allow comments on both websites. I just have to figure out a simple way to get people form TheWoodWhisperer.tv to the appropriate post at TheWoodWhisperer.com, where I would prefer the comments reside. I might just put a simple link at the end of the show notes, and remove the ability to actually comment over there.

By: etienne

etienne — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:26:33 +0000

The other benefit is from the guy who just discover Woodwhisperer he spend one week looking each video episode, his whife want the famous “cutting board” but he need informations who are not in the video, imo it will be a very great idea if he can acces to a dedicated area (forum -> video -> episode 6 ) where he can read every comment or information about this video. This way you are sure you never receive 150 mails with the same question!
(You can merge this message with the previous one (can’t edit message here :) ) or simply delete it if you think it is redondant)

By: etienne

etienne — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:01:06 +0000

Hi marc,
I think an alternative is to close comment on thewoodwhisperer.com and on thewoodwhisperer.tv and redirect people to a dedicated area in the forum. So comments are not spread arround various website, In forum it’s easy to insert image for U or for user who need more explanation on one particular part. It gather every user in only one space, the forum. When a guy post a comment an other user can easily browse all other comment/message from this user. Imagine, a guy say your project are the worst he ever seen, -> Let’s have a look in his gallery :-)

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:32:14 +0000

Sorry about that everyone. That Sketchup file really jacked up my feeds. So the file has been removed and all the feeds should function as usual.

John- Oddly enough we just got into a conversation like this in the forum. Check it out: http://woodwhispererforum.com/showthread.php?t=725

Ken- No reason you couldn’t do it that way Ken. And that would certainly save some time and effort. But unless you have a square tooth blade on your tablesaw, the inside of that joint is going to be pretty rough. While a little more labor intensive, ripping the pieces first results in a very clean joint. And at least in my hands, this is the best method for getting accurate and repeatable results. But if you have a square tooth blade, that would definitely be an easier way to go. Guess whats on my short wish list? Yep, a square tooth blade. lol