TotalNoobWoodworking

This is for the people that have just put together their first lopsided box, that while it has no legs and is on a piece of particle board it still managed to wobble. Please share your first projects, and\or stories where you were a total noob at woodworking.

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Cat shelves that can be rearranged?

Posted 21st Mar 2026u/DuckyDoodleDandy

Need to fix table top for camp trailer, any advice? Or where to find a replacement? Trying to sell our camper and don’t want the new owners to deal with the broken table top.

Posted 11th Mar 2026u/Mo_Howie

Ván Dăm Là Gì? | What Is Particle Board?

Posted 24th Oct 2025u/Ok_Print_9626

VECO - Sumitomo Forestry Group

Posted 20th Oct 2025u/Ok_Print_9626

4 Giá trị cốt lõi của VECO | VECO's 4 Core values

Posted 18th Oct 2025u/Ok_Print_9626

Particle board. Free for me

Posted 7th Jun 2025u/Ok-Succotash-8222

Charcuterie board(not yet complete) that I am putting together as an anniversary present for my wife

Posted 12th Oct 2023u/DatSwimCoach

Built a truck bed utility box for my towing equipment. Mostly scrap and pallet wood

Posted 23rd Feb 2022u/dr3224

Critique on this workbench design please

Posted 1st Feb 2022u/Burning_Ranger

Catio I built for our 2 Felines

Posted 22nd Aug 2021u/DatSwimCoach

Refinished a desk and chair over the past week

Posted 22nd Aug 2021u/DatSwimCoach

A fishing pole rack for the ceiling

Posted 3rd Aug 2021u/FrankDeRosa

What would be the best way to reinforce this reactangle made of 2x2’s? Corner braces, another 2x2 down the middle or both?

Posted 2nd Aug 2021u/DatSwimCoach

Table from old wooden things slapped together; a sense of pride that takes up physical space

Posted 19th Jul 2021u/thetebe

~4"x12" log that I would like to turn in to coasters. How long would you let it dry before starting work on it?

Posted 18th Jul 2021u/Fritz-fitzgerald

Quick and almost free vacuum hose adapter

Posted 8th Jun 2021u/FrankDeRosa

Wobbly scrap wood holder (warped trash 2x4s) but I’m happy just to have the tools to build it.

Posted 17th Apr 2021u/Dantien

Failed dovetail/box joint: boxtail?

Posted 13th Mar 2021u/_harro_

Little planter box shelves I made for my sister

Posted 9th Mar 2021u/icosidigon

I made a gate to replace the old, sagging gate that came with the house. Now my gate swivels on its own!

Posted 30th Jan 2021u/FRESH__POTS

Thought my bookshelf could be appreciated in here as well

Posted 28th Jan 2021u/DinoJoe20

Artesanal Yuletide sleigh companion in the finest MDF

Posted 5th Dec 2020Deleted user

1st Attempt At Dovetail Joinery

Posted 23rd Nov 2020u/patbergix

This was supposed to be an address plaque. Not sure now lol.

Posted 5th Nov 2020u/DuckyDoodleDandy

A portable French cleat clamp rack

Posted 24th Oct 2020u/FrankDeRosa

A French Cleat bracket for my trim router. My first cleated storage.

Posted 22nd Oct 2020u/FrankDeRosa

Starting to try to be more organized in the shop. Drill station made out of scraps on a French cleat.

Posted 18th Oct 2020u/DubCeeTheThird

A leaf blower bracket

Posted 16th Oct 2020u/FrankDeRosa

Best thing about an end table for magazines is the magazines will cover the mistakes! 😆

Posted 10th Oct 2020u/spike_w67

I’m so glad it’s not just me!

Posted 8th Oct 2020u/Soapy212

How about a hammer rack?

Posted 8th Oct 2020u/FrankDeRosa

I made this mini pallet coaster with some scraps (it’s a little lopsided)

Posted 8th Oct 2020u/AccomplishedMonk1

The little chisel rack I made

Posted 6th Oct 2020u/FrankDeRosa

Update to the track saw posted yesterday:

Posted 28th Sep 2020u/DuckyDoodleDandy

Super simple track saw

Posted 28th Sep 2020u/DuckyDoodleDandy

Advice on making this perfectly round? Cut with jigsaw, sanded edges with 60 and then 80 grit on orbital sander. Do I need to make a spindle for it so I can get it closer to perfect? (Will show pics of all steps in a day or so, after it’s done.)

Posted 28th Sep 2020u/DuckyDoodleDandy

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