| Project by Douglas Krueger | posted 445 days ago | 603 views | 1 time favorited | 9 comments |  |
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Decided that enough was enough as there were chargers hanging out of sockets all over the house. This is the end result, the Charging Station Project. The basic idea came from another LJ member who’s name escapes me but I still wish to thank him for stirring the creative juices.
The wood is local Thai called Mai Padoo which is on the order of maple as far as hardness and work-ability.
The detailed work was done with my new Ryobi scroll saw. It forced me to learn a new degree of patience as witnessed by the far too numerous broken blades.
The dowels and molding trim are hand made with a router and a lot of hand sanding.
The marble top is a piece that has been laying around for years and was a real joy to cut (not) with a hand held grinder and polished with car wax.
The electrical is an individually switched plug strip mounted on a back plate and then mounted to the base to allow it to swivel out for access.
Finish was several coats of urethane with 1000 grit buffing between coats.
All in all, a fun piece to create and has proven to be very functional.
Hope you enjoy the pics
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9 comments so far
sIKE
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posted 445 days ago
Very nice I made one of these for my shop, it is much simpler to say the least. Your work is beautiful and so is the wood.
-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"
Bigbuck
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posted 445 days ago
Very nice. It looks great.
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tenontim
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posted 445 days ago
My wife wants me to make something like this for our house. I will NOT show her this one. I’m thinking something simple and small. Beautiful work. Thanks for the post.
-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com
mhawkins2
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posted 445 days ago
Very nice lines. I especially like the flair of the les at the top and bottom. All of the proportions are so well balanced it is very eye catching.
Thanks for sharing your work.
-- mhawkins2 - why does my wife keep parking her car in my shop :)?
thetimberkid
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posted 445 days ago
Great job!
Thanks for the post
Callum
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Dan Lyke
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posted 445 days ago
Your LJ inspiration was probably my cord organizer, but yours is much nicer, and I’m going to steal a bunch of your ideas on my next one [grin].
-- Dan Lyke, Petaluma California, http://www.flutterby.net/User:DanLyke
brianinpa
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posted 445 days ago
Very nice. I really like the look of the dowels in the stretcher in the legs.
This is the second charging station I have seen here and after the first I thought I would like one. Now I know I need to make one becasue the wife has been complaining about the wires for all the phones.
-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.
trifern
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posted 445 days ago
Excellent design and execution. Thanks for sharing.
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
Napaman
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posted 445 days ago
great idea!!! wonderful job…
-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...