Thread: WIP Red Gum Entertainment Unit

Hi again,
First, a couple of pics to show how the doors came up after the panels were inserted and the whole shebang oiled and mounted.
I thought I'd show some pictures of how I use HBO on surfaces, including the appearance of the top at various stages. I'll do that separately

Regards,

Rob

Using Organoil Hard Burnishing Oil (HBO)(my way).

Pic 1: The piece is flooded with HBO, then the oil spread around 'til it covers the entire surface. It is then left for about 10-30 minutes to soak in.

After the oil has soaked into the timber, I start sanding with the ETS150/3 using the 400g pad I used to finish dry sanding. You can see that I have disposed of the vacuum. This is for two reasons. I don't want oil being sucked into the holes on the sander base and ( more importantly!) I want to be able to control how hard I am pressing on the sander. If you have the vacuum attached, the oil and sander pad suck to the work piece

Pic 2: The surface after using the 400grit. You can see swirls of slurry starting to form.

Pic 3: The surface after 800grit sanding. The slurry is now visible as "marks" on the timber.

Pic 4: Again after 1200grit, now you can see large patches of slurry. Note that it appears quite dry.

Pic 5 The piece after sanding with a 4000g Platin 2 pad. Note that there is no slurry left and the table top has a shine.

Pic 6: The work piece taken from an angle to show the reflection off the surface.

Pic 7: Top after a wipe down with a clean cotton rag.

Pic 8: Again from an angle.

The piece should now be allowed to dry for 3-4 days, then you can do what you want with it.

Regards,

Rob

Great result there with the oil. So steps 1 to 7 were with the one coat?

Hi Waldo,

Yes, one coat.
Here's another pic of the top.

Rob

Ta

Finally, it's at a stage where it can be installed. These pics show how it will look when set up and effectively show the finished product.

Regards,

Rob

Very nice

Beautiful work mate!!

You have really made great use of that timber and the design suits it well.

Rob, very nice job. One question - do you think that one hole in the back is going to provide enough ventilation.

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the kind comments.

I think it should be right. It's a 90mm diameter hole and I think they'll probably have the doors open when they are operating their electronics to allow their remote to work.

Regards,

Rob

The simple handles work very well too.

Nice work Rob, really shows off that beautiful Aussie hardwood

Very nice work Rob, the top has come up beautifully, thanks for the WIP on the process.

Thanks everyone for the kind comments and general interest. I got pleasure from posting the progress.
Here's the last two shots of the unit in it's new habitat.

Regards,

Rob