Vanity Press - Finished!

[Chems]

 

[Chems]

 

[DaveL]

Don't know if anyone is reading this but I don't care I love my own build thread!

Of course there are people reading it, it's a great thread, I love seeing what the rest of you are making and this is very nice.
I like the assembly platform, if I had more room I would make one, being able to turn the work round on it looks very useful.

 

[NewtoWood]

This is a great build Chems, but you guys are so good at what you do my SWMBO must be kept away from these pics, as she will start asking why I only produce large sacks of sawdust.

 

[Chems]

Thanks to both, nice to know theres people out there!

Ready to disassemble, sand and stain now today. All going well using the water based dye then the chemical lacquer it could all be finished today.

 

[woodbloke]

Some people have workshop dogs, I have workshop cat and workshop slave.

You too?...nice build btw - Rob

 

[Lord Nibbo]

Thanks to both, nice to know theres people out there!

Don't go off on one :wink:

I've been watching intensely waiting to heap praise on you when I see the finish go on. :lol: It's seriously excellent workmanship and nothing I could have added to the thread would of helped in any way, so go and get on with it :lol:

 

[Chems]

I sort of thought no-one was intrested cause it was stinky old pine

Its been taking apart as we speak ready for finish.

 

[head clansman]

Hi chems

hmm interesting post , well made, be interesting to see the finish item , thing i like the most is the mobile platform to easily manoeuvre it about in the workshop , good idea . hc :wink:

 

[Waka]

I sort of thought no-one was intrested cause it was stinky old pine

Its been taking apart as we speak ready for finish.

Chems

It doesn't matter what the wood is soft or hard wood the skill of making something is the same.

I do like what you've done but like LN I was waiting for the finish to go on.

 

[Paul Chapman]

I sort of thought no-one was intrested cause it was stinky old pine

I often think pine is far more difficult to work with than most hard woods. It's come together very well, Chems.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[OPJ]

I'm surprised you haven't learned this by now, Chems...

If there's one thing people on this forum do like, it's plenty of photographs!! :wink:

Nice bit of upholstery work - in "SWMBO's Workshop", as well! :shock: :wink: I'd be interested to hear how much you spent on materials one it's done (if you haven't already mentioned it earlier in the thread...).

 

[Chems]

Thanks for all the lovely replies!

I was keeping a really good count of the material up untill a point. I could probably now give a rough estimation.

The intial outlay was £221.40 which basically made me most of it apart from the doors an bits. I'd say on top of that another 3/4 pine sheets as well as the original 7 at a lower price of £16-18 a board. So we are near 356 by my calculations including the lacquer and thinner. Then an extra litre of dye was bought. I also bought a dovetail jig for the job at bargain price from a very nice forum member but won't include that in the price up. I spent another £88 on some very nice light fixings for it which I'll show you tomorrow so basically between £400-£500. As for my man hours I'd dread to think how many.

The real plus of the project is other than the Leigh Jig, My Triton router and Tormek I've actually built it all with really basic kit. My cheap CS (£20 from Homebase) £10 McKeller router, £80 table saw from Screwfix which has been brilliant, set of 3 chisels from focus and a collection of done up records of ebay not more than £50's worth for the lot. Cheap aldi spray gun for the finish. I think the big difference between the good tools and the cheap ones is its got to be a lot quicker, cleaner, less noisy and all together less stressful than it is working with the cheaper stuff. I've been upgrading my dust extraction and olly's RDSE extractor arrived today and for the first time ever I used my router and ROS with out any dust covering me. Quite something. Next on the shopping list is a 10" SIP Table Saw and a Jet 260.

 

[Lord Nibbo]

I sort of thought no-one was intrested cause it was stinky old pine

I often think pine is far more difficult to work with than most hard woods. It's come together very well, Chems.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

I agree 100% I would estimate that pine is at least twice as difficult to cut or plane across the grain and get a clean finish.

 

[woodbloke]

Pine is awkward bloody stuff to use at the best of times...one of it's saving graces is that dovetails mush together quite well, but apart from that, it's not something I use very much - Rob

 

[Chems]

I got the finish on an most of the lacquer over the past days. Going to spray on another couple of coats tomorrow. It dries fairly quickly so looking to have it rebuilt in place on monday.

When I finish the lacquer its quite a rough texture which becomes very smooth with a touch of high grit sand paper. Is this what a de-nibbing cloth is for?

 

[OPJ]

Hmmm... Lacquer shouldn't feel 'rough', unless perhaps you're spraying too much on? You could try thinning it 10%, unless I've misunderstood.

I use this stuff for denibbing, which doesn't clog easily (320g and 400g in between coats). The idea of denibbing is to carefully remove any irregularities in the previous finish creating a surface that's ready for the next coat.

 

[Chems]

I think the rough texture is one because the water based dye seems to raise the grain slightly, then the lacquer does again, and then also the dust an bits in the air get stuck in it. I've sprayed it on quite thinly to begin with but will lay heavier coats on this evening. Should be installed tomorrow.

 

[davin]

Very nice.

I know pine can be a pain to work with, but what a lovely smell when you walk into the workshop in the morning mmm

Do you mind me asking where you bought your "fixboard", I tried googling a supplier in Kent/Sussex, no luck. Seems very good value.

Davin

 

[Chems]

I don't know if you know of the Build Centre chain, they do Plumb Centre, Drain Centre, Timber Centre and so on. Well my local Timber Centre used to stock it but it was closed down in the recession, but the manager moved to a nearby Build Centre which stocks lots of stuff rather than just timber and he moved the FixBoard with him. It may be worth looking for a build centre in your area and ask for it. Often referred to as Laminated Pine Boards. The website for the manufacture is:

http://www.fixboard.se/eng/index.html

There was a few good deals of the same sort of stuff on ebay a while back but I didn't want to buy it encase it was slightly different to the stuff I'd already been using. I think on the whole its widely available as I know Maliee uses the same stuff and its common in Kitchen Carcasses according to one of the guys who works at the build centre.