Pickup Topper? The Furniture experiment
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Thanks!
I have been altering a few corners, chamfers, accentuating some overhangs, and de-emphasizing some other parts which looked a bit ungainly. The top and bottom sections are still detachable, which has come in handy!
Chris
I have been altering a few corners, chamfers, accentuating some overhangs, and de-emphasizing some other parts which looked a bit ungainly. The top and bottom sections are still detachable, which has come in handy!
Chris
Re: Pickup Topper? The Furniture experiment
Now I have started finishing the project, legs first. We already have other (purchased) pieces in the house with black legs, so this sort of goes along with that:
Chris
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I'm now prototyping a knob/latch system. Knobs were turned as a symmetrical pair on the SS lathe. For now the "dogbone piece" is a hardboard trial. When I get to a shape I like, I plan to make the real piece out of shop-made plywood (thin) a la the old Jim McCann method shown on Nick's videos years ago:
Chris
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At first, I had no clue where you were going with this project, Chris. But it's looking very cool now!
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Very cool Chris. Eclectic in style and very well done !
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It's original and it is beautiful and the craftsmanship is first rate! What's not to like?
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Re: Pickup Topper? The Furniture experiment
Thank you!
Moving forward from hardboard prototype to shop-glued plywood for the "dogbone latch," I thought on it a couple of days and decided to emulate shapes already in play on the copper hinges.
The 'plywood' was cut out and then finessed on the SS Strip Sander a bit. It's about 1/8" thick and has good rigidity; the glued-up veneers smelled sort of like lignum vitae when worked on the sander. Some leftover plywood is shown atop the cabinet
Chris
Moving forward from hardboard prototype to shop-glued plywood for the "dogbone latch," I thought on it a couple of days and decided to emulate shapes already in play on the copper hinges.
The 'plywood' was cut out and then finessed on the SS Strip Sander a bit. It's about 1/8" thick and has good rigidity; the glued-up veneers smelled sort of like lignum vitae when worked on the sander. Some leftover plywood is shown atop the cabinet
Chris
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I'm now in the finishing stages of the exterior so most of the mental stress is done. Inner decking, will be sometime as I get to it. Thanks for watching!
Chris
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I was really hesitant to take the thing upstairs because I was more and more noticing just how chunky it looked out in the open.
It was initially going to have a function in the Great / TV room, but it just looked too out of place. On the other hand, it is really looking better in the cool corner of the Dining Room. So.... it's a Wine Cabinet now!
thanks for watching
Chris
It was initially going to have a function in the Great / TV room, but it just looked too out of place. On the other hand, it is really looking better in the cool corner of the Dining Room. So.... it's a Wine Cabinet now!
thanks for watching
Chris
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That is just outstanding work Chris. I like the design and the final look ... well done!
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1965 Mark VII S/N 407684
1951 10 ER S/N ER 44570 -- Reborn 9/16/14
1950 10 ER S/N ER 33479 Reborn July 2016
1950 10 ER S/N ER 39671
1951 jigsaw X 2
1951 !0 ER #3 in rebuild
500, Jointer, Bsaw, Bsander, Planer
2014 Mark 7 W/Lift assist - 14 4" Jointer - DC3300
And a plethora of small stuff .....
"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." - Benjamin Franklin