The Art and things we've made thread...

[hermes2015]

Thank for explaining. My woodworking skills are close to zero: glued and screwed butt joints are my level. I am a bit better with concrete, where I usually embed stainless steel mesh at critical points as reinforcement.

[Dark Lightning]

Thank for explaining. My woodworking skills are close to zero: glued and screwed butt joints are my level. I am a bit better with concrete, where I usually embed stainless steel mesh at critical points as reinforcement.

To each, their own element! FWIW, if your wood project isn't severely stressed, the glue joint is good enough. A proper glue joint has been been proven to be as strong as the wood that it attaches, in general. Of course, screws add a lot of strength. My tool chests have corner braces that reinforce the glued joints. Probably not necessary, given that the tools weight next to nothing compared to the tools that machinists put in those chests. I put carving tools in them and those are really light in comparison to all the metal-centric tools.

[Tank]

Modern wood glues often create a joint stronger than the wood around them.

[MarcusA]

Art is 99 per cent craftmanship and 1 per cent sweat.

[MarcusA]

The artist is crafty like a fox.

[MarcusA]

Art is bothersome.

[MarcusA]

Art cannot escape its own beauty.

[MarcusA]

I am persuaded by criticism to think highly of myself.

[No one]

But you're so humble.

[MarcusA]

But you're so humble.

I am.

[MarcusA]

I like home cooking. Any pictures of the food that you have prepared yourself will be most welcome. Also, any pictures of your garden if you have one will be equally welcome.

[The Magic Pudding.]

I like home cooking. Any pictures of the food that you have prepared yourself will be most welcome. Also, any pictures of your garden if you have one will be equally welcome.

Have you posted a picture yet, one of your own?
Icarus asked you about your location, did you answer him?
For people who look at maps, it's a place.
"Western Australia (Australia) is 71% larger than Alaska (USA)."
Fk football in all its forms, I'd like to hear about the bottom bit of WA.
 

[MarcusA]

I like home cooking. Any pictures of the food that you have prepared yourself will be most welcome. Also, any pictures of your garden if you have one will be equally welcome.

Have you posted a picture yet, one of your own?
Icarus asked you about your location, did you answer him?
For people who look at maps, it's a place.
"Western Australia (Australia) is 71% larger than Alaska (USA)."
Fk football in all its forms, I'd like to hear about the bottom bit of WA.
 

I have no devices other than a mobile phone: my hands are too unsteady for selfies.

[MarcusA]

An eye for a picture takes training.

[billy rubin]

I like home cooking. Any pictures of the food that you have prepared yourself will be most welcome. Also, any pictures of your garden if you have one will be equally welcome.

id love to have a garden. i dont eat meat, and plants are vastly more attractive t me anyway. but i simply dont have the time tend one. im up at 0500, driving to work at 0512, driving out for the day in my truck at 0615, retuning like today at 1700, then home by 1800 and crashing at 2000.

currently my company also has me work alternate saturdays, so there isnt time to do shit.