Woodwork as a hobby

[Tuakong]

Anyone into woodworking here?

 

[Little_Demon]

Not really a hobby but I do make simple items like stool, table, fish tank cover, bird cage when specific dimension is required. I get my wood from a shop at Townshend Rd, they will cut to my required dimension. Do you know of other shop that offers same service? Sometime not convenient to go there and they close early. Good to have another source. Thanks.

 

[Sainté]

Have you tried Ikea? Most items are pre-cut though, so dimension wise not very flexible. But what I like is can mix and match.

 

[Little_Demon]

Most of my projects requires specific dimension so can't source from Ikea as their dimension are fixed. And Ikea wood are low quality, I had to reduce the length of a Ikea table once, the table is about 2 inch thick but once you saw through, inside is actually cardboard in honeycomb shape to make it rigid, so only the 4 sides are actual wood strips, top and bottom are thin plywood or something.

 

[glarerder]

Have you tried making your own jig saw to cut the wood?

 

[angy]

Have you tried making your own jig saw to cut the wood?

Cannot make own jigsaw lah, easy to buy one and cut timber.

 

[realshuvit]

my furniture all from ikea HHAHA

 

[keenklee]

my furniture all from ikea HHAHA

I think most of my future furniture will be from Ikea.

 

[keenklee]

Most of my projects requires specific dimension so can't source from Ikea as their dimension are fixed. And Ikea wood are low quality, I had to reduce the length of a Ikea table once, the table is about 2 inch thick but once you saw through, inside is actually cardboard in honeycomb shape to make it rigid, so only the 4 sides are actual wood strips, top and bottom are thin plywood or something.

You'll need to get those which is solid wood.
Those that I need to last I get solid wood.
If temporary, I get those with the honeycomb cardboard fill.
My favourite was the RAST beside table - EOL already.

 

[angy]

Anyone of you been the following?
https://tombalek.com/

 

[karlgantry]

What kind of wood work are you into bro?

 

[angy]

if you guys are into woodwork, 99% of the them, it is about joining two pieces of wood together. There are many methods. Traditional, you can do the mortise joints or the dovetail joints. However, both these joints mean you need to have space to clamp your timber together.

These days, unless you have a big workshop, you would not have time to do it. So, now, the common four methods are dowels, dominos, biscuit or screws.

Dowels are cheap and you can buy cheap dowels. There are cheap machines that can help you to do it. However, you pay for what you get. IKEA uses dowels. Top brand, Mafell.

Dominos are more expensive. Festool is the main machine if you are into dominos.

Biscuits - the machine is super expensive that it is not even worth mention. However, it is very popular in the woodworking industry.

However, for home, I recommend, Kreg. Cheap and good. You can either get Kreg K4 or Kreg K5. You can make alot of the things with Kreg. Google on youtube. They have plenty of ideas. Get from Amazon, they have everything there. I recommend the Kreg clamp. If you want copied version, Aliexpress has plenty.

Check this out.

https://www.kregtool.com/get-inspired/project-ideas.aspx

 

[GreggMQ]

Not really a hobby but I do make simple items like stool, table, fish tank cover, bird cage when specific dimension is required. I get my wood from a shop at Townshend Rd, they will cut to my required dimension. Do you know of other shop that offers same service? Sometime not convenient to go there and they close early. Good to have another source. Thanks.

How much time does that hobby take, to make a simple wooden table? I like that hobby, and that's why I've purchased my own CNC router called Genmitsu CNC 3018-PRO ( from here: https://www.woodroutersreviews.com/best-cnc-router/ ). It is made of high-quality materials and works perfectly for any purpose.

 

[glarerder]

For small projects maybe? Small jigsaw. Can slice own materials to custom make.

Cannot make own jigsaw lah, easy to buy one and cut timber.

 

[studiorozu]

Hard to really get into woodworking in sg because you need to have the tools, machines etc. And you need to dispose of the remaining wood by yourself too. Unless you go for those woodworking workshops.

But yes, I am into this craft! Made a few miniature chairs, toilet roll holder for home.

 

[Little_Demon]

How much time does that hobby take, to make a simple wooden table?

I did a table once with storage at the side, took me 1-2 months from design to complete, cos I only do it after work and during free time.

As I get my wood precut, the dimension must be accurate, must factor in the thickness of the wood to be use. Design took weeks, then getting the wood cut from shop is easy, assembling it not too difficult, then sanding took some time, painting it also take some time as need to dry between coats.

 

[glarerder]

With more time at home, are you going to start/resume a project?

 

[angy]

For those who wants to make a table, here is one of them

https://www.buildsomething.com/plans/P8C86D51A13E988E6/School-Desk--small-child-size

You need the Kreg tools

there are plenty in Kreg website.

 

[keenklee]

For those who wants to make a table, here is one of them

https://www.buildsomething.com/plans/P8C86D51A13E988E6/School-Desk--small-child-size

You need the Kreg tools

there are plenty in Kreg website.

Can I ask what wood did you use for the legs?

 

[angy]

Can I ask what wood did you use for the legs?

That is a hard one. You will need to go to a wood supplier to get you any 4 timber legs of the right length.

The rest can be made of plywood. My advice are
a. have a look at the Kreg website and see what you think you can source and what you think you can make.
b. Best, is, if all of them are off the same thickness that you can buy a sheet of plywood or MDF and ask the wood supplier to cut to the dimensions you wanted. All you then have to do is to use the Kreg tool to drill the hole and screw all the joints.

When you source for timber, dont source for the expensive ones. You dont need to have it lined on one side or both side. Buy the cheapest so that if you make a mistake, it is not so hard broken.