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Safetyboy

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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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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.

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rikkor

7604 posts in 356 days


posted 240 days ago

Great office organizer.

-- Maplewood, MN

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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.

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mrtrim

1545 posts in 362 days


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

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Critterman

479 posts in 291 days


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

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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"

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Safetyboy

64 posts in 240 days


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

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Bill Butler

72 posts in 244 days


posted 218 days ago

Love the look of inset drawer fronts. From the looks of it, you nailed it.

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sandhill

235 posts in 405 days


posted 218 days ago

Good job Bill, you did fine.

-- Just another day in paradise.

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