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submitted 3 weeks ago by wjrii@lemmy.world to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

Made this a few years ago myself. Mostly with my Shopsmith, since we were about to move and I’d sold most of the other tools. Floating tenon (DIY domino, basically) on the joint.

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[-] Hello_there@fedia.io 7 points 3 weeks ago

Looks nice! For people that are lazy/untalented, an IKEA banana stand works as well

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Personally I'm a fan of the free "leaving my headphones on the keyboard"

[-] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

That looks great! I've never gotten to work with pecan before, how's the workability?

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

Pecan works well in pies, but walnut is better for brain health.

[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's basically hickory. Cuts nice, but hell on tools. This batch of lumber was supposed to be for a desk, my great move into proper (if simple) furniture. Instead, I killed a set of jointer blades trying to set it up, jacked up something when trying to set the new ones, and sold off most of the boards with the tools. I have since moved onto an insert-head jointer, but frankly my shop has been missing me lately.

[-] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'll have to keep that in mind before trying it. I just got everything resharpened from working with wenge. That stuff made me wish for hickory

[-] fujiwood@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Very nice work! How are the two members jointed?

[-] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

He said used a floating tenon joint (domino)

[-] fujiwood@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ah thas right, thanks.

this post was submitted on 17 Jan 2026
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