Scrap Box Magazine Rack

Are you kiddin’ ... came out looking great Charlie … don’t know why, but I’ve never been a big fan of the more traditional V shaped magazine racks a lot of people have in their homes … and yes … my wife has that annoying (to me) habbit as well … so two thumbs up!

-- Lip's Dysfuncational Firewood Farm, South Bend, IN

Nicely done! Good choice of wood.

I like the fireplace too!

Tha must be a pretty impressive scrfap pile, Charlie. It sure looks good to me.

Lip has a wife?????

-- Thos. Angle

That is what a scrap pile is for. To make great accents to your decor. Great job!

Thanks, Guys.

Now as far as Lip having a wife…. they say there is someone out there for everybody! :-)

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

That’s perfect Charlie! We have a hearth similar to that and my wife put a basket there to hold stuff. It blocks the glass doors from opening completely. Your solution is going to be my solution! Thanks for posting!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

I like the quality of the workmanship and finish of this piece.
What I really like about this is the engineered factor.
Even though I’ve got a huge lumber stack full of various stock, I enjoy designing a piece so that I can make it strong without using a lot of material—keeping it light while making it a worker.
Very nice.
Gary

ps: when you get really, really low on material, send me a pm. It’s gettin’ to be that time when I’ll need to box up and send off more free scraps for the cost of shipping.
G

-- Gary, Florida

Thanks, Gary.

I was almost surprised myself at how lightweight, yet strong and rigid this piece was when it was finished.

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

Nice rack…well done for on the fly and out of the scrap pile!
Gary said:
ps: when you get really, really low on material, send me a pm. It’s gettin’ to be that time when I’ll need to box up and send off more free scraps for the cost of shipping.
G
Can I get on that mailing list? whatcha got ?

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

Nice job…looks great—-and I think we need a new challenge—-SCRAP WOOD PROJECTS…show a picture of the wood before…and what you can come up with…mixing scraps from different projects…etc…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

I really like this piece. Maybe because I love the strong shapes and clean minimal look. There’s nothing on this that doesn’t need to be there. Youv’e pared down the design to the essentials and it looks great.

-- Kaleo , http://www.kalafinefurniture.com

Now that you mention it, Kaleo, it DOES almost look like something you might have designed. (And I take that as a high compliment!)

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

Nice magazine rack, Charlie. That wavy maple looks great.

Now, aren’t you glad that your wife has that annoying habit, because if she didn’t, you never would have been motivated to make this nice rack!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Great looking piece Charlie. I like the fireplace too – but I have a pretty good idea that living here in SE Louisiana, like me, that you don’t get to use it very often :-)).

Now for the really important question – did your wife put the magazines in the rack that you built – or did you end up doing it yourself (like the rest of us would have done :-)).

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

LOL! You know darn good and well that I put the magazines on the rack. It’s kinda like when you have to keep putting the new puppy on the newspaper till it’s trained.

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

well at least YOU have somewhere to put the magazines now :)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Thats a nice magazine rack.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Very nice… what’s with this whole magazine thing? My wife does the same thing… lol

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †