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Can you believe I ran out of wood???? (Wood un-gloat!!!)

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Can you believe I ran out of wood???? (Wood un-gloat!!!)

While gloating in earlier blogs about my recent lumber scores, I failed to equally look out for secondary lumber!! I know there may be some that are laughing uncontrollably, saying "HA, all that walnut/curly maple, beeswing aniegre/purpleheart, and he can't make drawers???" I know, me too!! I went through my ENTIRE scrap pile, and I may be able to make one drawer until next payday. See, I bought my mom her Christmas present Friday, so poplar wasn't in the budget! The truth is, I got her a laptop, so she won't cuss the evening news everytime they say "For more on this story, please log on to www.abc13.com". Anyway, here is my current project, in process. Enjoy!!!

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I do have a question. Should I apply the Danish Oil to the interior of the case to match the outside? Does anyone have experience applying shellac to walnut with Danish oil applied? I really want to finish this in shellac. Thanks for any help you may offer!!!

Here is the top!!

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Matt, I agree this is looking pretty good and, I were at this stage in a project and ran out of wood for the drawers I would be counting the days to payday. Interruptions like this when you are basically in the home stretch of a build are just plain irritating.

Do you need danish oil on the inside? It really is a matter of personal preference in my opinion. The inside should be sealed and if you just wanted to apply shellac that would work. The important thing is to seal all surfaces of the cabinet. But the danish largely affects the appearance of the wood by giving it a slightly darker tone. However, in the case of walnut it is fairly dark already so I am not sure that it will appreciably the final color of the wood. As always when finishing a project I always recommend making up a test piece that has been sanded to the same grit as the projet piece and which shows the contributions of each individual finishing step.

I have not used danish oil on walnut but have used it on oak, maple, and cherry and topcoated it with both shellac and polyurethane. But I have gotten away from using danish oil and tend to favor boiled linseed oil instead. I am not sure what brand you are using but they are fairly similar. Watco Danish oil, for instance, is largely mineral spirits and other similar solvents with linseed oil and vegetable oil thrown in as the penetrating oils. General Finishes danish oil is boiled linseed oil diluted with mineral spirits. Others add tung oil in addition to boiled linseed oil. Danish oil will provide little surface protection and will serve to darken or "tone" the wood.

You can apply a topcoat of shellac over the danish oil once it cures without any problem.
 
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I don't have any poplar… is that a really good wood for drawers… I use Hoop Pine… aracaria cunninghamii…
Makes a nice contrast for the dovetails in the drawer fronts.
i like the way you did the top could you post a close up of the top… is that finger jointed to the sides with a border..??? can't quite tell.. Nice feet BTW.
 
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Thanks everyone!!
Larry, poplar is the 1st choice in drawer innards due to it's inexpense, and strength. The top is dovetailed into the side boards, then wrapped in a decorative frame!

Chuck, I wish we lived closer, I love building these things!! It's so much fun!!

I can't believe no one jabbed me in the ribs!!
 
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Dusty,
Yeah, that is the board! I only had about 1" left after rough cutting, then jointing, and tablesawing to get it to 15.1/2"

Chuck,
I guess Glen left, and now it's my turn?? At least you didn't say "You know, you could use that Period Purpleheart on those drawer innards!!" I better keep quiet about the Leigh Dovetail jig….........oops!!
 
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I've always understood that you should finish all sides of the wood, for the reason that if you don't, seasonal changes may have more of an effect on the unfinished part and cause uneven stress in the wood. Beyond that, I'm just so anal that if I took out a drawer it would annoy me to no end that the finish stops where it does in your pictures :)

Looks great though, can't wait to see the finished project.
 
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