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[Mikeee]

Hi again,

The missus liked my previous TV stand so I decided to knock up a sofa end table to match (opened up access to the shelf, reduced the width and used just one draw).

And with the matching TV stand (still yet to get the electronic units to go in the shelf under the TV!)

As with the first one, all is made with Wh Am Oak veneered MDF for the sheets and Solid Wh Am Oak face pieces. 3 coats of Danish oil to finish.

For those who are interested - all the materials cost around £100 in total (both projects) and i still have some 171mm x 19mm oak PAR left plus some random bits of 19mm oak veneer mdf. Thinking of a magazine rack to supplement the sofa foot stool.

This last project took two days to build and finish (last coat of oil is drying now).

 

[Alexam]

Fantastic job you did there. Something to be proud of. Well done.

 

[devonwoody]

Mickee, coming from your locality you have got to be good.

 

[Benchwayze]

Straightforward design, made special by just one angled cut. Very nice indeed.

John

 

[gregmcateer]

Nice work, Mikee. Should keep her quiet for a while

 

[pcb1962]

Fantastic job you did there. Something to be proud of. Well done.

+1, Very impressive

 

[Setch]

Replacing frets should be quite easy, if they aren't glued they come out quite easy with the right tool. Not sure about the fret binding, if the fret just sits ontop of the binding then I guess the fret wire tongue that goes into the fret slot is probably just removed where the binding is. If that's the case I can't see a guitar tech charging much, though I don't know what they generally charge.

On Gibsons the frets are bookended by the binding, rather than overlapping it. At each fret end a little nub of binding covers the fret end. Replacement frets need to be precisely fitted in between these nubs, unless you or for the less conservative approach of a complete refret and removing the nubs. This can be damaging to the instrument value, despite being more practical, and providing additional fret width for extreme string bends.

 

[Benchwayze]

Replacing frets should be quite easy, if they aren't glued they come out quite easy with the right tool. Not sure about the fret binding, if the fret just sits ontop of the binding then I guess the fret wire tongue that goes into the fret slot is probably just removed where the binding is. If that's the case I can't see a guitar tech charging much, though I don't know what they generally charge.

On Gibsons the frets are bookended by the binding, rather than overlapping it. At each fret end a little nub of binding covers the fret end. Replacement frets need to be precisely fitted in between these nubs, unless you or for the less conservative approach of a complete refret and removing the nubs. This can be damaging to the instrument value, despite being more practical, and providing additional fret width for extreme string bends.

Thanks Setch.


Either way, I have to get this done. The frets are well-worn; so low they are causing buzzing due to fouling the higher frets when the strings are depressed. It's also affecting intonation, so it's going to be a costly little interlude! Still, at least the guitar will be worth selling, come the day my stuff is dispersed! :mrgreen: This is a jazz guitar Setch, so any 'bends' are not extreme.

Back to the thread please! :lol:

John

 

[Mikeee]

Nice work, Mikee. Should keep her quiet for a while

Hah cheers, so i too would have thought - her order book is getting larger by the day.

Mickee, coming from your locality you have got to be good.

Unfortunately I have only just moved here so have none of the furniture making skills in my blood.

Thanks all for your kind comments!

 

[ColeyS1]

I had loads of slithers of wood which would have otherwise been cut up for firewood and thought I'd try making something useful.

Took ALOT longer than I thought, i made 16 in total. I left the oak sawn with just a light sanding and fixed them together with staples and a blob of pva. I've got some silver cable ties coming which should hopefully hold all the crates together. I did try using copper twisty ties that they use on potato bags but they digged in a bit too much. Should provide a bit of much needed storage, just the time it took was a bit mind numbing !

 

[Walney Col]

I've just this minute put the first coat of wax onto my latest scroll saw creation.

Originally made as one tall bowl I sliced the top three rings off to make into a separate dish in which the bottom half now sits.

 

[monkeybiter]

I think you should do a WIP of one of those Col, looks v.nice, and I'd have it sussed but for the black inserts.

 

[Walney Col]

I think you should do a WIP of one of those Col, looks v.nice, and I'd have it sussed but for the black inserts.

I have Mike. See here... https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/a-segmented-eye-bowl-pattern-t82779.html

 

[Benchwayze]

I had loads of slithers of wood which would have otherwise been cut up for firewood and thought I'd try making something useful.

Took ALOT longer than I thought, i made 16 in total. I left the oak sawn with just a light sanding and fixed them together with staples and a blob of pva. I've got some silver cable ties coming which should hopefully hold all the crates together. I did try using copper twisty ties that they use on potato bags but they digged in a bit too much. Should provide a bit of much needed storage, just the time it took was a bit mind numbing !

I admire your tenacity and patience Coley.

I should do this. I have mucho scrap I could use to make scrap storage! I'd stick 'em at the foot of the drive with a price tag on them. :mrgreen:

 

[Walney Col]

finished

 

[Scottlefley]

Last thing i made for some friends premature twins...made from reclaimed oak from an old welsh dresser that was in a right state!!

 

[AndyT]

These are two desk paper trays. They are for a musician with a lot of big scores to keep tidy so they are A3 size, though one has a removable divider to take 2 x A4 if necessary.
The sides are redwood (old leftover bits of t&g boarding) and the bottoms are 4mm ash faced ply (left over from a bookcase project). Construction was a groove for the bottom and ordinary through dovetails at the corners, with a little mitre to hide the ends of the ploughed through grooves.
All hand tool work. Not the neatest (so no close ups) but they hold together. Finished with spirit sanding sealer and wax.

 

[Berncarpenter]

Dovetail template for my Dad, made 20 of these for my fellow students on the Schwarz tool chest class . Dad liked the look of them and wanted one so this is the first of the next batch . Made from birds eye maple and babinga 1 in 6 pitch.

Cheers Bern

 

[DennisCA]

I consider this my first actual woodworking project as opposed to whatever rough jobs I've done so far in the garage. A simple shoe rack (might want to shellac it yet) made from surplus material after housebuilding, made it during sunday-monday:

Even as small a project as it was I felt I learned how to do better / differently in the future when cutting grooves and tenons (almost all work done on my table saw, then light sanding)

 

[ColeyS1]

I had loads of slithers of wood which would have otherwise been cut up for firewood and thought I'd try making something useful.

Took ALOT longer than I thought, i made 16 in total. I left the oak sawn with just a light sanding and fixed them together with staples and a blob of pva. I've got some silver cable ties coming which should hopefully hold all the crates together. I did try using copper twisty ties that they use on potato bags but they digged in a bit too much. Should provide a bit of much needed storage, just the time it took was a bit mind numbing !

I admire your tenacity and patience Coley.

I should do this. I have mucho scrap I could use to make scrap storage! I'd stick 'em at the foot of the drive with a price tag on them. :mrgreen:

Thanks John. I knew after the first 3 it was gonna take a little longer then I expected. It'd be alot quicker if you were to buy in planks specifically for the job, but where's the fun in that :lol:
My mate asked me what they were for and I convinced him I was buying potatoes to store over the winter which would last me through till the new year