This is the first piece of furniture I built. I sorta copied a Stickley piece. I had a load of red oak so I tried to put it to good use. I am going to remake the piece out of quarter sawn oak. Someday.
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Very nice.
Great piece! Can I have it when you make the replacement? <g> buic
Oooh, I like it! For a first attempt, it is awesome.
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Very nice indeed and the future one in quartersawn white oak will be even better.
Kowboy
quartersawn white oak will be even better
I was thinking the same thing, but with the dark stain it actually looks good like that. If it were a lighter color the contrast would be too much, but here it looks ok. Nice job bobo.
Looks good bud, keep it up!! Its a good feeling isn't it?
Was the top veneer?
Well, it's certainly immensely better than my first project.
Nicely done...but don't forget to post the 1/4 sawn version<G> Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press
Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out but when they will I can only guess.
They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy,
She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me.
I can't help it if I'm lucky.
Thanks for the compliments.
It was a blast making this.
I have constructed so much stuff, yet I felt a real sense of accomplishment with this, go figure.
I picked this piece because it actually was pretty simple.
All straight cuts, I cut most parts together in bulk to assure exact sizes.
The pieces are joined together largely with pocket screws...I know real furniture makers from Fine Woodworking are cringing.
The top is solid lumber, of varying widths, biscuit joined and glued.
The very bottom piece is a 3/4 piece of oak ply with a veneered edged.
The side, door panels are 1/4 oak ply.
The horizontal "backsplash" piece are solid oak and Peruvian Walnut, cut and glued together; the backsplash is doweled into the main piece.
I bought an inlay collar for my router, and when I found out how easy they were to make, I added the bow ties my wife wanted. I always thought that inlays were incredibly difficult, they are not.
I got dibs on the quarter sawn cause my doors and windows are trimmed in it! That would be an awesome piece!My brain + his brawn = a perfect team
Very nice! My first effort was a Stickley also...
“Good work costs much more than poor imitation or factory product†– Charles Greene
http://www.bakersfieldremodel.com
Edited 9/8/2007 5:10 am by Huck
Good job on the website Huck.. First time I have seen it.
Thanks - its a template, did it myself with minimal experience. Glad they're finally simplifying things, it used to be harder to build a website than a house! (well, for me anyway!) Nice deal from Godaddy, cost me about $100/yr. to build and maintain it.
“Good work costs much more than poor imitation or factory product†– Charles Greene
http://www.bakersfieldremodel.com
In that case, is 'Stickley" technically an adverb?
"I cut this piece four times and it's still too short."