Studdog's Furniture

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:50 pm Post subject: Studdog's Furniture

I couldn't find some good quality oak furniture that didn't cost about $2,000 per piece. So I decided to make my own. I started with a corner TV/Stereo stand for our bedroom and a short book shelf for the sunroom.

Both pieces are almost done. The book shelf will have a large door on both ends and the TV stand will have two doors on the bottom compartment.

TV stand is 100% solid oak. Book shelf is all oak except for 3/8" oak plywood in back. Both are very solid.

I just put the filler on all the nail holes and joints. I then sprayed all surfaces with water. Tommorow I will start the finishing sanding and then stain and polyurethane. The stain will be medium oak. Similiar to how it looks in the wet areas in the pics.

These are a gift of love to my wonderful wife. I hope she will like them.

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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:51 pm Post subject:

Wow you are hired!!! I might be needing some new furniture here soon.

Good job!!!
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:55 pm Post subject:

Great job!

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:04 pm Post subject:

nice Stud.
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:05 pm Post subject:

Very Nice Studdog
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:50 pm Post subject:

You are quite the handyman there stud! Nice job!
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject:

kewl job Studdog, I made some built in's once, in the old house would love to do it again.

http://www.fscnc.net/images/bc/index.php/

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:08 pm Post subject:

VERY nice job.....!!!
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:14 pm Post subject:

You are hired. I want one 50 cubits by 70 cubits, before it rains.
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:53 pm Post subject:

Awesome Studdog... Hope you post some pics when they are finished...
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:32 am Post subject:

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:48 am Post subject:

Very nice, Studdog! Do you ship to Europe too?? Wink

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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:53 am Post subject:

Nice work, SD! I've been wanting to get some custom bookshelves built for my library, if only you lived closer. Sad

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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:35 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

I stained them today and will polyurathane them in the next couple of days.

Then I will post some pics of the final product.

It looks like the two projects will have taken me about 70 working hours from start to finish.
1 hour to design in IronCAD
67 hours to build and stain
about two hours are left to polyurethane, light sanding, and polyurethane again.

Then a lifetime to enjoy! Cool

They are very solid and should last a long time. Well worth the effort.