big soft moose
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As there have been a number of cd/ stereo cabinets lately i figure i'd show you mine - that said anyone who's expecting a waka, nibship etc quality build is out of luck.
That said in my defence everything in the build was free (except the pint or so of titebond and the screws )
No Wips i'm afraid
Construction was strictly fur coat and no knickers - the basic cabinet was whomped up out of a number of bits of 18mm Mdf found in skips, two teak veneered chipboard wardrobe doors, and a piece of chipboard loft flooring left over from my loft build (the latter was pressed into service at the last minuite when i realised i was one shelf short with what i could cut out of the doors - its the different coloured bit on the bottom - which fortunately cant be seen 90 % of the time)
the sides were drilled through and countersunk and the shelves fixed in with 30mm screws then the unit was laid on its front and the back (recycled teak veneered 3 ply from the same wardrobe as the doors) tacked on with 25mm tacks
Once the unit was all together the outer sides of the sides and top were clad in 5mm thick strips of oak (circa 1" wide but variable depending on the offcut) cut on my bandsaw off the oak offcuts that i got from opener a while back - this was glued on with titebond (circa a pint in total) and then clamped down with cauls doing one side a night.
once that was done the lipping (more oak off cut also cut to 5mm on the bandsaw) was fixed - more titebond and numerous clamps - i had to prob the unit up on house bricks to get the clamps underneath - it was doing this that i had the previously refered to rob moment and smashed up an F cramp that just wouldnt stay cramped
once that was done the unit was stood upright and the dividers fixed in - these were cut from a piece of previously finished oak - an off cut donated by Roger S when i bought his vice - the dividers were cut to fit perfectly :^o in between the shelves then just glued up with titebond and clamped in place
then finally each side of the unit was planed and sanded (power planer followed by 80G on the belt sander and 120 and 240 on the ROS) and finnished with woodwax 22 - the lipping was planed by hand with the block plane i bought from olly earlier in the year then sanded with the ROS and woodwaxed.
and there you have it.
I'm not that happy with it - as it doesnt compare at all well with 99% of the projects on here - but i learnt a fair bit doing it, and it didnt cost a lot. However the client (MBGitW) is happy so thats the main thing.
oneday i'll actually do a project that isnt held together with screws and glue
(NB: apologies for the poor pic , this is with the compact and i couldnt use the flash as it scares the dog.)
edit: doh - put it in the wrong forum , if a passing mod type person could move this to projects i'd be much obliged.
That said in my defence everything in the build was free (except the pint or so of titebond and the screws )
No Wips i'm afraid
Construction was strictly fur coat and no knickers - the basic cabinet was whomped up out of a number of bits of 18mm Mdf found in skips, two teak veneered chipboard wardrobe doors, and a piece of chipboard loft flooring left over from my loft build (the latter was pressed into service at the last minuite when i realised i was one shelf short with what i could cut out of the doors - its the different coloured bit on the bottom - which fortunately cant be seen 90 % of the time)
the sides were drilled through and countersunk and the shelves fixed in with 30mm screws then the unit was laid on its front and the back (recycled teak veneered 3 ply from the same wardrobe as the doors) tacked on with 25mm tacks
Once the unit was all together the outer sides of the sides and top were clad in 5mm thick strips of oak (circa 1" wide but variable depending on the offcut) cut on my bandsaw off the oak offcuts that i got from opener a while back - this was glued on with titebond (circa a pint in total) and then clamped down with cauls doing one side a night.
once that was done the lipping (more oak off cut also cut to 5mm on the bandsaw) was fixed - more titebond and numerous clamps - i had to prob the unit up on house bricks to get the clamps underneath - it was doing this that i had the previously refered to rob moment and smashed up an F cramp that just wouldnt stay cramped
once that was done the unit was stood upright and the dividers fixed in - these were cut from a piece of previously finished oak - an off cut donated by Roger S when i bought his vice - the dividers were cut to fit perfectly :^o in between the shelves then just glued up with titebond and clamped in place
then finally each side of the unit was planed and sanded (power planer followed by 80G on the belt sander and 120 and 240 on the ROS) and finnished with woodwax 22 - the lipping was planed by hand with the block plane i bought from olly earlier in the year then sanded with the ROS and woodwaxed.
and there you have it.
I'm not that happy with it - as it doesnt compare at all well with 99% of the projects on here - but i learnt a fair bit doing it, and it didnt cost a lot. However the client (MBGitW) is happy so thats the main thing.
oneday i'll actually do a project that isnt held together with screws and glue
(NB: apologies for the poor pic , this is with the compact and i couldnt use the flash as it scares the dog.)
edit: doh - put it in the wrong forum , if a passing mod type person could move this to projects i'd be much obliged.
