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  1. 15th July 2004, 02:14 PM #1
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    Default Brush box bedroom suite

    Yes, I know, designwise the dresser is a bit of a horror. The good thing is that this dresser is so massively overbuilt that it will still be around in 200 years, and maybe by then tastes will have changed to the point where people think this is beautiful.

    This furniture is for a very sunny room in our house so I thought brushbox's warm honey-tones would suit as it would give an informal look. However it is a very difficult timber and I understand now why it is seldom used for cabinetmaking. It is beautiful, though.

    I think there is about 3 metres of beadlock in this dresser. I just lost my head and kept adding timber.

    I put the rail handles on in an attempt to break up the pudgy appearance of the drawers - they cost so much I cant bear to remove them.
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    I think I redeemed myself with the bed. It's a copy and modification of the one on pg 80 of the latest Fine Woodworking. By the time I came to make the bed I was so fed up with trying to glue brush box that I modified the whole thing to use concealed screws. I also thought this would be easier then cutting a bunch of mortise and tenons - wasn't I naiive!

    Then I became so fed up with trying to plane the interlocking grain that I did all the surfacing with sandpaper and a card scraper. Not recommended for the fingers.
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    I think the little baskets are very impractical, but my wife likes them. As she points out, no-one will actually sleep in this room so what does it matter.
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    A chair is a great addition to a bedroom suite - and it improves domestic harmony because I no longer have an excuse for throwing my clothes on the floor. The backrest is steam bent to give a gentle curve.
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    Arron, great work!

    I personally love brush box and despite it's difficulties it's a stunning timber.
    If you have any more use with it in future it would pay to give AV Syntec a call to discuss glue options, as it is waxy.

    Again, great work, and I love the dresser.
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    Nice work Arron,

    I actually like the look of the dresser. What glue did you use. I understand that urea formaldahide (?) or a polyU glue are good for timbers with high oils/waxes, such as brushbox and tallow wood.
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    Ditto Arron, looks good to me
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    Arron,

    Looks excellent to me. Is that the natural colour of brush box? Or did you stain it? It looks quite close to the colour of American cherry.

    Would wiping with acetone help to solve the gluing problem?

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    "Very nice work Arron "
    Like the colour of the timber.
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    Arron,
    I don't think the dresser is overbuilt. I think it's beautiful. did you get the rail handles from lee valley? Excellent work!
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    Arron,

    Nice stuff, mate. I liked the dresser very much - not overdone in my book! My missus has a liking for those basket things too. So far a firm "NO" has put a stop to it but I'm pretty sure she's only retreated to think of another tack to take...

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    Quote Originally Posted by silentC
    Ditto Arron, looks good to me
    I'll ditto your ditto, and raise you one ditto.

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    Ditto Ditto Ditto

    And thanks for answering my smartarsed question on your marker gauge post before I asked it!!! :eek:

    Cheers,

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    > I'll ditto your ditto, and raise you one ditto

    Am I getting the 'DTs' ??

    I have a Brisbane Brush Box in the Front yard.
    I do not know it 'proper' name as it has not long been changed.

    How long untill I can use it for something other than shade?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ivan in Oz
    > Am I getting the 'DTs' ??
    Only if you want them?

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