Thread: TV Cabinet

Finished and now im off fishing for the night. Wahoo!!

Dennis,
This looks great, a beautful piece of furniture
I have been reading about fuming in a magazine, a few questions I would appreciate some info on.
1, Did you fume this in one piece or in sections,
2, what strength amonia did you use ie: industrial or home, and what quantity did you use.
3, was this a "Danish wax" finish or is there a specific type of wax for spraying.

Got anything else to show us?

Taffy

The piece was fumed in one piece in a plastic tent. We use 880 amonia which I presume is industrial strength. The container we used for it was about the same size as a breakfast bowl. The tent was a fairly tight fit around the cabinet and the bowl was placed beneath the cabinet with the doors open and it was left in the tent for a weekend.
The wax is just toulene free clear beeswax.
I have fumed quiet a few pieces over the years and it is an awful job. If you going to do it be careful and were good gloves. I also tended to let it stand a day or so after I took it out of the tent.
I do have other pieces so if your not bored with it I will dig some more out.
Dennis

You have some great looking work there.

How did the fishing go? was looking to head to terrigal for a fish yesterday but looked a but windy so I made some sawdust instead

Thanks for the comments!
I caught a 8kg Jewie about 230am and it was the only touch I had all night.

OK Guys - question time.

I thought "fuming" had something to do with Dutch Ovens and furious SWMBOs.

Why do you "fume" a piece of cabinet in ammonia?

Cheers

Pablo the Ignorant.:confused:

Fuming works best with timbers that have a high Tannic Acid content. Oak (Quercus Robar) is probably the best example. If you have a look at the cabinet before fuming its a creamy colour whereas after it goes a dark brown. This piece of furniture was going into a house with a lot of very old oak which naturally darkens over time so to get an instanteous match the best and longest lasting way is to "fume" the piece. At the end of the day its just another way to finish the piece.

I love this piece and other Japanese influenced pieces that honour the proportions of the style ..... would be interested to know where you got the fittings/hardware from

TIA

success


Steve

I can't remember the name of the sipplier but they were in North Yorkshire. Sorry can't be of more assistance.
Dennis

I liked your tv cabinet, but think I will have to give it a miss my television screen is 32"!!!
woody u.k.

know what you mean, though Japanese furniture is ideal for BIG tvs - better than most other styles - I've an 83CM widescreen that sits inside a Futon Dansu (early 19th century japanese futon cupboard). It totally swallows the TV but doesnt overwhelm the room. Also, as it required no mods can still be sold as an orignal item. The other great thing about pieces of this style is they are fully knockdown - all mortice and tenon-just comes apart for transport. If only Victorian robes etc. were as easy!

(apologies for the low standard of the pic-wife has the camera in malaysia this wk)

I plan to house the piece inside a box-bay window, so it basically is only 100mm proud of the wall.

The other thing this type of cabinet is really good for is viewing angle - as the bottom of many japanese cabinets of this style have a single row of drawers along them, the TV does sit too high.

FYI Ergonomically, a TV or monitor's best viewing angle is 17 degrees below horizontal.


Cheers