| Project by Safetyboy | posted 240 days ago | 208 views | 0 times favorited | 9 comments | ![]() |
This is an office cabinet I designed and built to fit a specific space in our home office. It holds all our binders, files, and office junk, but keeps it all looking really neat.
Sides and shelves are oak ply, the rest is all red oak. Finish is Minwax Provincial, 5 coats of wipe-on poly, and one coat of paste wax for the feel.
I’m mostly happy with the results – I’d like to get better at picking wood that matches over the whole project, but I guess that just takes practice.
-- -- Kevin in Mentor, Ohio
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9 comments so far
GaryK
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posted 240 days ago
Looks great. It’s nice when you can build exactly what you want.
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
rikkor
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posted 240 days ago
Great office organizer.
-- Maplewood, MN
Scott Bryan
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posted 240 days ago
Kevin,
That is a nice piece of furniture. The finish looks good and the wood selection looks fine to me. There are some subtle differences between the woods but this simply adds detail to the project.
Thanks for the post.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
mrtrim
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posted 240 days ago
great looking project ! the wood differences are how you can eaisily spot hand made pieces from store bought that is made from particleboard and shrinkwrapped with contact paper . that stuff is very uniform in color and grain . great work
Critterman
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posted 240 days ago
Kevin, great project and it looks great. Like Mr Trim says it is much better than those cheezy store bought cabinets the charge a small fortune for. I say it looks great, nice job.
-- Jim Hallada, Chesterfield, VA
CharlieM1958
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posted 240 days ago
Great looking cabinet!
I’m not one who sweats much over grain matching. Every piece of wood is unique, and that is as it should be.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Safetyboy
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posted 239 days ago
Gee, thanks for the encouragement guys. After looking at some of the stuff you all have made, it makes me feel even better to get some nice comments from folks who’ve made such other beautiful pieces.
-- -- Kevin in Mentor, Ohio
Bill Butler
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posted 218 days ago
Love the look of inset drawer fronts. From the looks of it, you nailed it.
sandhill
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posted 218 days ago
Good job Bill, you did fine.
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