Furniture Projects - Refurbishing, Refinishing, Retasking, and Building

[SkinnyGoomba]

Thanks Medwed! The current one is elie bleu, I'm happy with it, works really well.

They can actually go well beyond 10k in paste polishes.

I wouldn't put this kind of finish on a bed, that would be hellish to do. Better with an oil finish.

 

[ImTheGroom]

Thanks Medwed! The current one is elie bleu, I'm happy with it, works really well.

They can actually go well beyond 10k in paste polishes.

I wouldn't put this kind of finish on a bed, that would be hellish to do. Better with an oil finish.

I'm planning to do a full suite over the next couple of years. Bed first, then, since we are limited on space, a slim cubby-type unit with sliding doors so it can easily fit on the wall beside the bed - drawers or swinging doors would make it a real pain in the neck.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

What do you have in the way of tools?

 

[ImTheGroom]

What do you have in the way of tools?

Pretty simple - well, mostly I use my dad's work shop - but a table saw, router, then the basics (drills, screwdrivers, hammers, whatnot).

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

That's a good start, to make a bed you'll need all the tools for making mortise and tenons as well. The bed I made can be disassembled but the next one will certainly have a two piece platform (basically two small beds that can attach together) and a wall hung headboard since practically all beds are against a wall anyways.

 

[Cary Grant]

Hey Skinny- do you have a planer? The best work I see from hobbyists I know always run all their lumber through the planer first.
I don't woodwork but after watching the process I see it makes a significant difference.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

No, I bring the material to a place to be planed to size.

 

[Cary Grant]

I've always thought that, after retirement, I might get into woodworking/furntiure making. But I'm the kind of person who wouldn't be happy until I had a New Yankee Workshop-esque set-up... so unless I win the lottery