Rookie
4th September 2006, 12:22 PM
Just finished a set of shelves that my wife wanted to display things in the living room. It's my first real piece of furniture.
I used KD hardwood with a Jarrah stain. and Silver Ash veneer inserts. The reason I used the KD with a stain is that I didn't want to muck up expensive wood with my first attempt. It was really an exercize to see if I could make clean joints, and try out other skills I have read about here for so long, and to test my design skills. :rolleyes:
I wanted an open design as it is in a fairly dark corner of the living room so I didn't want enclosed sides. The side frames are all bridle joints and the shelves are resting on the aluminium tubing which I also used for side supports if she wants to stack CD's or DVD's in it.
All in all, it came out okay and I was quite happy with it. The dark corner is welcome as it covers up a whole lot of errors such as the bridle joints not being as neat as I would have liked and the edges of the inserts slighty out of whack in a couple of places. More practice needed with the Triton biscuit attachment I'm afraid.
Good lessons for the coffee table that's next on the list. It will be jarrah edging around the silver ash veneer, and either silver ash or a like coloured timber for the legs , aprons and drawer for the remote controls.
That will be a little more of a challenge. It will be in the centre of the room. :o
The bowl on the shelves is my first bowl from woodturning class a couple of weeks ago.
Don't know why I waited 52 years to get into this wonderful hobby.
I used KD hardwood with a Jarrah stain. and Silver Ash veneer inserts. The reason I used the KD with a stain is that I didn't want to muck up expensive wood with my first attempt. It was really an exercize to see if I could make clean joints, and try out other skills I have read about here for so long, and to test my design skills. :rolleyes:
I wanted an open design as it is in a fairly dark corner of the living room so I didn't want enclosed sides. The side frames are all bridle joints and the shelves are resting on the aluminium tubing which I also used for side supports if she wants to stack CD's or DVD's in it.
All in all, it came out okay and I was quite happy with it. The dark corner is welcome as it covers up a whole lot of errors such as the bridle joints not being as neat as I would have liked and the edges of the inserts slighty out of whack in a couple of places. More practice needed with the Triton biscuit attachment I'm afraid.
Good lessons for the coffee table that's next on the list. It will be jarrah edging around the silver ash veneer, and either silver ash or a like coloured timber for the legs , aprons and drawer for the remote controls.
That will be a little more of a challenge. It will be in the centre of the room. :o
The bowl on the shelves is my first bowl from woodturning class a couple of weeks ago.
Don't know why I waited 52 years to get into this wonderful hobby.