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Thread: My Study Fitout
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17th January 2012, 08:16 PM #1Senior Member
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My Study Fitout
Well folks, this is the first proper thing I have made for inside, some of you might remember The Ultimate Kennel project, but now that the garden is pretty much on its way the focus has turned to the inside.
I started this on Bathurst weekend 2009.....it has taken me forever. I have learnt quite a lot doing this.
The desk is spotted gum floorboards - laminated to 7mm structural ply. Not a bad technique, only had one real problem (refer below). You won't see the ply once all the computers etc are in place
Lesson 1 - don't cut curves with anything but a band saw or better yet a router. I cut the curves for the desk with my jigsaw, its a darn good top of the line Bosch, but OMG what a pain it was. The saw or rather my lack of skill didn't cut straight i.e. the edge had a bow in it in that it wasn't 90 degrees to the top surface, I suspect I went too quickly - total pain for when adding the edging. You can see where I had to use filler to fix my mistakes....lesson learnt, wont do it again
Lesson 2 - how to cut thing repeatable strips with a Festool TS-75. Easy if you set it up right. Basically I laid on MDF on saw horses and clamped timber stops and the guide to that. Worked like a charm.
Lesson 3 - buy a stray gun. I painted the darn bookcase by hand.....took forever
Lesson 4 - be really careful sanding into corners of the edging. Some of the shelves have tiny little "cut-outs" or warping near the corners
Lesson 5 - I did a lot of cutting after the finish was applied. I used blue painters tape to stop chip out - worked very well. Thanks to the guys at Ideal Tools for that tip
Tools used:
- TS75
- ETS 5mm x 150mm sander
- Bosch jigsaw
- I got myself a multimaster for cutting in around skirting - awesome little tool
- A new drill for doing the swansdown mop - Bosch 1300 watt jobby, this thing would take your arm off before stalling. Hopefully never buy another drill
Finish:
- Hard shellac (about 20 coats I'd say). I start at 400 grit, do 1 in 4 thinned mix, did as many coats until I ran out of mix, then worked up to 2000.
- EEE buffed off - love this step, its like the great unveiling. Wouldn't do it without a swansdown mop
This is the only real problem. I think I might take the top out, clamp this down for a week or so, might bend it back.
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17th January 2012, 08:51 PM #2Hammer Head
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amazing, good job
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17th January 2012, 09:09 PM #3
I've always been kinda partial to built-in bookshelves that take up an entire wall (and surround doors)...nice work.
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17th January 2012, 09:11 PM #4
It's not my style but I like it and you have done a good job, well done.
SBPower corrupts, absolute power means we can run a hell of alot of power tools
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18th January 2012, 10:34 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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Great use of space Elill and very simple. I do like the minimal look.
-Scott
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19th January 2012, 08:30 AM #6Senior Member
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Thanks for the comments all.
It is quite functional and best of all it was cheap - about a grand for all materials
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19th January 2012, 09:23 AM #7Skwair2rownd
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Great Job there Elil!!
Beautiful flooring to go with the shelving.
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19th January 2012, 12:58 PM #8
Nice work looks good
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19th January 2012, 01:53 PM #9SENIOR MEMBER
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Wow. 20 coats of shellac. That's perseverance.
Great job for $1,000 worth of materials. Looks really good.
You'd be a fairly neat bloke? I bet your shed is tidy.
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19th January 2012, 08:20 PM #10Senior Member
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Cheers!
I wish I had a tidy "shed". At present I have a very messy second half of a double garage. In my mind though I have an awesome workshop
No in all seriousness, I am planning on making some large cabinets/benches with large casters to go along the back and or side. I have a lot of poly finished inch thick jarrah veneer from the outgoing desk (which I had two of - long story). So I am planning something sexy with that....problem is time and money, as usual. I dont have a Festool MFT so want to make something similar in terms of use
This is my favourite part of the garage:
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19th January 2012, 09:47 PM #11
Nice desk - well done
regards
Nick
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