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Finished. Fist deck I ever built and I had no clue what I was doing. Learned a ton. Made mistakes but only I know what they are, but I am still proud. Still need to seal it up so its shiny. 467303

Thanks Lisa. Took me a while to fully understand but your response was the best and easiest . Now I have a pretty good match. I have to fill the seam a tad with some wood filler from the Ipe dust,...

Oh that photo was just taken to show how I would match it up. I have plenty of room to push the rail downwards to meet the stair railing. I made sure I had extra length so i could be cut. So the...

the idea was to have the top railing flow into the stair railing. I have seen other designs that you stop the top railing at the post, and then your stair railing cut on the angle attaches to the...

So i an basically attach my top railing now, since it has no bearing on the angle for the stair top railing? I think i was trying to over think things and make cut angles to both pieces so they would...

Thanks for all comments so far. I will check out the video, then dissect what Tom just said since its a little beyond my capability of thinking of math. With regards to the stair bottom post, i don't...

So I am trying to wrap up this deck project since I started in June. I am 95% done but stuck on the last remaining railing which seems the hardest. I have found that the angle is either a 30 or 60...

Thanks. I will have to check it out. Perhaps in the far far future I could build another deck, although the intention with this one was to last me forever. I really went all out. I have 12 cement...

Yes indeed. I have not plugged the holes until I am 100% sure I am good to go. Everything is a hidden system. I started this project in June. Have another stair to finish this weekend, then all the...

What do you guys now think about me taking a rectangle sander, and just sanding the board in place. I don't think i want to use the multitool. it will burn the wood. This IPE is tough. I already...

I liked Rich's comment. I actually have a tool that bends the wood in place. I Cranked to hard on it last week and nicked one of the 20 footers. Most people would have said eh its fine. Just sand it...

I decided to leave it alone for now. I can always unscrew the entire deck board. problem is i have these special slips for spaces so it might be a pain. While not ideal its about 1/4 inch gap that is...

thanks guys. i forgot about my multi too. its a milwakee. not that best. have to be careful i dont burn the IPE.

Hello to my fellow woodworkers.


I think this falls under that category. I am building a deck myself, with a friend who has helped since hes built things before. Problem is I am super anal how...

I just thought of something and I dont know if that has anything to do with it. I am sanding my coasters up to like 400 and maybe 600 grit. Do you think that is too fine, so when I put on the finish...

Thanks. I will give this a try. I guess when it comes to finish there is no rhyme or reason, just whatever looks the best, although im sure many will argue I am not right and there are specific...

so i dont know if its me, which it probably is due to my inexperience with wood shop, but this finish sucks. I used another foam brush and made sure it was put on thicker. i still get the same tiny...

great question. I dont know the answer since I bought this thing last year and its been in the table every since. I know I remoed the bottom plate it came with to attached to the table plate. Where...

I dont have any issues per say, but sometimes I have to crank a little harder on the rod. I would think it supposed to go up and down more fluid.

Have any if you guys found that when the router is mounted in the table position its heard to crank it up and down? I might have messed it up at first not knowing the power switch had to be off in...

Nope. I actually read the instructions which is a rare thing for me, but I did not shake it, but stir with a Popsicle stick. I will be finishing the samples this weekend and see if i can spread some...

Hi John. Thanks for the tip. The temp seems right since my basement is usually 65-68 as of right now. Would you suggest another type of finish or another type of brush, or just it is what it is. I...

ahhh. good call. Let me go check this. i always keep it on, but I do have it unplugged from the router table main switch.

I am making coasters for a second project as a very novice woodworker. Made them and now comes the finishing. Again I am sure this is another learning curve but here are my grips.

I believe I...

I typed up this entire thing, and my computer crashed.



I bought a Triton router thinking it was a good purchase and now im having second thought but i have not given up yet. The unit has been...