Wow! You are the first person to eeever say that it took longer than he thought it would. Looks awesome!! Nothing like watching tv and letting your eyes drift down occasionally and admire the work.
Nice Work, I like the combo of Watco under Arm-R-Seal…...used it on my daughters toybox, and it has held up great. I also like the drawer pulls…...do you cut those on a bandsaw????
joe
Each front is assembled from multiple pieces. The smaller fronts are 4 pieces:
- the large flat with the lip
- the smaller sloped piece
- a thin connecting strip that is glued between those two
- and a strip behind the back at the top to give it some strength (and the illusion of thickness)
So I shaped the lip and the big slope on my SCMS actually. I traced the profile on the top and bottom. Then using the depth stop on the miter saw, I made a cut down close to my line, scooted over the piece, changed the depth stop, cut, moved the piece, changed the depth stop, etc…. just did that a few times…
That left the pieces stepped, which I spent a couple hours sanding. There's probably a better way (maybe the bandsaw if I had one), but this seemed fairly safe.
I know what you mean about taking longer than you figured. It took me forever to come up with a design that would work for the one I built, and about 40 hours over several weeks to build it.
Like you I am big fan of watch under a varnish finish, especially on mahogany. It give the finish so much more depth.
I especially like corner treatment you gave the piece, it add a lot to the design.
wonderful my friend it tuned out beautiful i think. i kept looking for you finished work to see how it turned out and then i just stumbled over it while meddling.
Awesome! Can you share those plans with me or tell me where to find them? I've been looking for plans for a TV stand, I would really like to build this one.
hey man, this looks really good but now your hooked. Every hour your not in the shop is hell. And say nothing of the tool buying desease. Its an adiction and the greatest hobby in the world. embrase it and have fun. I just finnished a 12 hour day in the shop now i'm on this site. The wife can't understand it.