ear3
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A colleague of mine was complaining about the disorganization of her office, with papers scattered all over the place, so I offered to build her a mail/paper shelf unit. My true aim, though, was to do a project exclusively on the MFT/3 which I just picked up the other week, and I thought this was a pretty simple and straightforward project with which to break it in.
I used 3/4 oak veneer ply with hardwood caps, and then 1/4 oak veneer ply for the shelves, which are removable to create a taller shelf if needed. Since it will only be papers, there was no need to make the shelves thicker. Everything was put together using dominoes, and then a guide-rail mounted OF1400 did the dados for the 1/4 shelves. Never had to touch the table saw once, though I did do the initial rip of the plywood and oak caps on top of a couple of saw horses with the 3000mm rail, as the MFT would have been too small.
I was also excited because this is the first piece of furniture I've done since I got the ROTEX 150, so I wanted to see how sleek I could get the wood. I went up to 800 with the Granat, and then finished off with the Platin 2000. I'm not sure if the Platin did anything for me, as it was already pretty shiny with the 800. I did, however, notice some inconsistency in the finish along the edges after doing a second application of Danish Oil. It might have been due to the fact that i had to jump from 320 to 800 grit (I didn't have anything in between), so next time I might try to use 500 as a stepping stone. I managed to fix it with the green Vlies, though this reduced some of the luster I was shooting for. I'm going to see if a finish pass of white Vlies and then a buff with a felt pad might add more sheen next time (neither of which I had at hand). I'm pretty inexperienced when it comes to sanding in the higher grit ranges, having been content in the past to stop at 220, except if I was working on the lathe.
All in all a pretty simple project, but one that really got me to appreciate all the things I can do with the MFT/3. And I appreciate all the responses I got to the various questions I asked about issues with the project.
I used 3/4 oak veneer ply with hardwood caps, and then 1/4 oak veneer ply for the shelves, which are removable to create a taller shelf if needed. Since it will only be papers, there was no need to make the shelves thicker. Everything was put together using dominoes, and then a guide-rail mounted OF1400 did the dados for the 1/4 shelves. Never had to touch the table saw once, though I did do the initial rip of the plywood and oak caps on top of a couple of saw horses with the 3000mm rail, as the MFT would have been too small.
I was also excited because this is the first piece of furniture I've done since I got the ROTEX 150, so I wanted to see how sleek I could get the wood. I went up to 800 with the Granat, and then finished off with the Platin 2000. I'm not sure if the Platin did anything for me, as it was already pretty shiny with the 800. I did, however, notice some inconsistency in the finish along the edges after doing a second application of Danish Oil. It might have been due to the fact that i had to jump from 320 to 800 grit (I didn't have anything in between), so next time I might try to use 500 as a stepping stone. I managed to fix it with the green Vlies, though this reduced some of the luster I was shooting for. I'm going to see if a finish pass of white Vlies and then a buff with a felt pad might add more sheen next time (neither of which I had at hand). I'm pretty inexperienced when it comes to sanding in the higher grit ranges, having been content in the past to stop at 220, except if I was working on the lathe.
All in all a pretty simple project, but one that really got me to appreciate all the things I can do with the MFT/3. And I appreciate all the responses I got to the various questions I asked about issues with the project.
