Lee Schierer
09-22-2006, 1:18 PM
I am in the midst of mentoring a young man from our church who wanted to make a pair of night stands as a wedding gift for his bride. Circumstances made it impossible to get the wood he needed prior to the wedding and I was able to salvage some cherry from an old mantle my neighbor had to make up the two cabinets tops so he had something to exchange with her on their wedding day.
Any way, we were able to locate some pretty nice cherry at an auction of a cabinet makers stuff for a really reasonable price. We started this past week to make the two nightstands. I had a really tough couple of days at work, had to work late, so we delayed the start last night by an hour. I thought it wasn't going to be much fun since I was tired, but the hour and a half went by quickly and I felt much less tired afterward than I did going in.
He is a quick study and is doing pretty well so far. We have made the glue ups for the four side pieces and frame for the top and drawer supports so far. Still lots to do.
Any way, we were able to locate some pretty nice cherry at an auction of a cabinet makers stuff for a really reasonable price. We started this past week to make the two nightstands. I had a really tough couple of days at work, had to work late, so we delayed the start last night by an hour. I thought it wasn't going to be much fun since I was tired, but the hour and a half went by quickly and I felt much less tired afterward than I did going in.
He is a quick study and is doing pretty well so far. We have made the glue ups for the four side pieces and frame for the top and drawer supports so far. Still lots to do.