Project Information
This one started out designed to hold shoes for my 2 boys. It ended up being an exercise in frustration, perseverance, and not quite large enough for it's intended purpose It's still quite handy and used by my older son to house books, Rubik's cubes, and the other miscellaneous small items that a 15 year-old young man accumulates.
Lessons learned here - don't try more than 1 new technique per project! This project was the maiden voyage with a Leigh dovetail jig (carcase is joined with half-blind dovetails). It was also my first attempt at using a sliding dovetail. Somehow, the pieces kept getting smaller and smaller… Anyway, being too stubborn to glue up and mill new, "full sized" panels, I simply reduced the dimensions of the finished piece.
I was going for a contemporary, Scandinavian feel. Carcase, top and fixed shelf are solid maple. Base is "ebonized" poplar. Spray paint and a few coats of wipe-on poly The dark detail band at the top was made by spray painting some strips of 1/8" hardboard black and sandwiching them between the carcase and the top. The carcase and top were finished with sprayed on water-base lacquer.
A great deal of learning was gleaned from this small piece of furniture!
Lessons learned here - don't try more than 1 new technique per project! This project was the maiden voyage with a Leigh dovetail jig (carcase is joined with half-blind dovetails). It was also my first attempt at using a sliding dovetail. Somehow, the pieces kept getting smaller and smaller… Anyway, being too stubborn to glue up and mill new, "full sized" panels, I simply reduced the dimensions of the finished piece.
I was going for a contemporary, Scandinavian feel. Carcase, top and fixed shelf are solid maple. Base is "ebonized" poplar. Spray paint and a few coats of wipe-on poly The dark detail band at the top was made by spray painting some strips of 1/8" hardboard black and sandwiching them between the carcase and the top. The carcase and top were finished with sprayed on water-base lacquer.
A great deal of learning was gleaned from this small piece of furniture!