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Right now, in July 2018, when you google the word “IDIOT,” Donald Trump is the first result. Try it also on google images. I’m not kidding. Try it.

It's funny, but borks the timeline and is plainly false. It's not from 2002, but instead is from a short video posted to the Simpsons FB page on May 26, 2017. That short video is below:

Thanks. I agree, and that really surprises me. It makes such a huge difference and IMO is well worth the little bit of extra planning/work. It was important to me to do this right and I pretty quickly decided on this path. I also decided not to use static fasteners when securing the top panel to the base. Instead, I created a channel/groove in the aprons/rails and use Z-shaped clips to connect them. This should allow natural expansion and contraction through the seasons without ripping the wood apart or buckling.

Not fully time lapse, but I did take (and post for friends and family) a long set of images from raw wood, through process, to finished product. Thx, mate. Super pleased with how strong and sturdy it came out. Little things like the trunnels holding my blind tenons into the mortises also make me smile. One last shot, this one with the leaf extensions in:

One can only hope. Maybe by then they’ll be able to point a replicator ray at it and each have one. What do you use? I put my name and the date underneath w sharpie.

Finished it!

That’s badass, Mordred. On the bushes you’re extracting, hooking a chain to them and pulling them out with a truck, tractor, skid loader, or ATV is the way to go. Works well for stumps, too... and is really rewarding / fun.

What does Benoit B. Mandelbrot's middle initial stand for? A: ...Benoit B. Mandelbrot

Time to google “two glued hole”

That came together nicely. Are you planning to use a deck sealer or some similar outdoor poly? Also curious what you’re planning for the handle (something turned on a lathe maybe)?

In case you need me, I’ll be sanding for the next 300 years. It should be called “starting” instead of “finishing.”

I’m only gonna use the belt sander to make the surface dead flat w 80 grit. Plan to then sand in progressive grits by hand up to 240 in prep for finish. Given that both you and zap have mentioned the electric hand planer now I’ll start watching for one on Craigslist On another note, given all of the hand tool work I’ve been doing with chisels, planes, and sandpaper my arms, shoulders, and back haven’t looked this good since I was in my 20s

No sir. That one’s not in my arsenal. Picked up the jack plane at a woodworking swap meet and it didn’t leave my grasp for about 6 hours today. Did however get a hand held belt sander a few weeks ago for $5 at an estate sale and that’s gonna see some use this week.

Okay. I now feel a WHOLE lot better about the panel glue up I did yesterday after spending HOURS today leveling it off with the Jack plane (on both sides). Keep in mind, this is a 4 foot by 6 foot panel of 2 inch thick red oak so I had to stop multiple times to sharpen the iron and I’m super sore, but I’m also super relieved. The ridges are all gone and now I just have a few minor high spots remaining to knock down. I’ve begun sanding and that’s what I’ll be doing for many more days in progressive grits (the panel and the legs and aprons I’ve already cut and fit all need sanding and finishing).

I’ve had a very positive experience taking this route, too

Yes One of the first investments I made in this endeavor was a quality sharpening system

Yes. My chisels are extremely sharp. They weren’t used in this part of the process though.

Chisel sharpening is good. Did that quite a bit while carving my tenons and mortises. Issue here starting was board thickness. Lacking planer, not all we’re equally thick. Idea was to get the tops flat and leave any ridges on the under side. Glue seems to have prevented that. Appreciate all the good tips Also unsure it matters but it was a rubber tipped dead blow hammer. Fairly sure that if I’d used my framing hammer it would have complied (though left horrible indentations). In retrospect, I probably should’ve glued up just 2 boards at a time. Doing all seven 2x6x6s at once added an element of time crunch I could’ve better planned for.

Spent a bunch of time last week squaring the edges of the boards that will be glued together into a panel / tabletop. Went out today and did a dry fit and tested my clamp setup and the cauls I built from scrap in the discounted cull pile at the box store. It all came together really well. Was able to tap each board edge flat to the one beside it with a hammer and tighten the clamps. There were no ridges or bumps btw then across the surface. Worked so well I decided to proceed with the glue up. When I did, however, the edges didn’t flatten to the one beside it like it did when I did the dry test fit. I’ll need to do far more planing and sanding than I’d hoped now, but I’m trying to figure out why the hammer didn’t knock the boards flat like it did when dry. Maybe the glue had setup too much already and prevented the boards from sliding up and down like they did when dry? Maybe I put too much pressure too early on the clamps? Not sure, but I hammered the shit out of the boards to get them flat but to no avail. Lots left now to plane and sand. Any thoughts?

Very nice. What did you do to join the miters together?

Finished the mortise and tenons of the farm house style dining table this weekend. Each are 2 inches deep and about 2 inches long by 3/4 inches wide. They're blind tenons which I'll secure with glue and a through peg from the side. There are 2 on each of the 4 table legs for a total of 8. Doing it by hand with chisel took a while, especially into the hard red oak, and I had to keep sharpening my tools multiple times, but they're done (tho I do plan to clean up the shoulder on one of them before glue up... I noticed during the dry fit that it's not as clean against the leg on all four sides as I want). Tried our planned finish approach on the smaller table I built for my daughters (it was my test piece). Glad I did, too. It's way too dark. We may go forward with the original plan of using danish oil with some dark tint and call it a day. Need to make a test piece to confirm. The small table was much easier, but had 8 mortise and tenons of it's own. Lots and lots of time scraping tiny slivers of wood off at a time to make them perfect. It's been fun, but gives me a much deeper appreciation of how much work goes into well made furniture. Once my next conference call ends, I'm going to knock down the nubs with some high grit sandpaper and put another coat of sealer on the small practice table. When done, I'll rub with paste wax using 0000 steel wool and mark it complete. Next big effort will be the panel glue up for the table top of the dining table. Seven 2x6s by 6ft long then lots of effort getting it flat and level across the top will follow.

I’m sympathetic to this view. The thought is like a seed which left unchecked could grow into a fruit, or garden, or forest. But not all seeds grow into something, nefarious or otherwise. Some seeds don’t grow at all. Some begin to sprout, but then falter. Some are intentionally pulled like weeds upon reaching a certain size. Others turn into something unexpected and undetrimental and often quite wonderful. But thoughts happen. Seeds sometimes flow through us like thistles in the wind. Some occasional drop to the proverbial soil and even sprout. It’s natural, and IMO unrelated to any love we have of extant significant others. What you seem to be proposing, however, implicitly requires a certain unattainable purity, one that is too challenging to achieve even for the most chaste among us. Your view strikes me as laden with unnecessary risk, as one that too often will sacrifice the good in pursuit of the perfect. I’m sympathetic to your view. Much like every journey begins with a single step, unfaithfulness indeed begins with a single thought... but not every step we take turns into a journey nor does every thought we think or every glimmer of attraction that arises within us turn into unfaithfulness.

This seems to me more about insecurity of the person hearing the comments than inappropriateness of the person making them. As others have said, it depends on the relationship itself. If it hurts the other person or causes distrust, then it's generally best to avoid it. If it's not something that matters either way or can be thought of as just silly and fun, then have at it. I'd focus more on the insecurities that lead to these feelings and work to improve those. That's likely to be one of the single best ways to improve the relationship. Avoiding certain comments tends to speak to other underlying problems and does not in any way help to address them.