Kyle Stiefel
06-20-2007, 11:26 AM
Hello,
Last night I finished the 2 of the 3 office projects I needed to complete. The list was a bookshelf, filing cabinet and office chair. Sorry about the pictures of the bookshelf with the stuff on it. The wood is african ribbon mahogany (Khaya) and birch ply. I do enjoy the look of the Khaya but would not recommend it, it seems to be very unstable and stringy when routing. When I was down in Seattle I had picked up a load of it not knowing the quite distinct differences among the mahogany species, live and learn. So now I am trying to burn through it so it will be used up.
For the filing cabinet I used the Accuride full extension slides and am very pleased with them. I found some 1/4 steel rods at the hardware store to hang the files on then actually used those between the 3 bookshelf pieces. The bookshelf simply slides apart into the 3 pieces so you can actually increase or decrease the depth as you see fit. Both items are finished in the foolproof Danish oil.
Hopefully this weekend I will get a start on the office chair.
Kyle
Last night I finished the 2 of the 3 office projects I needed to complete. The list was a bookshelf, filing cabinet and office chair. Sorry about the pictures of the bookshelf with the stuff on it. The wood is african ribbon mahogany (Khaya) and birch ply. I do enjoy the look of the Khaya but would not recommend it, it seems to be very unstable and stringy when routing. When I was down in Seattle I had picked up a load of it not knowing the quite distinct differences among the mahogany species, live and learn. So now I am trying to burn through it so it will be used up.
For the filing cabinet I used the Accuride full extension slides and am very pleased with them. I found some 1/4 steel rods at the hardware store to hang the files on then actually used those between the 3 bookshelf pieces. The bookshelf simply slides apart into the 3 pieces so you can actually increase or decrease the depth as you see fit. Both items are finished in the foolproof Danish oil.
Hopefully this weekend I will get a start on the office chair.
Kyle