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Very nice!

The best way to get a even stain is to spray a lacquer stain with a spray gun.
It makes it so even that I don't like it usually, kind of hides the grain.
But you can make it as dark as you want by...

Endust on a clean shop towel works best for me.
I've been using Endust for over 15 yrs now and it has
never interfered with my finish applications.
I even use it before car painting.
Try it and...

I got into trouble with a set of doors that I couldn't adjust the gap between right on because I thought they were all the same, they aren't.
Different brands vary from 1/8" to 3/16", just like the...

More pictures.
All I have left is a piece of molding to put at the top against the ceiling
to cover the screws that hold the frame to the wall.

Here's some pictures of construction.
I don't even have lumber long enough to build this frame so I made small connector
pieces at the connecting sections.

I just finished a frame for a display rack, metal pegboard type
that was almost 6' x 10' and 3/4" out from the wall.
To big for my shop, and to big to fit through the doorway of this
vaulted safe...

Well. it's not hard but it is time consuming.
I started these back in March and only worked on
them in between other projects
The outside ply is 3/4" oak, inside is birch.

2 oak bathroom vanities

He wouldn't let me open anything!!!!

Finally got it installed

I usually try for at least 3/4", depending on the lumber
sometimes I can get 7/8"

Here's a PDF plan and pictures of how I make them,
(keeping all the grain in the same direction).
2" walnut & poplar squares w/ oak border

Finally finished, ( I'm old and slow)
As soon as the customer gets the drywall done
I'll install it.

Finally got to spray some finish.
I only use conversion varnish.

I sanded and routed the frame today,
I need a bigger work bench.

I could have, but this way I can still have some adjustability If
he adds an extra shelf.
I wasn't sure where to exactly change the spacings if he adds one.

Back to the ping pong table for assembly. Finally
got the frame done.
This would be an easy project if it weren't so big

Starting a new project,
a display cabinet to fit in a wall opening of a safe room.
To big for my little shop so I use a ping pong table in my
family room for assembly.
(I attached a PDF of my...

Finally finished the table.
Customer wanted a flat natural finish.

Getting some conversion varnish on it.

I do buy my walnut locally, I troll Craigslist for it and prefer to store
it at least a year in my shop before using it. My shop is in my finished basement
so it gets real dry.

(If you saw how...

Making a walnut hall table for my son, his dimensions.
It's simple but something different.
The legs are going to be four sided using a 45 deg. lock miter bit.

I finished the end tables that match the chests I posted months back.
Like the chests, one is cherry and one is walnut, both natural, no stain,
with a flat conversion varnish finish.

I built one of these for each of my grandsons,
one walnut & one cherry.
Both natural finish (no stain) w/ flat conversion varnish
Took me about 125 hrs. each.

I just finished this reptile cage for a friend.
He wanted it this size to fit in a particular spot.
It's oak outside w/ cherry stain and conversion varnish finish.
The color matches some other...

Looks great!!!!
What kind of glue did you use for the veneer?

I sold my biscuit joiner,
biscuits were either to tight or loose, they never alligned the
joint with any accuracy.
And they were difficult for narrow frames.
I still use my doweling jig for all...

Watch Ebay. They're on there a lot.
Usually they can be had for around $30.00

Just because you can do without one doesn't mean you
don't need one. Like most tools, once you have it,
you won't ever go without it again.:D

I wish you were close by, here where I live, I'd gladly make it for you,
at a lot lower cost then anyone mentioned.
I don't know why anyone would have a problem uesing your wood,
I'd use it and...

Dowels and drill bits vary in size.
If my dowels are to tight (they usually are)
I put them on a cookie sheet in the oven on 150 deg.
for 30 to 60 min and cook them. That will usually shrink them...

I've used a Stanley 59 doweling jig for the past 25 yrs,
they are a really good jig. I have two of them.
They haven't been made for quite some time so the only
way to get one is buying a used one....

I like these.
http://www.mcfeelys.com/product/TT-0104/Table-Top-Fasteners

Ditto to the above, if real wood-they will move.
A lot of panels today look like solid wood but the aren't.

I often put a bead of clear silicone top and bottom on the back
which keeps it from...

I ONLY use air-dried wood, but my lumber is stored in my shop
that is in my house, and everything I use has been indoors for at
least 2 yrs.
Here where I live, like most places, lumber will never...

Shave him bald!!!!:D

I use a local paint stores trade name lacquer.
I don't know who it's really made by, but the one in
the picture is just std furniture lacquer, not pre-cat.
A friend of mine just finished some...

I think nothing is easier to get a mirror finish with than lacquer.
I can finish an entire cabinet in a couple of hours, wait a couple
of days and rub out the top with some 2000 grit paper...

I tried car lacquer on a cabinet once and it peeled off in sheets like
plastic. I don't think it works over any oil based stain like I used.
You might get away with it if you use a lacquer sanding...

I'd pick a 1.5, that's a good all around size that I use a lot.
If you get something really thick you can just reduce it a little.

Look at the "Astro" brand guns.
Unbelievably good quality for...

A great substitute thinner for lacquer is urethane thinner.
The kind for auto clear coats.
I just tried it and it works better.
It also cost more:cool: