Phil
Old Oak
Another project from the past.
(This is the one where I rammed a thin screwdriver through the end of the thumb which had just come out 8 weeks of bandages and casts after a joint fusion, trying to change the vacuum cleaner fitting!)
Cheers
Phil
Flat-Pack book case
Made for youngest son a few years ago.
The plan was in one of the wood magazines from the States. I modified it slightly.
Timber used is laminated pine board (not too much of a waste if it is a stuff up).
Bought a standard size width to cut out a lot of sawing.
I have a tape measure with metric and imperial, so just used their inches measurements.
I needed to cut out the shelf recesses and made a jig for the router. I made it so that it stopped a few mm from the edge. This meant that the front of the shelves had to be round. The shelf width also had to be trimmed back a few mm’s. It actually looks better than when the shelves run through all the way.
Top of the jig
Bottom of the jig
Cutting the dado slots for the shelves
Mortise on the inside
Mortise on the out side
Spacerblocks in place to rout out the mortices
Last dado cut
Meranti feet, there is still a half round to cut out
All dados cut
Stain
(just to really do something different with the white pine.)
A concoction of 300ml boiling water
About 6 tea bags – let it draw for a few hours.
2 spoons NESCAFE
Wipe on with a sponge, let it dry. Sand with 180 grit. Check the shade.
Couple of coats if required.
The water based mix seems to give a more uniform colour than a spirit stain.
Danish oil – couple of coats with some 220 grit sanding between coats.
Cutting the thin strips for the back of the shelves, so the books don’t go straight through. Used Meranti again just for some contrast.
Cutting the pegs, some scrap Beech lying around
Sizing up the fumed Beech pegs
Pegs complete
Dry assembly to measure the pegs
Completed side
Completed front
Completed and in use
(This is the one where I rammed a thin screwdriver through the end of the thumb which had just come out 8 weeks of bandages and casts after a joint fusion, trying to change the vacuum cleaner fitting!)
Cheers
Phil
Flat-Pack book case
Made for youngest son a few years ago.
The plan was in one of the wood magazines from the States. I modified it slightly.
Timber used is laminated pine board (not too much of a waste if it is a stuff up).
Bought a standard size width to cut out a lot of sawing.
I have a tape measure with metric and imperial, so just used their inches measurements.
I needed to cut out the shelf recesses and made a jig for the router. I made it so that it stopped a few mm from the edge. This meant that the front of the shelves had to be round. The shelf width also had to be trimmed back a few mm’s. It actually looks better than when the shelves run through all the way.
Top of the jig
Bottom of the jig
Cutting the dado slots for the shelves
Mortise on the inside
Mortise on the out side
Spacerblocks in place to rout out the mortices
Last dado cut
Meranti feet, there is still a half round to cut out
All dados cut
Stain
(just to really do something different with the white pine.)
A concoction of 300ml boiling water
About 6 tea bags – let it draw for a few hours.
2 spoons NESCAFE
Wipe on with a sponge, let it dry. Sand with 180 grit. Check the shade.
Couple of coats if required.
The water based mix seems to give a more uniform colour than a spirit stain.
Danish oil – couple of coats with some 220 grit sanding between coats.
Cutting the thin strips for the back of the shelves, so the books don’t go straight through. Used Meranti again just for some contrast.
Cutting the pegs, some scrap Beech lying around
Sizing up the fumed Beech pegs
Pegs complete
Dry assembly to measure the pegs
Completed side
Completed front
Completed and in use
