Finally! After about 6 months of weekend work here and there, I can post these pics of this a&c nightstand I made for my wife. This is my second major project and it involved some new things for me: (1) a drawer on wood frame, (2) two dovetail joints, (3) pegged thru tenon. All in all, I’m very proud of how it turned out, especially with the quartersawn white oak. I used Jeff Jewitt’s instructions on staining in mission oak style and I’m pleased with the results. I also found the drawer pull at an architectural salvage place in LA that I think goes really nicely with it.
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a1Jim
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#1 posted 227 days ago
This turned out great .I really like the design and 1/4 sawn oak.
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MonteCristo
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#2 posted 227 days ago
Nice nightstand. The staining really makes the QS Oak jump !
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TexasJim
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#3 posted 227 days ago
Very nicely done. Beautiful oak. And that handle was quite a find!
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Woodbridge
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#4 posted 227 days ago
you’ve done a beautiful job on the night stand it looks great. The rays on the QSO really stand out, the colour is perfect and your handle find was a good one.
-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario
Surfside
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#5 posted 227 days ago
That’s a beautiful nightstand! You’re wife must be very happy with it!
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CessnaPilotBarry
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#6 posted 227 days ago
NICE figure!
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hugepark
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#7 posted 227 days ago
Thanks for all the nice comments!
HillbillyShooter
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#8 posted 227 days ago
Very nicely done—great rays in the QSO.
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dnick
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#9 posted 227 days ago
A really nice piece. That finish makes the wood features really pop. Well done.
-- dnick, North Hollywood, Ca.
hugepark
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#10 posted 227 days ago
I should also give a shout out to Arroyo Hardwoods in Pasadena where I got most of the really nice qswo stock. Without those pieces, the overall look would definitely not have been the same.
HorizontalMike
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#11 posted 171 days ago
Very nice! I love A&C, and especially QS Oak.
-- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..."
KirkSawdustmaker
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#12 posted 159 days ago
I’m looking for ideas to do my own A&C nightstand for the wife. Yours is great. I really like the lines. I may be stealing a few parts of your design for my own.
Kirk
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pintodeluxe
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#13 posted 34 days ago
What is your finishing recipe? It looks really nice.
Golden brown transtint, followed by Walnut stain?
I have read so many of Jeff’s formulas, but they are all just a little different.
Thanks!
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hugepark
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#14 posted 34 days ago
@pintodeluxe: I used TransTint’s dark mission brown dye, and then I used Old Masters dark walnut gel stain. And I used an oil based polyurethane to finish it. I would have to say though that the qswo really made the look come together.
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