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Happy Monkey · 06-28-2006, 06:51 AM

It'll be a bit of an arm wrestle to get it to her place in Cambridge...

xoxoxoBruce · 07-10-2006, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

It'll be a bit of an arm wrestle to get it to her place in Cambridge...

Well, I could pick up and keep it at my house until the next time I go to Cambridge.......some time.......eventually....

Griff · 07-10-2006, 06:02 AM

Great work! Shall we start the bidding?

I like the lip on the back to keep the crap from sliding off the top. I wonder if I'd keep the top clear if my dresser was that pretty? Na wouldn't happen, I need an intervention.

Happy Monkey · 07-09-2006, 10:43 PM

And it's done! I'll just put up a few different views, with and without flash. The piece actually looks sort of halfway between the flash and non-flash looks, but I'm not a professional photographer, so you'll have to imagine:

Happy Monkey · 07-10-2006, 07:15 AM

Thanks!

Yeah, all my nice furniture is completely covered with clutter...

Tse Moana · 07-10-2006, 02:26 PM

I'm amazed by your talent HM, it's wonderful. Can I have it?

Happy Monkey · 07-10-2006, 02:34 PM

Sorry, it's spoken for... but thanks! Also, modesty requires that I shift most of the credit over to my dad. I'm afraid I didn't do much more than take the pictures once the first drawer was done.

Happy Monkey · 12-23-2007, 01:38 PM

I got a pile of wood for Christmas!

I'm hoping to turn it into this:

Undertoad · 12-23-2007, 01:40 PM

Awesome! How do the pieces join?

Happy Monkey · 12-23-2007, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Awesome! How do the pieces join?

I puzzled over that for quite a while, over several iterations. I finalized (I think) the design just yesterday, on the way to the lumberyard.

The frame is extremely simple; four boards with a ledge on the inside, held together with bolts and cross-dowels, like this.

The middle rail is held in place with dowels in the ends going into the ledges.

The corners are the tricky part. They support all of the weight, but I wanted the feet to be recessed, to give it a bit of a "hovering" look, so they couldn't directly support the sides. Instead, the two halves of each foot will be held in the bottom of an L-shaped base via sliding dovetails. The mentioned base will be two ash boards lapped together.

Exactly how it works should become more obvious in time.

Happy Monkey · 12-25-2007, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Awesome! How do the pieces join?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

I puzzled over that for quite a while, over several iterations. I finalized (I think) the design just yesterday, on the way to the lumberyard.

Here is that design:

And the rail design:

And here are some of the early designs for the corners.

This last one also has the shopping list we took to the lumberyard.

jester · 12-27-2007, 04:05 PM

Beautiful job - you're quite crafty

Happy Monkey · 12-23-2007, 01:41 PM

First step was to plane it smooth.

The planer makes a bit of a mess.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-23-2007, 02:25 PM

A friend of a friend, recently acquired a tractor-trailer load of exotic woods. Planks 1 to 4 inches thick, and 1 to 3 feet wide, very cheap, but probably exported/imported illegally.

Happy Monkey · 12-23-2007, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

A friend of a friend, recently acquired a tractor-trailer load of exotic woods. Planks 1 to 4 inches thick, and 1 to 3 feet wide, very cheap, but probably exported/imported illegally.

Heh, thanks, but I probably can't handle it, then. Not to mention transportation from PA.

06-28-2006, 06:51 AM	#1
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	It'll be a bit of an arm wrestle to get it to her place in Cambridge... __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-10-2006, 06:02 AM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Great work! Shall we start the bidding? I like the lip on the back to keep the crap from sliding off the top. I wonder if I'd keep the top clear if my dresser was that pretty? Na wouldn't happen, I need an intervention. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-09-2006, 10:43 PM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	And it's done! I'll just put up a few different views, with and without flash. The piece actually looks sort of halfway between the flash and non-flash looks, but I'm not a professional photographer, so you'll have to imagine: __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-10-2006, 07:15 AM	#5
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Thanks! Yeah, all my nice furniture is completely covered with clutter... __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-10-2006, 02:34 PM	#7
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Sorry, it's spoken for... but thanks! Also, modesty requires that I shift most of the credit over to my dad. I'm afraid I didn't do much more than take the pictures once the first drawer was done. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-10-2006, 02:26 PM	#6
Tse Moana You're just jealous 'cause the little voices talk to me Join Date: May 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 203	I'm amazed by your talent HM, it's wonderful. Can I have it?

12-23-2007, 01:38 PM	#8
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I got a pile of wood for Christmas! I'm hoping to turn it into this: __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

12-23-2007, 01:40 PM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Awesome! How do the pieces join?

12-27-2007, 04:05 PM	#12
jester why so serious Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,712	Beautiful job - you're quite crafty

12-23-2007, 01:41 PM	#13
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	First step was to plane it smooth. The planer makes a bit of a mess. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

12-23-2007, 02:25 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	A friend of a friend, recently acquired a tractor-trailer load of exotic woods. Planks 1 to 4 inches thick, and 1 to 3 feet wide, very cheap, but probably exported/imported illegally. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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