Wood Carving

I have a bazillion things I want to design and build but as of right now my projects would not turn out that great because I just don’t know the gosh darn rules for building stuff. Any suggestions?

Machinist handbook my machinist calls it the bible
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0831128011/ref=asc_df_08311280111863176?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=asn&creative=395093&creativeASIN=0831128011

welders bible
http://www.amazon.com/Welders-Bible-Don-Geary/dp/0830638253

pocket welding guide
http://www.welding.org/p-124-pocket-welding-guide-30th-edition.aspx

these lincoln electric books
https://ssl.lincolnelectric.com/lincoln/apdirect/store.asp?PID=16&cat=8

NAVAIR 01-1A-34 (naval aviation publication)
http://www.robins.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-091005-064.pdf

TC 9-524 (US Army Machining Manual)

below are some forums

http://weldingweb.com/
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/
http://www.metalwebnews.com/

I don’t do wood working im sure lowes or home depot has something.

Im looking for a fully free no sign up website for woodworking projects!

Here are three that can possibly get you started. Many plans to chose from. Enjoy.

I realize many of my views may seem like neonazi ideals but I’d like to say I have nothing against minorities and I truelly believe that people are individuals not to be entirely summarized by stereotypes (though its funny when people live up to them)
But I loath the retarded. Im not talking about autism or something like that I mean full blown retards like the ones that function as a giant toddler from my experience ( I delivered a note to a room full of them today) and for the most part I dont see how anyone wouldnt terminate a pregnancy if the child was retarded (not an abortion debate i believe if us guys could get prego then the abortion clinics would out number mcdonalds) but when the retard is then born they end up wasting tax dollars on it in the school systems and for their healthcare and I’ve heard they often recieve welfare for their defects.

On top of that im also just downright disgusted 9 out of 10 times when i see a retarded person as their just moist sticky individuals (bad BO, blows snot bubbles all over their own face everytime they exhale, food leaking as if they cant even keep their damn mouths closed) they invade peoples personal space as one of them that is for some reason allowed in regular classes regularly goes through my classmates things and you can tell the same way you can tell which way a slug went! It utterly disgusts me that in spite of the fact we run a major deffecit and our school system is already bad enough that they throw these sub humans in with the rest of the kids who can easily out preform them with nothing more than a laugh in just about any practical competition/situation (not who can coat themselves with mucus) so i ask why do we allow them in regular schools and to leech off our society the way they do given the fact they never have and never will be useful.

Just a reminder Im not talking about kids who autistic or have adhd or just some physical disability as they still tend to be some of the most valued people in our society (Einstien, supposedly had autism and i need not even speak for Mr hawking whose condition is obvious but whose mind is without many equals) whereas most of the special day kids at my school cant even go up a flight of stairs on their own an exaggeration watched one break down emotionally because they couldnt go up the ships ladder in my stage building class which shouldnt even be accessible to the retarded on account of the fact it teaches welding, woodworking, graphical, design and other skill that are beyond their capabilities. So now I rephrase the question why do waste our money on the retarded and the time of the countless teachers and other people who have to manage them when they are litterally the least productive wastes of space i can think of?
oh and this is a yahoo question so if your trying to fault me do it in a way that demonstrates a productive counterpoint to change my opinion not rip on the grammer i didnt pay attention to and the sentance structure i didnt reread.
Btw if i was retarded i would kill myself on the spot, id prolly have someone else do it because id be trapped it a cage of my own mucus

"not rip on the grammer i didnt pay attention to and the sentance structure i didnt reread."

Which shows your level of regard and concern for other people very well.
Would you serve meals to other people on dirty plates, too, just because it was too much bother to you to wash them up?

Your ethics and viewpoints can be critiqued on several grounds, but here’s just one thought: what behaviour, rights, support and opportunities would you want to see in place in a society, if you didn’t know beforehand what your place in it would be?
If the roll of the dice might make you one of the "retarded" just as well as it might make you the child of a rich person?

Wanting the world arranged for your personal convenience from where you happen to stand is not terribly advanced thinking.

FYI: I’m a 16 year old girl

Does anyone know if it’s possible to be a "partial" psychopath? I think I might be one, but then I might just be exaggerating things. I read that psychopaths/sociopaths have no emotions or conscience and manipulate people. I do have emotions and a conscience, but sort of… inconsistently. Like for example I’m very close to my grandma, but my grandpa and I don’t really talk because he’d rather do woodworking in his basement. I recently learned that he has a kidney tumor, and I just… don’t care. I pretended to be sad about it, but I just don’t feel anything. If it was my grandma or one of my brothers I’d feel awful, but I don’t.

I just don’t seem to care about things if no one is watching. For example: if I have a cold and my mom tells me to use disposable plates, I only do it when she is around and switch to regular ones when she leaves. A few times I’ve wiped the floor with a family member’s clothes or face towels if there is nothing else around.

Also, I keep having these weird sexual fantasies about machinery and violence. It’s hard to explain. Even though I’m not very strong physically I have a pretty violent mind. When I was little I killed my pet bird (though I did feel guilty about it) and tortured insects and fish I caught in a lake. I also cut up all my toys. When I got to be too old for dolls, I started making paper airplanes and hacking at them with scissors.

I heard that psychopaths lie a lot and are manipulative. For me that’s partially true: I lie to people I don’t like or don’t care about, but feel kinda bad about lying to people who like me. I don’t lie to my dad or a teacher who likes me, but I constantly lie to my mom (who is really rude and sometimes abusive and probably bipolar). I don’t consciously manipulate people, but sometimes I find myself acting super sincere with teachers so they cut me some slack. Like if I ask, "Do I need a hall pass to go to the bathroom?" in a certain way, they let me go without being suspicious that I’ll go somewhere else. Even though I’m good with adults like that, I’m kinda awkward with people my own age. I just can’t think of witty comebacks fast enough, and if I talk to other teenagers who aren’t my friends for too long I just get sort of mentally exhausted. I do have friends, but not too many .More like a few close friends instead of a whole social group.

So do I sound like just a weird person, or kind of a "partial" psychopath?

Yes, you do seem to have some psycopathic tendencies. Not all psychopaths are evil though like the media likes to portray them, and they are much more common than people realize

would like to make a jewelery box, anyone have any plans or designs for wooden boxes? or some good info woodworking sites.

I have some designs for wooden jewelery boxes and I know a few sites

some ideas that I’ve collected so far are:

1.
Zines
scrap-booking
Art Journal
Alternative book
collage
blogging
manifesto
time capsule
journal
memoir
short stories
art portfolio
collected poems/ lyrics to songs
make your own poems/compose music
stream of conscience
Dada poem
decoupage
novel
website
other type of book
videos/film
write a script/ adapt one already written and act it out in a production
Slide shows
motion pictures
photography
singing songs/playing a song on an instrument
imitating a part in a film or a book that I really like
DIY projects (varies)
organizing photos into albums
and then there are arts and crafts projects such as:
2. basket making
candle making
jewelry making
knitting/crocheting
cooking/baking
Dancing
Doll making
T shirt making
sewing
stage crew/ prop making
card making
stamp art

Can you think of any other ideas from either category (labeled one and two)
Basically, anything that has to do with expressing yourself directly or indirectly, including arts and crafts projects. Also, I am not sure what woodworking is, if you can explain that, I would really appreciate it. And one more thing: what would you call an activity that involves building things, and painting it. For example to make a jewelry box and decorate it. Or perhaps making a model of a dollhouse, or a birdhouse, shelves and small pieces of furniture. What are other things that I can do in this type of hobby?

Thank you so much!
also comic book/ cartoon drawing or just plain drawing. Illustrating a story counts too I guess.
contraptions and things i can do with my hand but I need examples and project ideas.

woodworking

If you’re not familiar with how to start a woodworking project from start to finish, then a guide such as Ted’s Woodworking can be a large help in knowing helping you finish your first in woodworking project but allow you to continue on to many other projects quite successfully.

In Teds woodworking manual you will be armed with all that you need such as diagrams that are complete with dimensions and fully detailed, instructions that have been laid out step by step in order for you to begin your project, the needed materials for your project, and finally, all of the tools for woodworking that will be required.

Teds Woodworking manual is a great buy and a great investment for you who wants to gain experience in woodworking. With 16,000 plans that you can choose from, there are more than enough plans to keep any person busy as long as you like with more woodworking projects than you can shake a wood stick at! Goodluck!

My brother is in to Woodworking and I would like to Buy him some Woodworking Plans for different projects, whats your suggestion?

I Recently bought my dad a whole bunch of Woodworking Plans for his wedding anniversary.
from this site:http://www.urlnav.com/?u=1070 they have over 16,000 different plans. and a money back guarantee as well. Hope that helps.

I can’t use things such as guitar strings and actual instrument reeds, it needs to be homemade. But it can’t be something as simple as a kleenex box and some rubber bands because that won’t even get me 5 marks. But i’m not an award winning woodworker.

You can make a guitar out of a cigar box and do it without using guitar strings. You could also make a drum out of tightly stretched fabric using an embroidery hoop and polished cotton. You can use waxed paper, a paper towel tube and a rubber band to make a kazoo.

I like the way beech stains and the fact that is relatively inexepensive. I am however having diffculties finding 1/4inch beech plywood. Birch plywood is easily available in home improvement stores. i was wandering whether I could substitute cabinet door fronts with birch and build the rest from beech.
Will beech and birch accept oil stains similar way ? The unstained wood looks similar.

hello,what i do is get a small sample of what i want and put a bit of stain on it,if i like the way it looks,i go with that.
Both birch and beech are soft woods so staing either of them is no problem,except one will be darker in color…i like working with birch…you can probly go to a mill and have them cut beech to what you want or order it from them,it will be cheaper then retail…hope this helps