G'Day all from Bendigo Vic
Hello to everyone,
My name is Col,
I've been looking around this great
forum for a little while and would now like to introduce
myself and share some of my woodworking experiences
with you fine people.
I've only recently been bitten (again) by the woodworking
bug, it's been a long time hobby though i haven't always
found the time to do it, but when i do get enthused i find
i've forgotten a lot of what i knew, after few days of looking
around this forum, i found myself saying " oh yeah "wow"
"eek, been there" plus plenty of quiet chuckles, there's really
some fun things going on here.
Here's some things about me
I cant resist a nice piece of timber
especially one that been or about to be discarded
so i spend a bit of time at the local recycle yard
"rescuing" any such item.
My favorite timber is one usually trapped inside an object
of lesser importance, waiting to be freed.
My skill levels are no where near some of the work i
have seen here, but that's what makes for inspiration.
My workshop is far too small!
My computer skills are wanting
So I'll just jump right in and show you what i'm working
on at the moment, here goes
This is chest of drawers i'm making for a friend with
a large dvd collection, I'll be using recycled materials,
mdf, plus some blackwood out of my collection.
The joinery is mostly dowells, will be using biscuits
for the larger panel (sides and top) and too many
screws that i care to admit.
The basic carcass is mdf, some recycled some new
The drawer inners are plastic coated chipboard, the top
4 divided into 4 rows, each drawer will hold approx 1000
cd's the drawers are 600mm square.
Each drawer when full will weigh approx 20kgs
I picked up 4 single bedheads (silky oak) for the drawer
fronts.
they have a sleighfeature on the top, i've used that for the handles,
used 3 bedheads for six drawer fronts.
the drawer fronts are slightly curved, i used a template
i had cut at a local plastics firm, its like chopping board
material (polycarbonate something) its 10mm thick so
i used a 8mm deep guide bush on a router with a straight
cutter to shape the boards. then routed a channel to fit
the handles, cut it too long though, would appreciate some advice
on how to fill those gaps
The outer frame will be in blackwood, it creates a nice contrast
There will be a sliding shelf beween the top drawers and the cabinet
top.
The top and sides will be made from an old Myer Emporium
wardrobe that someone threw away, i believe its made of
solid tasmanian myrtle, a real find actually it was sitting at the
recycle yard with a door broken off, couldn't resist.
I'm thinking of using the same curve on the top, it's very subtle
rises 25mm over a 750mm span. The top will be approx 1500 X
700
As my friend has an open floor plan, the back will be exposed so
i'll have to make that nice too. Once again i'm open to any comments
suggestions, questions.
That's it so far
Kind Regards
Col.
