| Project by JoshOne | posted 507 days ago | 2032 views | 20 times favorited | 9 comments |  |
 |
This is the sideboard I’ve been working on for what feels like forever. It’s made of walnut and quarter sawn white oak. It was designed as a bar, so to that end I added a pull-out cutting board, a tile-inlay as a pouring area, and I put a fridge in the bottom. I made a full step by step build blog here, with loads more pictures: http://joshberer.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/a-sideboard-bar-cabinet-from-walnut-and-quarter-sawn-oak/
Perhaps the most challenging issue of this project was the finish. I didn’t like the intense contrast of the above, I wanted the oak and the walnut to be of similar tones, but the figure in the quarter sawn oak to pop. I went through several frustrating trials (to the tune of more than 20 scrap pieces tested with various finish combinations and layers) until I settled on Transfast’s Dark Mission brown dye as the main element of the finish. Now, here was the tricky part. I could only apply water-based dyes prior to glue up, because an oil or urethane based dye would reject the glue and essentially ruin the project. Since I knew I would be using such finishes, I needed to make it so the last layers of the oak’s finish were the first layers of the walnut’s, so I could glue it up and then finish the whole piece.
Thanks for looking!
-- "The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne"
| Pin It |
9 comments so far
a1Jim
home | projects | blog
89038 posts in 1774 days
#1 posted 507 days ago
Wow Josh
This is a very ambitious and accomplished build , The design and build and finish all come together so well.Great job.
-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/
Paul Lajoie
home | projects | blog
103 posts in 1301 days
#2 posted 507 days ago
Nice sideboard/bar. Very simmular to one I built last year. Where did you get the tiles you used in the back splash?
What are the dimensions?
Paul
tinnman65
home | projects | blog
908 posts in 1611 days
#3 posted 507 days ago
Very nice work! I like everything about this piece, the design,the wood, and the finish.
-- Paul--- Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. — Scott Adams
RandyM68
home | projects | blog
693 posts in 514 days
#4 posted 506 days ago
Great job. You gave me several new ideas.
-- I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you. I'm sorry,thanks.
Grant Libramento
home | projects | blog
161 posts in 1176 days
#5 posted 506 days ago
Beautiful piece.
-- Grant, Tryon, NC
Russ
home | projects | blog
353 posts in 1274 days
#6 posted 505 days ago
Nice work. I like how well designed it is. The tiles are a nice touch.
-- Russ
JohnLee
home | projects | blog
17 posts in 496 days
#7 posted 468 days ago
Very nice. You have captured some nice elements in this piece which gives it a very nice look and a lot of things for the eye to feast upon. This is something to be to be proud of, and show off. I plan to check out your blog to see which pieces are walnut and which are oak, because I am having trouble telling—just as you planned!
-- John, Omaha
deborelli
home | projects | blog
75 posts in 429 days
#8 posted 427 days ago
This is awesome!!!!! You never would think so much is going on under the surface.
BubTheBuilder
home | projects | blog
51 posts in 440 days
#9 posted 425 days ago
Josh…quick question. Did you have to do anything special with the back where the fridge is? For example, did you drill holes so the fridge could release heat or vent? I ask because I am building something similiar and I wondered if the fridge puts out too much heat in that space?
-- Richard-- "If it ain't tight, then it ain't right."
Have your say...