| Project by Kram79 | posted 516 days ago | 1221 views | 5 times favorited | 7 comments |  |
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These were a set of night stand/mini dressers that I made for my girlfriends son. This was my first project that was made without plans, well without step by step plans. I drew up the plans and design myself. I wanted to try out dovetails and the fronts of the drawers are blind dovetails with through dovetails in the back. The case was built with mortise and tenon joinery. I try to use traditional joinery in all my projects and the only metal is in the drawer handles and figure-8 table top fasteners to hold to top on. The side panels are maple plywood. The drawer fronts are birdseye maple with a black walnut slip joint mitered frame. The drawer sides are poplar. They are finished with garnet shellac and a few coats of Min-wax polyurethane on the top.
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doncutlip
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#1 posted 516 days ago
Really nice. I’m making a nightstand right now and was wondering if my bottom drawer was too low to the floor, but yours looks fine.
-- Don, Royersford, PA
a1Jim
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#2 posted 516 days ago
nice wood combo good job.
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#3 posted 516 days ago
Definitely an eye-pleasing design and wood combination.
-- Paul, Clinton, NC
dewoodwork
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#4 posted 516 days ago
Great looking night stands. I love contrasting woods and the maple and walnut combination really pop. Nice design too.
-- Express creativity with wood, Dewayne. Vacaville CA.
mackcr
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#5 posted 516 days ago
Very nice design.
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#6 posted 516 days ago
My two favorite woods really nice night stands!
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BTKS
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#7 posted 515 days ago
VERY eye catching. A nice proportional design and excellent choice of materials.
-- "Man's ingenuity has outrun his intelligence" (Joseph Wood Krutch)
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