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I have lurked for years, signed up recently, and I wanted to post something to introduce myself. So hello everybody!
Before my daughter was born I thought to myself I’m going to make her a dresser. Besides a bookcase that was not very exciting this is the first piece of furniture I ever made. I learned a lot. Namely have a plan. I may have spent more time thinking about how to build a dresser than actually building the dresser.
It’s made completely of oak from my uncles farm. I’m not too fond of oak but I have access to a lot of it so it’s what I used. I wanted to hand dovetail the drawers but considering I spent so much time thinking about simply how to build a dresser I used a pocket hole jig instead.
The finish is just boiled linseed oil.
Beard
-- Beard
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rednecknurse
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#1 posted 11-08-2014 01:13 AM
Nice dresser
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#2 posted 11-08-2014 01:58 AM
Excellent job. I love how you displayed the wood. Glad to have you here.
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#3 posted 11-08-2014 10:24 AM
Nice looking dresser. You said that you aren’t fond of oak. Have you tried quarter sawn oak? It is much nicer looking and more stable. It also takes finish better.
I really like that second drawer though.
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#4 posted 11-08-2014 01:14 PM
Nice!
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gsimon
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#5 posted 11-08-2014 01:14 PM
Well done!
A very thoughtful piece for your daughter
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bbeardb
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#6 posted 11-09-2014 02:09 AM
I do like the quarter sawn stuff. Unfortunately my uncle plain saws all his logs for the sake of time. I essentially have a life time supply of the stuff, I simply have to visit him in Nebraska to load up every now and again. I think I’ll simply make myself fond of it!
Thanks everyone for the nice comments.
-- Beard
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