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One Man's Junk- Plywood Dresser

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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


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Lee A. Jesberger

3710 posts in 876 days


posted 489 days ago

Hi Tim;

Hard to believe all the junk in the trunk, I mean Dresser.

Looks real good to me!

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

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scottb

3402 posts in 1224 days


posted 489 days ago

looks really good, just don’t gnaw on the knobs. ;)

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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Karson

25803 posts in 1297 days


posted 489 days ago

Tim: don’t store it outside or it might explode. But a great superficial looking job.

LOL.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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bbqking

332 posts in 620 days


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

-- bbqKing, Lawrenceville

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joey

289 posts in 801 days


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

-- Joey~~Sabina, Ohio http://sleepydogwoodworking.blogspot.com/

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Dadoo

1723 posts in 887 days


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?

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

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daltxguy

565 posts in 811 days


posted 488 days ago

...and the label now says 100% Made in the USA. Nicely done.

-- Steve, New Zealand, www.steveracz.com

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MsDebbieP

14162 posts in 1057 days


posted 488 days ago

now isn’t that most interesting description you’ve ever read!!!
great dresser.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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tenontim

1319 posts in 641 days


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

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jeanmarc

1751 posts in 613 days


posted 488 days ago

very beautiful pieces of furniture beautiful work

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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thetimberkid

1944 posts in 600 days


posted 488 days ago

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

-- For wood working podcasts with a twist check out http://thetimberkid.com/

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Rob Drown

324 posts in 729 days


posted 487 days ago

very funny,

Beautiful dresser. Do you have more pics?

-- Sharp tools and thin whispy shavings make woodworking a joy.

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tenontim

1319 posts in 641 days


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

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Derby

27 posts in 169 days


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!

-- "Lumber is just sawdust in 'solid' form!"

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tenontim

1319 posts in 641 days


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

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Derby

27 posts in 169 days


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.

-- "Lumber is just sawdust in 'solid' form!"

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degoose

2014 posts in 251 days


posted 156 days ago

You really had me fooled!

-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au

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a1Jim

16928 posts in 474 days


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

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tenontim

1319 posts in 641 days


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

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