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11th August 2012, 02:05 PM #1
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ya gotta get lucky some times....
A few weeks ago, somewhere between the third and eighth drinks at a friends place, I noticed a family treasured cabinet against the wall and looking legless!
No-one could remember it having legs ... but all agreed that it should.
I volunteered, it was measured up with a cloth tape, the colour was assessed as being between shiraz and merlot with a bit of muscat and work started a day or so later....
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I made a simple base from sapele, 4 legs curved on their inner faces to match other furniture in the room, 4 inset aprons with haunched tenons, stained with Wattyl 'traditional cedar' (= shiraz + merlot + muscat?), 6 coats of gloss WOP and, with great trepidation took it around this morning fully expecting it to either not fit, not match ... or both!
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ya gotta get lucky some times....
flettyLast edited by fletty; 11th August 2012 at 02:23 PM. Reason: finger trouble!
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11th August 2012, 02:08 PM #2
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Hi Fletty,
Definitely improved it! And looks like it should always have been there.
CheersAndy Mac
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11th August 2012, 02:37 PM #3
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How odd that it never had legs?
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11th August 2012, 02:49 PM #4
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A definite improvement!
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11th August 2012, 04:54 PM #5
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Luck often responds well to a little bit of knowledge & practice.
Ya nailed that one - well done.Dragonfly
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11th August 2012, 05:02 PM #6
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[QUOTE=dr4g0nfly;1534566]Luck often responds well to a little bit of knowledge & practice.....QUOTE]
I think you're right dr4g0nfly ... I've noticed through my life that the harder I work AND the more I learn, the luckier I get!
flettya rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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11th August 2012, 06:21 PM #7
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Getting Lucky Sometimes
HI Fletty,
Looks like a neat job. Did you take the two shelves that have gone AWOL in the process in lieu of payment
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Old Pete
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11th August 2012, 06:59 PM #8
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Originally Posted by old pete
HI Fletty,
Looks like a neat job. Did you take the two shelves that have gone AWOL in the process in lieu of payment.
Old Pete
Thanks Pete was about to ask also, he does have a habit of loosing things he ties on the roof.
That does it from now on a cloth tape and glass of red when you measure anything here!!
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11th August 2012, 07:09 PM #9
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I reckon by now the missing shelves and Royal Doulton from the same Aunt will be back in their rightful place! Originally Posted by old pete
Did you take the two shelves that have gone AWOL in the process in lieu of payment.
Old Pete
Watch it wheelin or you'll be travelling on the roof racks too.........
flettya rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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15th August 2012, 11:23 AM #10
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Nicely done! It looks a lot better with legs...like an actual piece of furniture!
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15th August 2012, 09:34 PM #11
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Much better with legs.
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