Pine Cabinet

Great work. The wood you used look very nice in the frame and panel door construction.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Nice, clean work.

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

Nice Pine Cabinet.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Very nice

-- Glenn, New Mexico

Very nice indeed . good build

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

And I bet the whole things weighs less than 3 lbs. Kidding. Very nice looking cabinet indeed. Haven’t come across pine with that level of grain detail before. Great find. Also, awesome picture of the drawer profile. Shows the level of craftsmanship.

-- Measure, cut, curse, repeat.

NK system?

I think it looks great, what finish?

I came across the NK drawer system by researching on Fine Woodworking dot com.

Basically you cut a piece of plywood for the bottom with “rails” along the edges, that rub on the drawer opening. This lets you trim just the small wood rails, not the whole drawer side. Once it is fit properly, you attach the drawer box to the base and the plywood is rabbetted into the front. Then trim the drawer hieght, and you are good to go.

It weights a bit more than 3 lbs :).

I was so excited when I found this pine board at, of all places, Menards!

-- - You begin thinking less, and feeling more.

The finish is a couple coats of shellac. The top is got some paste wax rubbed into it and buffed out.

I took the time to scrape the entire cabinet with a card scraper, which is (at least for me) way more fun than it sounds. I love taking the time to get to know every square inch of a project. There is no better way to do this than to scrape it, especially pine, cause the grain shifts often. As I (and The Schwarz) recently learned, most people say that you aren’t supposed to scrape pine. “Just don’t tell my card scraper that” http://blog.woodworking-magazine.com/blog/Shhh+Dont+Tell+My+Scraper+That.aspx

The best thing about schellac, is that it smells better year after year, instead of giving off the petro aroma.

-- - You begin thinking less, and feeling more.

Excellent choices in wood…great mirrors…

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