Sewing machine cabinet

I hate to sound rude, but how long ago was that? It looks like something my wife would see and fall in love with

-- Dan, Rochester, NY

That is not rude my friend, I made that in 1963 living in an apartment one year before we bought our house.

I love the top.. what is it made of?

-- Dan, Rochester, NY

Maple 1/2” Plywood “veneer” sometime called.
I had an old hand saw, a little jig saw I had for Christmas and my father inlaw hand plane.
Stain and varnish.
It did the job for a young maried couple lol.

Yep, still looks good

-- Don, Royersford, PA

Wife and I decided to give it away to a young couple which made them very happy.
The machine is in perfect condition.

Very nice. You may be technically better and possess more tools but the cabinet has a nice charm about it that would be hard to recapture.

-- Don

That is quite an accomplishment for the tools you had. It looks fine to me, even if you had good tools and built it today!

When I was in the Navy for a couple of years, in Taiwan, late 1960’s, I built a vanity cabinet around a bathroom sink, just so we had a place to bath and change diapers for my newborn son. It was made of plywood, had a tile top to water proof it, and had doors for underneath storage. It was painted with multiple coats of enamel after filling the wood, so it had a very nice smooth finish. My only tool was a GE multitool with one motor, and a sander, drill, and jig heads. Kinda like having a portable drill with attachments. The bathroom was my shop!

-- Jim, Anchorage Alaska

Thanks…..Just to show that even a beginner can do most anything if he puts his mind to it.