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15th October 2016, 02:41 PM #1... and this too shall pass away ...
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Dresser WIP
Received a request from my niece ...
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Kate originally asked for a desk. The day I pulled down the timber for the legs she changed her mind to a dresser. Her daughter Zara is as bad (see Bedside Table WIP).
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15th October 2016, 02:48 PM #2... and this too shall pass away ...
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15th October 2016, 02:52 PM #3... and this too shall pass away ...
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Here is the Entertainment unit I made Katie and Jon as a wedding pressie.
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Thought I would make the dresser a sister unit by using the same veneers for the top that were used on the doors ... like this ...
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Katie has a framed mirror her granddad made that she wants mounted on the unit.
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22nd October 2016, 11:21 AM #4... and this too shall pass away ...
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Surprise!
Katie has changed her mind ... again ... or is it "still".
She likes the veneers, but does not want cabriole legs. She has asked for tapered legs with a tapered foot, like these desks made for my grandsons (also in camphor laurel and cedar).
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24th October 2016, 09:13 AM #5... and this too shall pass away ...
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More changes ...
Katie came for lunch yesterday. She now wants a dresser with NG Rosewood/cedar legs, sides and drawers with a camphor laurel top that has lipped edges rather than a cedar border around the top.
Thought I'd start before she changed her mind again. Made the legs first, In NG Rosewood.
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The framed mirror Katie had was stained pine, so it will not be used. We will need to get another mirror.
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24th October 2016, 12:53 PM #6So that's how you change this field...
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I see what you did there - the old "start before the client can change their mind (again) trick".
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24th October 2016, 01:02 PM #7... and this too shall pass away ...
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Exactly!
Now the legs can't be changed.
Neither can the size now. Here is the first web frame in the press. Cedar and hoop pine.
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For those of you considering getting one of these presses, they do a great job of ensuring your web frames come out flat and square.
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24th October 2016, 06:23 PM #8... and this too shall pass away ...
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Carcass assembled. All joinery floating tenons (domino). Here it is in its clamp farm.
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Far too late for any significant changes of mind now ... I hope ...
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29th October 2016, 10:32 AM #9
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29th October 2016, 10:15 PM #10... and this too shall pass away ...
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29th October 2016, 11:17 PM #11
Absolutely stunning work x10
The person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
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1st November 2016, 11:47 AM #12... and this too shall pass away ...
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Sanding sealer on ...
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Raining today, so no lacquer till things dry out.
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2nd November 2016, 01:27 PM #13... and this too shall pass away ...
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Three coats of lacquer on. One to go.
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2nd November 2016, 01:43 PM #14... and this too shall pass away ...
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Drawer detail. Rebates are cut in front of drawer with a dado blade. Drawer is assembled, tacked in place with a brad in each corner and clamped. Once glue is dry, 8 mm holes are drilled and stained dowels are glued into place.
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3rd November 2016, 10:53 AM #15... and this too shall pass away ...
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Drawer runners lubed with dry PTFE ... top buffed... all finished except for knobs and a mirror (to be provided by Katie).
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