Things I Have Built
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I do a bit of wood working (not to your level) and can appreciate the amount of skill and effort it took to create this - awesome job!
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I needed to replace a Walmart bookcase and found a picture of a case built in the 1790s that I liked. I built this using African mahogany and old style glass that is wavy and bubbly. The casework is constructed with hand cut dovetails. The size of this pushed my small work space to the limit. Glad to have this finished! I can now get the lawnmower out without moving things around.
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Thanks Walkenvol, but honestly I don’t think it is a matter of skil as it is a little know how and a lot of patience. I used cockbeading around the drawer front. This dresses it up a bit and allows adjustments if the fit isn’t perfect, but it also covers up most of the dovetails. The casework is held together with half blind dovetails. I will take credit for cutting pretty good dovetails, but for months I didn’t do anything but practice making them. There was a great article on the net from Popular Woodworking that detailed how to make the divided light door. The trick there is a set of router bits specifically for that purpose. The finish is a mahogany dye and a sprayed on and padded shellac. I think I included a picture of the bare wood. If I could do one thing over with I would have tried to get the lock centered in the door (left to right). Still not exactly sure how to go about this. I think I needed to find the center of the door member and ordered a lock according.
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Your modesty is admirable, but I’ve built a few pieces of furniture and restored a few others that needed serious repairs. Your skills are pretty elite, definitely several notches above mine. I would have never even considered dovetails on anything beyond the drawer. You should consider a YouTube channel for your projects.
Here’s a walnut coffe table I’m currently working on for our cabin I’ve been restoring for the past 1.5 years
This was my wife’s great grandmother’s who passed in the 1890’s. Was painted white and so rickety it wouldn’t support anything. Disassembled, Scrapped off all the old paint & finish and rebuilt several of the leg joints.
Here’s a walnut coffe table I’m currently working on for our cabin I’ve been restoring for the past 1.5 years
This was my wife’s great grandmother’s who passed in the 1890’s. Was painted white and so rickety it wouldn’t support anything. Disassembled, Scrapped off all the old paint & finish and rebuilt several of the leg joints.
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I like the table. It will be around for a long time to come. Hope you made a note on the bottom which details the history and your involvement
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Yesterday’s project was making legs for the base of the walnut table I posted earlier. I’m not equipped for much metal working as the extent of my tools are a 25 yo mig welder, a handheld Milwaukee bandsaw, and a 4 1/2” grinder. Steel is crazy expensive around here so I always use scraps. This was from a cable reel and not painted yet. Still grinding on the other end
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This is a zombie groundbreaker. It moves. Hopefully I can upload the gif. I made the structure out of pvc and used a wiper motor to get the movement. Added an old shirt and put a zombie mask on a styrofoam head. I'll add some fake blood before Halloween and pile up some mulch around the base to make it look like the zombie is pushing up from his grave.
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You are talented. Do you build for others? More directly, are you interested in building some custom gun cabinets?
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Here’s the top to the kitchen island. Wild cherry log I had sawn. Started out just over 2” thick before planning / sanding and is 6’ long. Still trying to decide on the legs / base. Wanting to keep it somewhat open underneath as opposed to storage space. Maybe incorporate this 2’ turnbuckle in the stretcher between the end legs? Any suggestions? This is for the same cabin.
P.s. anyone know if local black walnut and black cherry are related. Obviously the coloring is different but the character / graining of the wood is somewhat similar. Both are rot resistant.
P.s. anyone know if local black walnut and black cherry are related. Obviously the coloring is different but the character / graining of the wood is somewhat similar. Both are rot resistant.
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I’ve found since I thought I had enough money to retire, I’ve lost any interest in working for money. I like to work / build things but not for pay, only for ours or family/friends. Maybe I’m strange that way?
If a person wanted to do custom wood work for pay, I’d suggest building doors. I made the interior doors for our cabin out of red oak and reclaimed redwood then pegged the mortise and tenons with walnut dowels. Finished with a few coats of polyurethane, not really that much too it and was way less labor than many of my other projects which get far less interest. Seems like about half the folks who come inside our place ask if I’d build similar for them so I’d guess a pretty good profit could be made there.
If a person wanted to do custom wood work for pay, I’d suggest building doors. I made the interior doors for our cabin out of red oak and reclaimed redwood then pegged the mortise and tenons with walnut dowels. Finished with a few coats of polyurethane, not really that much too it and was way less labor than many of my other projects which get far less interest. Seems like about half the folks who come inside our place ask if I’d build similar for them so I’d guess a pretty good profit could be made there.
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