Gina"Nah I'm not buying Ikea, I'm sure I can make something custom for much cheaper."
"...maybe I should buy a €300 table saw.." 💸💸 #diy #woodworking
Rokosun@Gina
I don't even know woodworking so you're definitely smarter than me 😁👍
I don't even know woodworking so you're definitely smarter than me 😁👍
Ferdi Groenewald 
@Gina The crookedness is in the angle of the eye of the beholder haha. Photo 2 looks legit
Anachron 
@Gina that's art. You could sell it.
garrettc@Gina You see crooked, I see character 🙂
Daniel Bohrer@Gina ohhh but I like the … how do you call it… weave filling thing … 😅
Edit: ah, "rattan weave" is the term I was looking for!
rag. Gustavino BevilacquaYou can still recover it with a file and the patience of a Tibetan monk.
Disassemble the door, clamp the vertical border on the left to the side, and file the two horizontal bars until they reasonably match.
Or, faster, put together another frame… but check the inner angles of the structure with a square and, if not 90°, use a sliding bevel to transfer the angle 😉
Twelve 
@Gina it will buff out
dan@Gina A carpenter friend keeps telling me, make sure it's level, make sure it's plumb, make sure it's square. I can't do anything without a set square or carpenter square.
lalalala sombra@Gina Almost there!
Ross of Ottawa@Gina A little trick that works for those sometimes is a piece of sandpaper folded in half and slid into the corner and rubbed back and forth a bit. (Not too much or it'll round them off).
@ottaross I was thinking of filling it with silicone, sanding and then painting over it. But that's basically my answer to everything.
@Gina the big challenge is holding the corners together mechanically. I usually use a spline of wood through them, but it's a bit difficult without a workshop and a good clamp. Using corner brackets?
@ottaross I don't have clamps so I just glued them, stapled them, and held them together for a while.
Jami 
@Gina Caulk and paint make me the carpenter I ain't. 😇 I have so many hidden miter gaps around the house. You're in good company.
@Gina asstetics (pretend it was written in a reaøly fancy font)
John Conway@Gina I’ve saved -£4000 by DIYing!
Ronald vd W.@Gina If you are serious about that table saw take a look at the Atika brand sold via Hornbach.
The cheapest one, while not very big, offers a lot of value for the money (a good friend recently bought one).
And no, I am not afiliated to either company. 😎
The cheapest one, while not very big, offers a lot of value for the money (a good friend recently bought one).
And no, I am not afiliated to either company. 😎
tyil@Gina Nice cat in the background!
@tyil Thanks, he's my hardworking assistant!
And by hardworking I mean hardly working.
nobody@Gina LOL. That's start of journey for every woodworker!
@Gina DIY or die trying 😂🤘👍💪
cuan_knaggs@Gina but then you'll have it when you decide to rebuild it. cause now you know more, and with nicer wood, ...
Trammell Hudson@Gina I'm seriously thinking about the 2-in-1 miter / table saw for my small woodshop...
@th 2 in 1!! I'm not even gonna google how much that will cost 🥲
Actually very often using Ikea furniture as raw material is less expensive than to buy the same raw material at Home Depot or equivalents, and sometimes you even get the right size.
Every Ikea store has an "as-is" corner where you can find very good deals (often I visit only that department).
@GustavinoBevilacqua yeah def doing that next time.
The Ghost of Toots Passed@Gina
It is a slippery slope!
It is a slippery slope!
Beko Pharm (deprecated)@Gina yes yes… where is the close-up of the cat? 🤓
@Gina
A gal after my own heart. I'm with you, why buy something for 50 when you can buy the tools for 100 and make it better.
We need to start looking at quality and personal skill growth and not the cheapest as a measure of desirability. The cheapest thing is usually the most costly when all the costs are considered.
You go girl.
rotten77@Gina Yeah, then buy a piece of plywood, spend a lot of time, and... wait. It costs me much more! :-)
But it's more enjoyable and bet this piece of furniture will last forever :-)
Btw. I am trying to upcycle so using scrapwood or wood from old furniture.
But it's more enjoyable and bet this piece of furniture will last forever :-)
Btw. I am trying to upcycle so using scrapwood or wood from old furniture.