Great work so far , wish I had that talent . Actually liking the old school look of the drawer pulls
Stumbling through the night stand
I'll try to keep it short. Repurposing some bedroom furniture and basically only the drawers are usable. Building a 3 drawer night stand and using the original center slide wood/metal drawer slide... the metal female to the slide is attached to the drawer and the wooden male to the slide is attached to the night stand. I'm sure it is a fairly simple build for many but for me, no!
The wood/metal drawer slides have given me fits and many re-do's as I stumble through what should have been a fairly quick and basic project. I now know what drawer glides are and what their purpose is for.
The pics show the face frame and skeleton with shop built to fit drawer glides and the repurposed drawers. I am looking forward to the glue up of the 1x6's as I will try using splines for the first time. BTW those are the old drawer pulls that will be replaced.
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The wood/metal drawer slides have given me fits and many re-do's as I stumble through what should have been a fairly quick and basic project. I now know what drawer glides are and what their purpose is for.
The pics show the face frame and skeleton with shop built to fit drawer glides and the repurposed drawers. I am looking forward to the glue up of the 1x6's as I will try using splines for the first time. BTW those are the old drawer pulls that will be replaced.
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Thanks Tom. Yes I am wanting to do the splines for exactly that reason, alignment. I've had limited success using pocket holes but there was still too much sanding after the glue dried. Even when gluing jointed side to jointed side there was a little slip here and a oops there when clamping that went unnoticed which required ROS to get a little hot after the glue dried. I think I will have more of a flat surface when using splines at least in theory. I hope to see if I can make it work the first time. You know it would be nice to have a 50" Drum Sander (BTW it's now $3,250 less than original price just in case you're looking for that last minute Christmas gift for me) with a sander that size you would just have to be close.
Yes I thought I was going to save time reusing the drawers but not fully comprehending the center drawer slides installation to the nightstand I lost time but learned a little bit more to add to the "How Do You Fix This File" I did save material and do like the look of the drawer fronts. Once the night stand is complete and its cousin the 5 drawer chest of drawers is complete I may go back and redo the drawers and reattach the fronts.
Have you considered dowels? See my post #6 in the series "There Must Be A Better Way",Thanks Tom. Yes I am wanting to do the splines for exactly that reason, alignment. I've had limited success using pocket holes but there was still too much sanding after the glue dried. Even when gluing jointed side to jointed side there was a little slip here and a oops there when clamping that went unnoticed which required ROS to get a little hot after the glue dried. I think I will have more of a flat surface when using splines at least in theory. I hope to see if I can make it work the first time. You know it would be nice to have a 50" Drum Sander (BTW it's now $3,250 less than original price just in case you're looking for that last minute Christmas gift for me) with a sander that size you would just have to be close.
Yes I thought I was going to save time reusing the drawers but not fully comprehending the center drawer slides installation to the nightstand I lost time but learned a little bit more to add to the "How Do You Fix This File" I did save material and do like the look of the drawer fronts. Once the night stand is complete and its cousin the 5 drawer chest of drawers is complete I may go back and redo the drawers and reattach the fronts.
Art
I looked Art and may use that on another project... good idea. The Triton in the table has been begging me to let it do the splines.
He's very persistent.Got it.I looked Art and may use that on another project... good idea. The Triton in the table has been begging me to let it do the splines.
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