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Since the majority of the LumberJock’s unanimously agree that plywood from China is “JUNK”, I would like to submit my entry – a six drawer dresser made of entirely of Chinese plywood.
The legs are made of 4 pieces of wood each,joined together with home made glue made from contaminated pet food.
The case is joined together with biscuits and sheet rock screws, as are the drawers.
The drawer pulls small pieces taken from imported toys, that may be a choking hazard.
The finish is a thinned down wash, made of maple colored, lead base paint.
The entire piece was made only with imported tools, some of which broke during use and the pieces are still imbedded in the wood at various places.
-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com





























19 comments so far
Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 489 days ago
Hi Tim;
Hard to believe all the junk in the trunk, I mean Dresser.
Looks real good to me!
Lee
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scottb
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posted 489 days ago
looks really good, just don’t gnaw on the knobs. ;)
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Karson
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posted 489 days ago
Tim: don’t store it outside or it might explode. But a great superficial looking job.
LOL.
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bbqking
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posted 489 days ago
Please email w/what type of contaminated pet food you used and vendors of the lead based paint. Also best places to break off drill bits & etc. bbqKing
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joey
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posted 489 days ago
if you get your price real low then cut that in 1/2 you might get Walmart’s to sell them and then loose a 1,000.000 dollars making them
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Dadoo
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posted 488 days ago
Definately a contender! But how’d you get the glue out of the dog food? Was it in the horse meat?
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daltxguy
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posted 488 days ago
...and the label now says 100% Made in the USA. Nicely done.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 488 days ago
now isn’t that most interesting description you’ve ever read!!!
great dresser.
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tenontim
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posted 488 days ago
Ok, I have to confess. I’m lying through my broken, imported from VITAPAN ZAHNFABRIK, 100% acrylic:
TEETH!
I’ll have to withdraw this from the contest. It’s not made from China birch. It’s made of Hard Maple. But you savy LumberJocks knew that. Thanks for all the compliments, though.
-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com
jeanmarc
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posted 488 days ago
very beautiful pieces of furniture beautiful work
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thetimberkid
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posted 488 days ago
Great job!
Thanks for the post
Callum
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Rob Drown
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posted 487 days ago
very funny,
Beautiful dresser. Do you have more pics?
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tenontim
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posted 487 days ago
Rob, I don’t have any other pictures of this one. I made it about 10 years ago and that was the only one I took.
-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com
Derby
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posted 167 days ago
I know that this was posted nearly a year ago, but this is exactly what I have been looking for as an idea for a new dresser. I currently have a 5 drawer high chest that is against the wall and supports a 36” tube-type TV.
With the departure of my last kid for the ‘real’ world, I have space for an office so the computer desk will finally get boosted from the master suite (bedroom) and I can replace the dresser with something a bit more user friendly.
The dresser I am looking for will be going at the foot of our Cali-King Waterbed on a Captain’s pedistal and this looks like it has the right dimensions. The TV will get replaced with a wall mounted plasma/LCD job, if I can get permission!
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tenontim
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posted 167 days ago
Derby, this dresser was 68”L x 22”D x 30” H. I thinks the drawers were 4”, 5”, and 6” deep, top to bottom.
-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com
Derby
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posted 164 days ago
Tim,
Thanks for the update. Broke out the measuring tape… Lo and Behold… my bed is 75” wide and 26” high so the dimensions are perfect.
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degoose
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posted 156 days ago
You really had me fooled!
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a1Jim
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posted 156 days ago
Your a real kick Tim funny stuff. The only thing you missed was that it was made in the back room of a chinese laundry in Hong Kong not that there’s anything wrong with that. cool Dresser great job
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
tenontim
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posted 156 days ago
Wow! That was posted almost a year ago. There was a rash of “China Plywood Bashing” going around at the time. Glad you got a chuckle from it.
-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com