433 days ago
by Dewshan |
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I am working on a reception desk for a local business. Using birch plywood with birch trim. Had everything done over one weekend except for the finish.
I like to cut dados first with the router on a festool track and then cut into separate pieces
the design features a built in monitor in the top. the easiest way I found to do that was to build around the monitor. 2 small dowels hold the monitor at the right angle.
I had to assemble this outside because it is a li...
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714 days ago
by Juriathe |
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The day started simply enough; I was working on a computer desk I was building for my Mom and having trouble deciding how to place the hutch on the desktop. I’m only a novice at furniture so every detail is an exploration in how I understand the plans I designed. See a fundamental problem there ? Blind leading the blind, comes to mind. I had this gorgeous birch plywood I wanted to use for the desktop; it’s patterning in the grain was so sweet that I had simply looked at it for...
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789 days ago
by Lee Barker |
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The top is 28×46, to fit in a predetermined place, to match existing cabinetry in the room. Material is eastern soft pine, furniture grade, milled to 5/4. Knots aplenty, but mostly medium (25 cents) and smaller. I cut around the large ones, culling clear stuff for the legs.
Mortising was via my Jet benchtop machine, tenons cut on the tablesaw on a sled. The remaining wood supplied the top. Considerable time was devoted to getting the knots into a “size family” and eve...
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1573 days ago
by MyOldGarage |
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Ok—as I learned on the garbage can holder, I think I need a bit more planning on my next project. I’ve in the past at least drawn out some sketches and worked from that . . . which is what I did to a certain degree on the trash holder but I didn’t flesh out all the details until I was in (over my head) on the project. Norm Abram I’m not.
So on to the next thing which will be some overhead cabinets for in the garage. I’ve always wanted something above the wo...
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