Bedside Drawers

**Barry_White** · 12th September 2005, 12:43 PM

These are some pics of two sets of cheap and nasty bedside drawers that I have just completed last week, for a spare bedroom.

I started these just before I went to hospital for my by pass surgery and finished them off last week once I could start lifting things. It took three months for the bones to heal in my chest.

The basic construction is of a skeleton frame made from some crapiata I had left over from when I built the house. It was originally 40x35 that I ripped down and put through the planer down to 35x20.

The skeleton frames were put together with pocket hole joinery and the sides were some 7mm ply that I had lying around. The backs were just a bit of cheap bracing ply that I also had.

I bought four lengths of 200 x 19 x 1200 long crapiata from the piles that Bunnings have as rejects. I had to go through about 60 to 70 lengths to get four good ones.

I biscuit jointed two lengths together to make the tops of the units and used the other two lengths for the draw fronts. The sides and the backs of draws were made from 9mm ply with some 4mm ply for the bottoms.

The finish is Wattyl golden oak stain with two coats of 1 part Wattyl clear satin estapol.

As I said cheap and nasty but functional.

**Termite** · 12th September 2005, 12:53 PM

Barry, this is you woodwork report

Material - 1/100
Photography - 3/100
Workmanship - 100/100.
Keep the ribs together mate.

**TEEJAY** · 12th September 2005, 01:04 PM

Bazza thanks for the pics. They look every bit as good as the stuff from a raw-pine furniture place but finished and with joints that will last. Never understimate a perfectly good pocket hole joint. Tidy and functional well done. PS wishing you a speedy and full recovery too

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**Harry72** · 12th September 2005, 09:40 PM

Hey Termite doesnt crapiarta taste any good?

good work Baza, save you about $200-250 with better build quality.

**MajorPanic** · 12th September 2005, 10:48 PM

Great job using pine Bazz!!!!

**junkboy999** · 13th September 2005, 09:00 PM

Good job. Looks like real furniture

Thanks goodness the Doctors dont work llike we do. " .... The skeleton frames were put together with pocket hole joinery and ......."

Or do thay.

**AlexS** · 13th September 2005, 10:40 PM

Good comeback Bazza, nice looking chesta.

**Gumby** · 13th September 2005, 10:46 PM

Excellent stuff there Big Bazza, especially from scraps.

**NewLou** · 13th September 2005, 11:26 PM

Great to see you posting some goodies again Bazza

..................and even better to hear your on the mend!!!!!................keep them posts comin n WELCOME BACK!!!!

REgards Lou

**Barry_White** · 13th September 2005, 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by junkboy999

Good job. Looks like real furniture

Thanks goodness the Doctors dont work llike we do. " .... The skeleton frames were put together with pocket hole joinery and ......."

Or do thay.

Naw they just used stainless steel wire to put me back together.

**RufflyRustic** · 14th September 2005, 09:45 AM

Nice Work Bazza! Recovery surely must be quicker now you are back working with wood again.

cheers
RufflyRustic

**Barry_White** · 14th September 2005, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by rufflyrustic

Nice Work Bazza! Recovery surely must be quicker now you are back working with wood again.

cheers
RufflyRustic

Ruffly

With new pipes in the poofer valve hopefully I'll be good for another 67 years in the shed.

**waynea** · 14th September 2005, 01:24 PM

Nice work, very neat and solid.

All the best
Cheers
Wayne

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