Buffet

hahaha oooooh I see—it’s all about the gun cabinet. HA !! :)

How could one refuse after receiving such a beautiful piece of furniture. The daintiness of this (that’s the feeling I get from it, with the legs, sides, and natural colour) definitely balances out the “manliness” of a gun cabinet :)

Beautiful

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Very nice! I can’t tell from the photo, is the front of those center doors textured, or is that just how the grain looks in the picture?

-- Dan Lyke, Petaluma California, http://www.flutterby.net/User:DanLyke

It’s looking good.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Thanks all – Dan the door have a raised panel with small grooves from the router. But it does have a lot of grain also. The same for the drawers – they are grooved raised panels or I guess they would just be added panels to the drawer fronts.

-- Larry "In dog years - I'm dead"

Nice job Larry. What wood did you use for this?

My preferred finish is shellac, but depending on how the item is used, I will also use varnish. Both will give Oak a nice color without any stain.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

You guys are so talented! Second project! It’s amazing and I’m a bit envyous. I can’t wait to see what you do with the gun cabinet.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Looks nice. I like to see the natural beauty of the wood myself.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Vincent Van Gogh -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Beuatiful Job.

And we all know what it’s all about. Even Debbie, in her heart, knows it’s all about what we gotta do for her to get what we need for us.

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

Obi … so true….
Bill … the wood is select pine and the leg are popular. I was well pleased with the select pine. Will use more of it. I am still pondering the stain…will do some test boards to see what we ….well…the wife likes the best..

-- Larry "In dog years - I'm dead"

oh.. I thought it was “what we LET you do so we get what we need from you!”

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

very nice work.

Please tell me that it is in your neighbor’s garage that you took the photos. I couldn’t handle it if that is really how clean your shop is. ohhh.

If you stain the pine Larry, you might want to consider using a wood conditioner first. Pine blotches really bad with stain. Minwax sells a small can of Stain Conditioner. You just wipe it on, then wipe off the excess. It keeps the stain from blotching so much (darker in one place than another).

I used to know the formula to make up a Conditioner at home. I think it has boiled linseed oil, paint thinner, and something else in it. I made up a gallon several years ago when I stained a Birch China Cabinet, and still have some left, so it has been so long now that I don’t remember the formula anymore. Probably another lumber jock knows the mix, it has been in magazines before. The Minwax stuff is not expensive.

As they say in Canada, “eh”
Mark

-- Mark DeCou - Kansas Flint Hill's Artisan

Beautiful work Larry! you have a great talent!, is this your design? – it’s very graceful, I like it.

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

Mark – Thanks for the tip on the conditioner. I use Minwax when I do stain and that would be something to get. “eh” yuppers on my shop…..although I did let some saw dust fall on the floor during this project….now mind you…just a little.

schroeder – I saw a Buffet once that kinda looked like this so I drew this one up – so not totally my design – I used to be an draftsman – in a past life – so the drawing was pretty easy. It was just getting the plan on to wood that was hard and of course with any project – it was changed during the construction. I designed over a 1000 houses for a construction business – Volco now de-funked as Franklin’s bought them out – I am sure Dennis knows of them – anyhow – you would think with all that drawing of homes – I could do lumber work – but never went on a job site – my loss. But hey – from my last job – I can handcuff you in seconds… Not sure there is any lumber to handcuff unless it would be naughty pine – hummm – guess that is knotty pine. =0)

-- Larry "In dog years - I'm dead"

Very nice work, Larry. I think that Pine is underrated.

I second Mark’s comment. I’ve had success with a sanding sealer solution made up of highly diluted Shellac/mentholated spirits. You might try this on some scrap and see what you think.

I wrote about this in a comment on one of Debbie’s blogs.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

hmmm… I followed the directions on the Minwax can, and was dissapointed – or perhaps surprised at how light the stain came out compared to straight on raw wood. I’d like to try gel stains next.

Don or Mark, did you have better luck/experience with your homemade version of the sanding sealer or conditioner?

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Vincent Van Gogh -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

There’s no doubt that my simple formula lightens the stain somewhat. But what it does do, and I believe that this is what Mark was warning about, it evens out the inconsistent absorbency rate of soft open-grained wood. To overcome the ‘too light’ problem, just add additional coats of stain. Each subsequent coat darkens the affect.

This is one area where I always experiment with off-cuts. Mind you, I don’t do much staining unless I’m trying to match a color of existing wood. I much prefer God’s handiwork in this respect, to mine.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

If the Mimwax makes the project light – I think I will put up with the blotches – as I need it med dark in a oak color to match the kitchen cabinets and table. Will work on a piece of scrap wood for sure.

-- Larry "In dog years - I'm dead"

I agree with Don, Pine is an underrated wood. True, it is soft and can easily ding. But, the color, the workability, the finish are wonderful.

Sounds like we should be sending our napkin drawings to Larry so he can turn them into plans for us! Maybe we could even start selling them like U-Bild. Imagine..Lumberjock plans for sale…hmmm

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Well my third pictures show the staining – and I did not loose the wood grain which I was well pleased with.

-- Larry "In dog years - I'm dead"

love the staining—still looks like its natural state. NICE

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

A great job. And such attention to detail, the drawers all have matching woodgrain. A wonderful touch.

You must have gotten some very clear pine. I do not see any knots on the pieces.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Larry, this is a really nice cabinet, you drew up a great plan. The grain and the way you matched it on the front really sets this wonderful cabinet a fire. Thanks for sharing with all of us.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

you do really nice work , the bookmatched drawer fronts with vertical grain orientation is very distinctive

-- ..... art for lifes sake ... danwalters@lumberjocks.com

That is beautiful work. The bookmatching is first class. Thanks for posting!

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