Popular Post gee-dub Posted February 25 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 25 This will be a little weak as far as a build journal goes. I am killing a bit of time while building the dressers for the new bedroom suite. The son of a family friend wants a media cabinet to hold his cable box, gaming console and so forth. The location is his bedroom so the scale is small. He called me and asked about him making one out of 2x4's so I offered to intervene and do something not quite as rough out of some materials I had on hand. We have agreed on something like so since it is supposed to match his existing desk. The top will be sealed pine. The base will be painted white to match the existing desk unit. Getting the right paint color is on him ;-) The pine I had on hand from a project that never saw the light of day so . . . bonus for him. I milled and glued up some pine to make a top that echos the commercial desk unit he already has. I use some epoxy to lock and level some knots. No dye in this epoxy as the top coat will be an amber coloration. Not sure what I was trying to show here. We have all (or mostly all glued up panels before. Ripping some poplar which will be the base material (mostly) under primer and paint. I got ahead of myself and glued up the corner posts before milling for the panels. My solution was to clamp them in the tail vise and use the workbench as a support surface for the router. I can always remember where my broom and dustpan are after I free-hand route . At any rate I covered my procedural error and rabbeted the remaining parts before assembly. One thing about working with soft woods; your cutters gotta be sharp, sharp, sharp. After an unacceptable amount of tear out on a test cut I grabbed a marking wheel. I use the test piece to set the depth. Then I run a slice along the show edge. Here I have highlighted the score with a pencil to make it easier to see. I am trying an up-cut spiral instead of the shear-cut two flute straight bit I was trying before. I cut a 1/32" to 1/16" deep cut first. Then I go back for full depth. I'm happy with the results but am reminding myself to stick to hard woods in the future A quick dry fit of most of the components. Picture the base painted white and the top with an amber tinted top coat. Oh, there's doors on the bottom opening as well in case I didn't mention that. And a little weight for an overnight glue up of the shelf cleats. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gee-dub Posted March 6 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted March 6 Another coat of paint. More detail than anyone probably needs but, layout and mark for bumpers. Drill a hole without drilling out the front of the door. Push in the bumper. Unlike some stick-ons these stay put. Hinges. Just an overall shot of the tools used. And she looks like this. The top is shellacked for color and then rattle-can lacquered. The cabinet is setting on 1 quart finish cans to elevate it. Those round "feet" are not part of the build. I will let the paint harden for a few days per the manufacturer's instructions and then deliver it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 @gee-dub, I like those bumpers, can you provide a source of supply? Whoever receives that piece should be very happy with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 On 3/6/2024 at 8:05 PM, wtnhighlander said: @gee-dub, I like those bumpers, can you provide a source of supply? +1 I didn’t know they made such a thing. I also like the drilling stop block so you don’t see the hole on the other side jig thingy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted March 7 Author Report Share Posted March 7 @wtnhighlander and @Coop I will try to dig that up post haste 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gee-dub Posted March 7 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted March 7 Seems it was Woodworkers Supply but they are now gone . Lee Valley has some that look like what I used on the project but they come in packs of 25 whereas mine is a bag of 100. Richilieu also has a selection. If I figure it out I will come back and post the suppliers. P.s. They also work great for small box feet. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 On 3/7/2024 at 8:50 AM, gee-dub said: Seems it was Woodworkers Supply but they are now gone . When did that happen? Glad I bought in bulk I purchased a lot of my sander consumables from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted March 8 Author Report Share Posted March 8 On 3/8/2024 at 2:07 PM, pkinneb said: When did that happen? Glad I bought in bulk I purchased a lot of my sander consumables from them. Yeah. Sorry to see that happen. If you go here there is a short blurb. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 Ditto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gee-dub Posted March 9 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted March 9 Oops, thought I posted this pic of it in position(???). 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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