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Furniture Projects
TV Stand
The
following are a number of my furniture projects. Not all of
them, but are representative sample of my furniture.
We purchased a new TV and, of course, the old enclosed TV stand
did not fit. So, it was off to the garage to come up with
something. The stand is an original design made from White Oak
and finished with Minwax Tung Oil and a coat a wax.
 
The drawer holds just over 80 DVDs stacked in three columns. I
decided to do something different with this draw box, so I used
˝” Baltic Birch plywood and made box joints to show of the
multi-laminations. (I used my ShopNotes Box Joint jig for the
drawer joinery--see my jigs page). I made a mistake in my layout
of the carcass, and made it 1” to narrow so I had to use
Blum’s concealed drawer slides. These are very smooth
hardware, but they are NOT as easy to adjust to the opening as
the side-mounted slides are. However, in order to get the three
columns of DVDs in the drawer, I had to use them because I could
not give up the 1” width on the drawer to use the side mounted
slides.
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TV Case
 My
parents, this time, purchased a new TV and need a case that
looked like their old built-in set.
The case here is the
result of my design to meet their needs. It was made to the
specifications of my parents.
The wood is Alder. This is a GREAT wood to work for
furniture. Its downside is that it is a bit soft so it will ding
fairly easily. The upside is that it is a relatively close
grain; it works like a dream and is by far the easiest to plane
or stain of any species I have worked with to date. I really
like it and it is guaranteed to find its way into future
projects.
The stain was matched at the local Kelly Moore. We took them
a drawer from another piece of furniture and they created a
stain with an EXACT match! I am really please how it turned out.
They have a guy there with the “eye” as they told me that their
computer could only get close! Once again, God’s creation shows
it superiority over our creations! The top coat is my own
homebrew mix of poly, boiled Linseed oil and naphtha.
The drawer on left is a simple full extension
drawer and the drop down front on the right is for their
DVD/VCR.
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Dresser
This is one of the early furniture projects. It is simply panels
that are screwed to an internal frame with dust panels. It is
heavy and VERY stable. It would lost for generations. I got the
building technique by watching Norm Abram build his
double
dresser.
Pine and Birch with Minwax Natural Peach stain and clear
Polycrylic topcoat. The design is loosely based on one of Norm's
(New Yankee) projects.
Dresser II
My sister adopted a 9-year-old daughter and she needed a new
dresser as she only brings the clothes on her back from the
orphanage. I built the carcass & top utilizing the same methods
I used on my first dresser above, and my brother-in-law, Frank,
did the drawers and all the finishing. The paint is particularly
noteworthy. His first project. He did a great job!
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Mission Style Bed Frame
White Oak, picture on the left has no finish. The picture on the
left has a a number of coats of Minwax's Tung Oil Finish. Not a
true Tung oil, but it gives a nice luster and makes it is easy
to control the depth of the finish.
The woodworking challenge for this project was the 64-1/2" X
2" mortises for the 17 slats in headboard and footboard! The
solution was a simple jig and 3/4" router bit. Cut a 1/4" deep
dado making three passes in each side of the rail and then glue
them together! Contact me if you have
questions.
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