Matched suite of furniture
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IanW said:
Ian,
I use the festool felt pads for the first two steps (tripoli compound and white diamond) then the sheepskin for the carnauba wax. I've tried both the soft and hard felt pads and it didn't seem to make a difference in the results. More recently I've experimented with sanding the finish using platin pads up to 4000 and it seems to give better results and lets me skip the tripoli compound step. That was the most tiring part anyway; and it's rather aggressive, you can buff the finish off entirely if you're not careful.
Pedro
tvgordon said:Very nice work Pedro!
About how long did it take to build all the pieces? I think it would have taken me about 3 or 4 years.
Tom.
Tom,
From mid-spring to mid-December of last year, around 9 months. About 2 months months worth of breaks total between projects.
Pedro
Eli said:Really excellent quiver of jobs Pedro. That rates a: "maaate!"
I don't want to hear any snivelling from any youse guys about how small anybody's shop is from now on y'here me! ;D
Shop? You people have shops? Why did no one tell me about this?
Thanks for the compliments from everyone.
Pedro
Dave Ronyak
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Excellent work, Pedro. I'm not going to tell my wife about your shop. I'm in awe that you can do what you have done in your living room. I commonly find myself tripping over my lumber, tools and project in my single car garage (which has no car in it).
Are you satisfied with the knock-down hardware and construction where you chose to use it? Would you choose the same again if you were to make those pieces or similar ones again? I have never used any knockdown hardware, but can certainly see the advantages of its use for certain pieces and certain "customers".
Dave R.
Are you satisfied with the knock-down hardware and construction where you chose to use it? Would you choose the same again if you were to make those pieces or similar ones again? I have never used any knockdown hardware, but can certainly see the advantages of its use for certain pieces and certain "customers".
Dave R.
Dave Ronyak said:
Dave,
I'm very satisfied with the Blum knockdown hardware and plan on using it again when I build an entertainment unit (probably around the end of this year). The only flaw it has it that if the piece of furniture has no back or is not attached to something else (like the two halves of the double bookshelf) or doesn't something else reinforcing it (the drawer box in the tool cabinet), it cannot by itself keep the furniture from swaying back and forth a little if you push it. As long as there's any sort of back (I used 1/4" veneer plywood) that's enough to keep things rigid. It should be noted that the cams use need #2 pozi-drive drivers, if you use a #2 phillips driver it'll probably slip and strip the recess pretty quickly.
Pedro
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Thanks for explaining the limits of use of the Blum knockdown hardware.
Dave R.
Dave R.
Dave Ronyak said:
No problem. I made a little edit to my response, because I meant to say that the screws used in the cams have a #2 pozi-drive recess, no that they are #2 screws. I can't imagine #2 screws could hold much weight.
I bought the knockdown hardware at Woodworker's Hardware, here's the link. They're also available at Rockler and Woodcraft.I should add that while the knockdown hardware can't hold the furniture completely rigid on their own, that's probably also a matter of the furniture I made also being rather large and heavy. I'm sure smaller projects would be more rigid even without reinforcement. In terms of strength I have no worries. When I was testing installing the fittings in scrap plywood before building, I was unable to remove a cam once it was installed in the plywood without the plywood breaking. I imagine the shelves would be visibly sagging long before you put enough weight on them to cause the cams, the 5mm thick screws that lock in them, or the plywood itself to fail.
Pedro
