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Mahogany Entertainment Center

Project by DRdeveloper posted 359 days ago 374 views 0 times favorited 6 comments Add to Favorites Watch
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This is a simple design that I used to teach myself how to make simple panel doors. I’m not sure what the technique is called (edge joining thin sheets and then framing them to make the doors), but I was happy with the results.

I used two coats of nitrocellulose sanding sealer (and sanded after each coat) and then sprayed the whole thing with marine varnish. There are probably better finishes to use, but I’m a beginner and don’t really know what to do… so, I just used whatever I had around.

-- Mark, Dominican Republic


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woodworm

8243 posts in 485 days


posted 359 days ago

Nice looking piece. It is a great project for practising to make frame and panel door.
Now you can try to make raised panel door from thick material (solid wood/mdf).

Thanks for sharing.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

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CharlieM1958

7638 posts in 1113 days


posted 359 days ago

Looks nice, Mark.

Mahogany is pretty easy to come by in the Dominican Republic, isn’t it?

(Oops, I should have read your other project description before asking that question. :-))

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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Douglas Krueger

379 posts in 618 days


posted 359 days ago

Very nice ‘beginner’ project.

-- I can so I wood but why are my learning curves always circles

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DRdeveloper

23 posts in 360 days


posted 359 days ago

Yes – there are two types of mahogany that are easy to find here – Kaoba (Dominican Mahogany) and Andiroba (Brazilian Mahogany). Both trees grow all over the island. Kaoba, for some reason, is more expensive – however, I prefer to work with Andiroba, which has beautiful golden undertones mixed in with the natural red mahogany colors.

-- Mark, Dominican Republic

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Grumpy

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posted 359 days ago

Very good beginner project. Well done.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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Beginningwoodworker

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posted 352 days ago

Nice work!

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

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