I've got a few unfinished projects (DTed bar cabinet that I just want to cut apart, kitchen cabinet drawer fronts that need to be sprayed but I can't get a break with the weather). I just wanted to build something rather than dwelling on these other ones! I also didn't enter anything in last year's County Fair so I wanted to have something this year. I am ribbon motivated.
One of my first WWing projects when I first got my BT3100 was a pair of nightstands for our bedroom. The top was maple ply edge banded in alder. The base, drawer, and bottom shelf are also alder. It's held together with dowels and the bottom shelf slats were sloppily brad nailed into place. After nearly 15 years of use, they've held up well, but I wanted something more updated for the bedroom.
Ironically, "updated" to me was finding a mid-century modern design. My wife has a Pinterest account and she found this. Sorry about the quality. It's a picture I took of her phone screen. Relatively cubish box on turned cone feet. There wasn't a link to the original site so I couldn't find any dimensions so I roughly picked dimensions from our existing nightstands.
Quick notepad sketch:
The idea is to take some long boards, cut them to length, miter the corners, and reinforce the miters with dominoes--in theory. The grain is supposed to wrap around the piece. Right now my main concerns are accurately cutting those long miters and trusting that the dominoes will prevent the nightstand from racking if pressure is applied to it. I'm seriously considering joining the case together with dovetails. I think this will be stronger and because it will be judged, I think it will be more impressive to the judges. The drawer will be simple but I plan on attempting a side hung drawer instead of drawer slides--not sure yet. Oh yeah, I also need to learn how to turn 8 identical feet.
I got started today by using my Dewalt track saw to rip a straight edge on my 4 boards. I then used the track saw to crosscut the boards close to final length. I decided to cut them now rather than run them long through my jointer/planer. After they were crosscut, I marked the ends, jointed a face, and started planing them to thickness.
I've got 2 months before I need to submit them to the fair. I'd better get a move on.
Paul
One of my first WWing projects when I first got my BT3100 was a pair of nightstands for our bedroom. The top was maple ply edge banded in alder. The base, drawer, and bottom shelf are also alder. It's held together with dowels and the bottom shelf slats were sloppily brad nailed into place. After nearly 15 years of use, they've held up well, but I wanted something more updated for the bedroom.
Ironically, "updated" to me was finding a mid-century modern design. My wife has a Pinterest account and she found this. Sorry about the quality. It's a picture I took of her phone screen. Relatively cubish box on turned cone feet. There wasn't a link to the original site so I couldn't find any dimensions so I roughly picked dimensions from our existing nightstands.
Quick notepad sketch:
The idea is to take some long boards, cut them to length, miter the corners, and reinforce the miters with dominoes--in theory. The grain is supposed to wrap around the piece. Right now my main concerns are accurately cutting those long miters and trusting that the dominoes will prevent the nightstand from racking if pressure is applied to it. I'm seriously considering joining the case together with dovetails. I think this will be stronger and because it will be judged, I think it will be more impressive to the judges. The drawer will be simple but I plan on attempting a side hung drawer instead of drawer slides--not sure yet. Oh yeah, I also need to learn how to turn 8 identical feet.
I got started today by using my Dewalt track saw to rip a straight edge on my 4 boards. I then used the track saw to crosscut the boards close to final length. I decided to cut them now rather than run them long through my jointer/planer. After they were crosscut, I marked the ends, jointed a face, and started planing them to thickness.
I've got 2 months before I need to submit them to the fair. I'd better get a move on.
Paul
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