Night Stands

Another nice project nice tables

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

They look great Mike.

-- If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free! PJ O'Rourke

Sometimes we are our own worst critic. We see every little, infinitesimal flaw, and think of all the things we did wrong. Other people look at it and see how beautiful it is. They marvel at our skill and perseverance.

Those night stands look great. Your son will love them, especially since his dad made them.

I think your wife is right. Fantastic job.

-- All trees have projects inside of them, it is your job to get them out.

I gotta tell you… that looks like the work of someone who has been building furniture for years.

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

I spend the last few months building my man cave, practicing techniques with scrape wood, watched a lot of podcasts, read some books, and bought some tools before diving in. There were times I thought I took on too much. The tables took me about eight weeks to complete, basically working weekends and evenings when I had the time. Charlie, I think the key for me was patience, just as your signature says.

-- Mike the CreekWoodworker

I like very much your first picture, your work is something to be proud!
Mistakes will always be there…. The day we no longer make them, we’ll be in heaven!

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

Nice nightstands.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

I like the taper on the legs and the grain on the fronts. Nice!

-- Jim, www.greenteawoodworking.com

great project

-- It's not a sickness, i can stop buying tools anytime.

well done they look great.

-- All bleeding will eventually stop.

Mike: They are awsome night stands, if i did not have night stands already i would make two of them myself. Keep up the good work, and post more pictures.

-- Monty Q, Columbia, South Carolina.

Wow Mike, are you sure this is your first project? Looks much better than my first! The red mahogany on the red oak gives a nice deep-rich look, least it did for me. Great job!

They look great Mike! This is Craig in Springfield, Ohio your woodworking neighbor! I’m happy to have you following along on my blog! I’m just getting started here on LJ, I need to get my profile pic posted and list some projects etc. Lets keep in touch!

-- Craig, Springfield Ohio

Well done job: congratulations for your first project in your new woodshop.
A constructive critic: I think that the use of metal drawers’ slides together with dovetailed drawers isn’t the best option. It is obvious that your skills are more than enough to build wooden guides, so it must be a designing decision. I think that slides made in hard wood (it is not appropriate to use same wood as in the drawers’ sides) are good enough for small drawers and strenghtened the ¿craftmanship? in the whole. Just an opinion. Nice job.

-- Alejandro Moreno, CANARY ISLANDS

Alejandro, thanks for the comments. At the time I didn’t think I had the skills, and probably didn’t. LOL. The dovetails didn’t come out as well as I’d hoped, so you are correct it was a design decision. The next table I made with a drawer, I improved my dovetails and I did use wooden guides. http://lumberjocks.com/projects/19241 . It’s a small table and drawer; however, I made the drawer and guides out of Red Oak. Should I be using a softer wood for the drawers?

-- Mike the CreekWoodworker

Well, I learned that the guides should be fixed with screws so you can adjust it as needed and should be made of a hard wood. According to my experience I think red oak is hard enough for this job. I’m happy beeing of some help, Mike.

-- Alejandro Moreno, CANARY ISLANDS