2nd piece of my bedroom set finished finally.

I made this one a little over a year ago. Built from plans in Woodsmith magazine. Only change I made was the finish. Instead of dyes I used different woods and then finished it with Minwax tung oil finish.

The drawer fronts and door panels are from cherry and the case is mahogany. The back is poplar. I ran out of poplar so used some cherry for the drawer sides and back. 1/4” ply on the drawer bottom. First time I tried dovetails. My jig is Craftsman pro dovetail jig. They turned out ok, but not outstanding. I definately need additional practice on them. Case assembly is all mortise and tenon. The plans came from a Popular Woodworking book titles Buidling Traditional Country Furniture. Theirs was made from tiger maple.

Overall it turned out ok. Lots of things I learned and maybe should have done differently, but my wife is happy with it.

Thanks for looking!
Dave

No in process pics, but my first attempt at a rocking chair. Wood magazine had the plan a few months ago. Simple design with nothing overly complex for joinery. Routed round tenons with round mortises. The magazine used oak, but I decided on cherry since it’s what I had on hand, plus my customer (step-grandson/shop helper, who is 6) ordered it to be made of cherry to match the cradle I made awhile back. I did shorten all dimensions by 2 inches. Excuse the poor pics, I was experimenting with my camera (didn’t work as well as I had hoped). The finish is polyurethane.

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My wife wanted a table for the kitchen, to make mornings go a little smoother. Some place we could drink coffee and have breakfast without going to the dining room or living room. I did some browsing on the internet of different furniture sites and found a picture of a table we liked. I designed the table to be as close to the picture as possible. The oval section folds for storage and is on casters so we can push it out of the way when not in use (not that it happens, but the theory sounded good). Underneath is designed to store the stools (sorry I don’t have pictures of the finished stools, but the plans for those came from Wood magazine’s bistro table and stools). I sketched my design in Sketchup. It’s made of ash, finished with Minwax Classic American stain and several coats of spar urethane. BTW the stool in the picture was a size comparison. It is actually my shop stool. Thanks for looking!

This is the start of a new bedroom set. Set will include bet head board and fooot board, armoire, a dresser and this night stand. The plans are in Woodsmith, modified slightly. In their article they used to stain to create the contrast. I decided to use walnut for the top and base. Main body, door and drawer face are cherry, drawer interior poplar, and the top and base walnut. The finish I am not totally satisfied with, but nothing a couple of top coats of polyurethane won’t fix. The product I used was from Minwax, with tung oil in it. It feels really nice, almost like silk but it’s not as durable as the can claims it is. I think a mild buffing and then some poly on top will correct it. Thanks for looking.

Cradle plans are from from furnitureplans.com. Made from cherry with 1/4 ply bottom. The sides were a bit of a challenge to get glued up since all spindles are attached with M&T’s. Finish is 2 coats of tung oil with 3 coats of polyurethane. Thanks for looking