Kitchen shelf thingy

[mickthetree]

Hey all

FINALLY got some time to finish this.

Made from some offcuts of oak from a joinery firm. Used some walnut wedges in the through tenons although they don't really show much. But at least I got them round the right way this time!!

Only had access to hand tools for this so boards prepared with some planes, housings cut with a handsaw and cleaned up with record 71. Some carelessness caused the bottoms of the housings to be a bit wider so slight gaps but they look good enough. Tenons cut with the nearest size chisel I had.

finishing oil and wax.

On the insides of the sides I forgot to buff the wax soon enough and it set so looks a bit naff, but its all hidden when stuffs on the shelves.

The misses is quite pleased with it and its got all this stuff off of the worktop so more space to cook.

 

[Anonymous]

Very Nice but how do hang the mug up in photo 2 ? :? :lol:

Koolwabbit

 

[Mattty]

Thats some nice looking joints there mate. Those wedged tenons look great

 

[OPJ]

Good work, Paul. Glad to see you got the wedge orientation correct, this time! :wink:

 

[Richard Findley]

Good work, Paul. Glad to see you got the wedge orientation correct, this time! :wink:

You only do that once!!! :roll: :roll: :lol: :lol: (as long as you learn from it then it's not a total disaster!!!)

Looks like a nice little job. Well done!! Personally I'd like more of a curve to the top and bottom of the side panels but that is purely a matter of personal taste!!

Cheers,

Richard

 

[xy mosian]

Nicely done, nicely done.
Ain't it rewarding to work with hand tools?

xy

 

[bodgermatic]

Very nice, that one's going in the ideas bank

 

[woodbloke]

That looks a good piece, crisply made...funny looking bottle of Bells in there though :lol: - Rob

 

[mickthetree]

Cheers all! I'm pretty pleased with it.

Not getting notification of updates to my posts for some reason so only just saw these.

I agree that the sides could have been curved better. Actually I lied about no powertools as I forgot I cut the curves with my bandsaw.

Actually I cut them first with my coping saw but it looked pretty bad and I got my bandsaw a few days later so used that.

Sanded with a bit of sand paper wrapped round a wooden dowel.

Ha yes that mug does look pretty funny!!

 

[Tierney]

Looks good, I've had worse gaps using power tools.