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vince dale
08-02-2018, 5:53 PM
I was in need of a new stand for my AV equipment. And I wanted to break in my new shop. After looking online, I combined some of the designs with a few of my own to match my coffee and end tables. The wood is all cherry with Baltic Birch for the drawers. Mortise and tenion construction with cherry ply panels. The finish is 4 coats of homemade wipe on poly.

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George Bokros
08-02-2018, 5:58 PM
Very nice. Custom design always works well.
John TenEyck
08-02-2018, 9:32 PM
Congrats on both the design and build. Very nice.

John
Ken Fitzgerald
08-02-2018, 9:42 PM
Well done Sir, on both accounts, design and execution!
Lee Schierer
08-02-2018, 9:56 PM
Gorgeous, cherry is one of my favorite woods to work with. Excellent design.
glenn bradley
08-02-2018, 10:24 PM
Love the breadboard details. Well done.
Joe A Faulkner
08-06-2018, 7:18 PM
Beautiful work. Are the breadboards attached via through tenons or are the proud contrasting parts on the break boards plugs?

If through tenons, is there some compensation for wood movement?
Julie Moriarty
08-06-2018, 9:56 PM
That is really gorgeous, Vince. And the workmanship if primo!
vince dale
08-07-2018, 12:35 PM
Thank you Joe. They are just walnut plugs that I hand shaped with a disk sander and file. They hide the screws that hold the bread boards on.


Beautiful work. Are the breadboards attached via through tenons or are the proud contrasting parts on the break boards plugs?

If through tenons, is there some compensation for wood movement?
vince dale
08-07-2018, 12:35 PM
Thank you everyone for the kind comments.
Dave Susco
08-14-2018, 1:35 PM
That looks great vince. What did you do for your wipe on poly?
Robert Engel
08-14-2018, 1:54 PM
Great workmanship.

Love those drawer fronts!
vince dale
08-16-2018, 12:30 AM
Thanks Dave. The wipe on is a 50/50 mix of mineral spirits and Varethan satin poly.



That looks great vince. What did you do for your wipe on poly?
vince dale
08-16-2018, 12:31 AM
Thanks Robert. I really like my shaker router bits with a slight angle


Great workmanship.

Love those drawer fronts!
Jim Dwight
08-18-2018, 5:15 PM
Very nice! My daughter likes cherry so she has a bedroom set and a kitchen table and chairs I made her out of it. Nice to work with but not cheap. The walnut caps on the breadboard ends makes me think of a hall table I built from fine woodworking plans where you screw the breadboard end on and high the screws with decorative caps. Works well on my table.