Here is me first ever ww project...

[venkatbo]

Hi folks,

Inspired by this forum and friends, I joined a ww class in a local community college, and built this:





Do you guys think I have some promise ;?)
Before this, I had no clue what ww stood for, leave alone ww-machines and tools ;!)
'am no longer scared going near these digit-hungry machines!

Thanks for all the knowledge you all share!
/venkat
PS: Got me an A for this 32-class/128hr effort...

[John Hunter]

Very nice.

[GPA61]

Excellent work. Looks great!!!

[Pappy]

Clean lines and purportions as well as good tight joints. You should be proud.

[dlminehart]

Well done, Venkat! Having just done some simple-minded cabinet work, I have a fresh appreciation for those good tight joints Pappy mentions. I would have chosen simpler knobs, however, more in tune with the classic forms of the woodworking. Maybe wooden ones?

[Ken Weaver]

Very nice Venkat - you're certainly headed the right direction! Be proud - ya done good!

[Tequila]

Looks better than my first project.

[drumpriest]

Glad you took the class, another woodworker in the family.
Looks good to me.

[venkatbo]

Thanks all, for the kind words of encouragement... Thanks also to our teach - one helluva ww / Sam Maloof fan ! He's retiring tho :-(

... I would have chosen simpler knobs, however, more in tune with the classic forms of the woodworking. Maybe wooden ones? ...

I did realize that once I took those hand-pulls to class... but was too late - for the last day of class :-) The reason I chose them was that HD had only these in Copper, and tho the pixs don't do justice to the pine, there is quite a lot of mild-pink (matching the copper) colorations in the wood, especially around the birds-eyes in the rails :!)

May be would replace them with round copper knobs, when I find them.
My kids already stole it :-(

/venkat

[GeekMom]

Very nice! What are the dimensions?

[venkatbo]

Very nice! What are the dimensions?

• Its 13.25"w x 13.25"d x 30"h overall
• Drawer is 11"w x 12"d x 5"h (~3/8" overlap around all sides of opening)
• Door is 11"w x 3/4"d x 18"h (~3/8" overlap around all sides of opening)

/venkat

[JR]

Nicely done, Venkat! I agree with Pappy, the proportion are very nice.

How did you do the joinery?

JR

[RayintheUK]

Hey, Venkat - that's a great-looking piece - using quite a few varied and precise techniques. The top looks to be very well joined, the routed profiles are very crisp and clean and - as already said - the joints are very tight.

Of course your kids stole it - that in itself is a great compliment - well done!

Ray.

[PJC]

Looks better than my first project.

Looks better than all my projects.... so far Very nice work

[lrogers]

That is a very nice project. Hard to believe that was a first project. I can wait to see what you make after you know what you're doing! what finish are you going to use????