HappyMonkey/HMD WOODSHOP - Page 15

Happy Monkey · 03-30-2006, 11:35 PM

I didn't get a chance to do many of them this time around. My dad's doing most of the work on this piece, I'm afraid.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-31-2006, 04:02 AM

That's cool, better to be Norm than the guy laboring off camera.

It's for your sister anyway, isn't it?

Happy Monkey · 03-31-2006, 08:37 AM

Too often, I'm the cameraman, though.

Yeah, it's for my sister. Which will make delivery (to Cambridge, MA) a bit of a trek. But I suspect I'll let my dad do that, too...

Happy Monkey · 06-17-2006, 02:50 PM

Well, we're getting closer. The weather's nicer, so my dad's off to West Virginia most weekends, which has slowed things down a bit.

But he got some hardware in.

The carcass and some of the drawers have been oiled. An unoiled drawer is shown for contrast.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-17-2006, 10:20 PM

Beautiful wood, beautiful job, are those generic knobs or something old/reproduction?
I've got white porcelain knobs on my dressers but really should have pulls because I tend to overload the drawers.

Happy Monkey · 06-17-2006, 10:47 PM

They're reproduction. They're cast, not milled. About $20 each!

xoxoxoBruce · 06-18-2006, 01:03 AM

Yeah, I noticed the cast threads that's why I asked if they were old. The cast brass coloration is perfect for that color stain. Great job, your sister should be giddy.

Griff · 06-18-2006, 06:55 AM

HM>Griff

Happy Monkey · 06-18-2006, 08:52 AM

Thanks, but I just have to emphasize that this particular one is much more HMD than HM, at least recently.

Tse Moana · 06-19-2006, 04:43 AM

Gods, the thing is gorgeous! Wonderful work!

Happy Monkey · 06-19-2006, 05:47 AM

Thanks!

skysidhe · 06-27-2006, 04:27 PM

very cool!

I always think I could refurb furniture if I had disicpline. I respect the people who actually do.

Happy Monkey · 06-27-2006, 04:46 PM

Thanks! I'll try to put up another couple pics tonight. My dad is this close > < to finished. All of the drawers are made, but one more needs to be oiled and knobbed. The back is on (except for the final slat). All that is left after that is waxing.

Happy Monkey · 06-27-2006, 09:39 PM

And here they are:

One drawer still unoiled and unknobbed.

The back is mostly on. One slat of poplar has been left off for easier access to the inside, until it's done.

A beauty shot of the side, displaying the dovetails.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-27-2006, 10:31 PM

Gorgeous. Did you ask your sister if she'd arm wrestle you for it?

03-30-2006, 11:35 PM	#1
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I didn't get a chance to do many of them this time around. My dad's doing most of the work on this piece, I'm afraid. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-31-2006, 04:02 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's cool, better to be Norm than the guy laboring off camera. It's for your sister anyway, isn't it? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-31-2006, 08:37 AM	#3
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Too often, I'm the cameraman, though. Yeah, it's for my sister. Which will make delivery (to Cambridge, MA) a bit of a trek. But I suspect I'll let my dad do that, too... __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-17-2006, 02:50 PM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Well, we're getting closer. The weather's nicer, so my dad's off to West Virginia most weekends, which has slowed things down a bit. But he got some hardware in. The carcass and some of the drawers have been oiled. An unoiled drawer is shown for contrast. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-17-2006, 10:20 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Beautiful wood, beautiful job, are those generic knobs or something old/reproduction? I've got white porcelain knobs on my dressers but really should have pulls because I tend to overload the drawers. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-17-2006, 10:47 PM	#6
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	They're reproduction. They're cast, not milled. About $20 each! __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-18-2006, 01:03 AM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah, I noticed the cast threads that's why I asked if they were old. The cast brass coloration is perfect for that color stain. Great job, your sister should be giddy. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-18-2006, 06:55 AM	#8
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	HM>Griff __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-18-2006, 08:52 AM	#9
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Thanks, but I just have to emphasize that this particular one is much more HMD than HM, at least recently. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-19-2006, 04:43 AM	#10
Tse Moana You're just jealous 'cause the little voices talk to me Join Date: May 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 203	Gods, the thing is gorgeous! Wonderful work!

06-19-2006, 05:47 AM	#11
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Thanks! __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-27-2006, 04:27 PM	#12
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	very cool! I always think I could refurb furniture if I had disicpline. I respect the people who actually do.

06-27-2006, 04:46 PM	#13
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Thanks! I'll try to put up another couple pics tonight. My dad is this close > < to finished. All of the drawers are made, but one more needs to be oiled and knobbed. The back is on (except for the final slat). All that is left after that is waxing. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-27-2006, 09:39 PM	#14
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	And here they are: One drawer still unoiled and unknobbed. The back is mostly on. One slat of poplar has been left off for easier access to the inside, until it's done. A beauty shot of the side, displaying the dovetails. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-27-2006, 10:31 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Gorgeous. Did you ask your sister if she'd arm wrestle you for it? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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