Project Information
This is a small linen cabinet that I built for my daughter. The original plan was from the Woodsmith Bead Front Bookcase. She mentioned wanting a small cabinet and I came across that plan. I did alter the dimensions a little, replaced the lower drawers with a door and added a door to the top with an adjustable shelf in each section.
I sent her a picture of the original and told her what the plan was to change it. Then she said something that I never thought I would hear from her; "can you make it a little more rustic?". Rustic? Really? Just thought that was odd from her…
So I bought some Calico Hickory from my local dealer. It's frame and panel construction so I decided to stop by Lowes on the way home since I had my trailer and see what they had for 1/4" oak ply. Just needed some fairly small panels so I started picking through the smaller "project panel" section and came across a few that had some spalting on the "back" veneer. I said to myself, "well that looks rustic", so I got them and used them backwards, non-oak side out, for the panels and split them so the grain flowed between them. I also glued a piece of that to a 3/4" piece of the crappiest oak ply I've ever seen for the top panel.
Then came the doors. I wanted to do something different that just plain doors. I had seen a video from that single plywood challenge thing a while back where someone had woven strips of plywood for a door panel. I thought that would be worth a try with hickory and not plywood.I told my daughter and wife about it and then they started with the "I can't wait to see that" crap. I wasn't sure if they were meaning that they were sure I couldn't make that work or they were really excited to see that so I had to make it work. It was challenging but I think it came out pretty good. The strips are 7/64" thick, just under my blade kerf. I made 5 mortises in the top and bottom frame pieces with a drill bit in my drill press for the vertical pieces. The glued 3 sides of the frames together. When those dried I weaved, or wove, or woved, the horizontal pieces in. Getting that last side on was tricky too but got some ideas from another video I saw. Keeping them square under all of that pressure didn't work out perfectly but I did the best I could. Once everything was all dry I put splines in each corner with some Sapele scraps. Also made the door pulls from Sapele. The doors are kept shut with small magnets in the corners. Just enough catch.
I applied a coat of dewaxed shellac as a seal coat and then scuff sanded. Let it cure for a few days and then sprayed it with 5 coats of EM6000 semi-gloss lacquer. I'll let it dry for several more days and maybe wax it before delivery. Overall it's about 49" tall, 13" deep, and 26" wide. Oh, and hickory is brutal on tools…
Thanks for looking. I think it's rustic….
I sent her a picture of the original and told her what the plan was to change it. Then she said something that I never thought I would hear from her; "can you make it a little more rustic?". Rustic? Really? Just thought that was odd from her…
So I bought some Calico Hickory from my local dealer. It's frame and panel construction so I decided to stop by Lowes on the way home since I had my trailer and see what they had for 1/4" oak ply. Just needed some fairly small panels so I started picking through the smaller "project panel" section and came across a few that had some spalting on the "back" veneer. I said to myself, "well that looks rustic", so I got them and used them backwards, non-oak side out, for the panels and split them so the grain flowed between them. I also glued a piece of that to a 3/4" piece of the crappiest oak ply I've ever seen for the top panel.
Then came the doors. I wanted to do something different that just plain doors. I had seen a video from that single plywood challenge thing a while back where someone had woven strips of plywood for a door panel. I thought that would be worth a try with hickory and not plywood.I told my daughter and wife about it and then they started with the "I can't wait to see that" crap. I wasn't sure if they were meaning that they were sure I couldn't make that work or they were really excited to see that so I had to make it work. It was challenging but I think it came out pretty good. The strips are 7/64" thick, just under my blade kerf. I made 5 mortises in the top and bottom frame pieces with a drill bit in my drill press for the vertical pieces. The glued 3 sides of the frames together. When those dried I weaved, or wove, or woved, the horizontal pieces in. Getting that last side on was tricky too but got some ideas from another video I saw. Keeping them square under all of that pressure didn't work out perfectly but I did the best I could. Once everything was all dry I put splines in each corner with some Sapele scraps. Also made the door pulls from Sapele. The doors are kept shut with small magnets in the corners. Just enough catch.
I applied a coat of dewaxed shellac as a seal coat and then scuff sanded. Let it cure for a few days and then sprayed it with 5 coats of EM6000 semi-gloss lacquer. I'll let it dry for several more days and maybe wax it before delivery. Overall it's about 49" tall, 13" deep, and 26" wide. Oh, and hickory is brutal on tools…
Thanks for looking. I think it's rustic….