Not Jut Another Pretty Face!

[BobbyG]

I visit the Off-Topic section occasionally however I got to reading some of the content and there's some pretty interesting stuff going on here. We spend allot of time posting and reading all the great information from other members on detailing but I've always wondered what else you folks do..

Personally, I dabble in a few hobbies on the side and woodworking is one of them.

Last Christmas i bought my wife an antique dresser for the bedroom. It had been refinished, was in great shape and of course I bought it. It looked so good in the bedroom I decided to design and build one for myself.

The design was a bit challenging as I wanted to match as closely as possible all the features and nuances of the original but be able to build it in my shop. It's all solid red oak with the exception of the drawer sides, back, and bottoms which are hard maple. Here's how it went!

Lots of pieces!

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Finishing

The Guns

The gun on the left is a Sharp siphon type automotive gun that I bought in 1977 for about $175.00. The Sharp was a great gun for it's time and laid down literally hundreds of gallons of color and clear coats over the years.

The gun on the right is a new design, gravity fed and operates with very low pressure due to it's design and doesn't put paint all over the place like the Sharp siphon type. The cost of the new gun was $79.00....33 years later...

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/BobbyG53/Bureau/Finish007.jpg

Stain

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/BobbyG53/Bureau/Finish009.jpg

Sealer

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/BobbyG53/Bureau/Finish010.jpg

Staining Tools

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/BobbyG53/Bureau/Finish015.jpg

Drawer Rear

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/BobbyG53/Bureau/Finish014.jpg

Drawer Side

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/BobbyG53/Bureau/Finish013.jpg

Drawer Stained

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/BobbyG53/Bureau/Finish016.jpg

Contrasting Dovetails

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Staining

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Even the truck gets into the act

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/BobbyG53/Bureau/Finish034.jpg



Finished

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Dovetails

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[mchess1]

Nice looking dresser and awesome shop. Thanks for sharing, I bet that working on those items is cheap therapy.

[TheGLL]

I don't have the skills to do that....you're good! :dblthumb2:

[sgtmillhouse648]

Damn do I respect your patience with wood...Wood and I have been sworn enemies since about the time I learned to weld...

[vet]

Looks good! How much wax and mico fibers will it hold? lol.

[Mike Phillips]

That's some mighty fine craftsmanship on display there...

Working with wood is truly an art form...


:xyxthumbs:

[Big D]

Beautiful, very nice!! I know that took a lot of hard work and patience. It really looks great!

[Pristine Image]

That looks great! I can't let me wife see this or she'll want one too!!

[gewb]

Looks great!

Sure wish I had a shop like yours - really like the planer and dust collection system you have - oh, and the table saw and fence!

I need to build a king size head board for our bed and a planer would come in handy; so would a good sliding compound miter saw (I hate making table saw cuts on long work pieces).

Regards,
GEWB

[SeaJay's]

Wish I had the time and the money to really get into wood working. I've always enjoyed building things with wood since I was in shop class in middle school.

I occasionally build things for my house or do some trim work etc. But my skills are no where near yours!

Outside of working full time in sales and detailing on the side I rarely have much time to find another hobby but here are a few things I enjoy doing.

Cigars - I enjoy a good cigar on the weekends with an ice cold beer
Landscaping - enjoy working in the yard when I have the time
Soccer - use to be soccer up until a couple weeks ago I hurt my knee and decided to give it up.

[Donnym]

Excellent craftsmanship..!!! I like the open grain look, very nice finish.

[Matt S.]

Damn, very impressive work. You should try to build a guitar :D

[DARK HORSE]

Very nice Bobby, great work!

[CEE DOG]

Thats some impressive work there Bobby! Well done!

[Shane731]

Sweet! Beautiful piece of furniture! :dblthumb2:


Are you going to put knobs or pulls on it?