woodchucker <[email protected]> wrote in news:srWdnQWnBKnz4z3InZ2dnUU7-
[email protected]:
> Haven't been able to get any messages today.
Haven't seen any either. Project updates, anyone?
Puckdropper
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Make it to fit, don't make it fit.
On Friday, July 10, 2015 at 11:23:34 PM UTC-4, Puckdropper at dot wrote:
> woodchucker <[email protected]> wrote in news:srWdnQWnBKnz4z3InZ2dnUU7-
> [email protected]:
>=20
> > Haven't been able to get any messages today.
>=20
> Haven't seen any either. Project updates, anyone?
>=20
My daughter is starting graduate school in August. Different school, differ=
ent city, different housing. Last year I built her a full size platform bed=
, tall enough to fit those 18 gallon plastic totes underneath. The room in =
the house she was sharing was small and the bed barley fit between the desk=
and the wall. No room for a nightstand.
In August we're moving her into much bigger room in a much bigger house, so=
I want to build her a simple night stand, tall enough to match the height =
of her bed.
I was thinking of something like this. Easy to build, rustic enough to matc=
h her bed frame, and I probably have enough material lying around:
http://www.lowes.com/creative-ideas/images/2013_11/SideTable3ways-hero.jpg
On Friday, July 10, 2015 at 10:23:34 PM UTC-5, Puckdropper at dot wrote:
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> > Haven't been able to get any messages today.
>=20
> Haven't seen any either. Project updates, anyone?
>=20
I had been on a little vacation, maybe the same as with others, being absen=
t.
Have been working on the trestle table top, little by little. Lately, I h=
and cut mortises and made loose tenons, for butting/mating the table top bo=
ards together. The boards' surfaces are not perfectly aligned, so I'll ha=
ve to sand a little, to get them even. =20
Three board table top, total ~47" wide, 11' long. Though planed, each boa=
rd (being so large) still was not perfectly flat, so the mated surfaces, a=
t the edges, are not perfectly aligned. Once assmebled, I'll belt/hand sa=
nd the surfaces even, along the mated edges. I think I was lucky to get th=
e mortises/tenons correct enough, that parts of some sruface/edges' alignme=
nt are off by only a 32nd", at most.
For this large of boards and though the boards had air dried for 2 years, a=
nd it's been another year that I began work, the boards are still "moving",=
because of temp and/or humidity (in my shop). I'll have to accept, that =
the boards are not likely to remain even/stable, once it's finished, even t=
hough the table will end up in an air conditioned (more stable) environment=
, than in my shop. I suppose the under-side bracing/support, for attachin=
g to the legs, will help prevent some tabletop movement, but not all.
The thick legs (root ball slabs 3.5" thick) had been mortised, for the tres=
tle board fitting. The legs have since "moved", also, i.e., further air d=
rying, so the mortise's alignment with the trestle board tenons (1" thick &=
5" wide), no longer fit perfectly, as when first cut. It didn't take too=
much tweaking to fix this misalignment, though. This kind of movement ma=
y not stop, until the finished table is in a more stable environment..... h=
ope so, anyway!
Will take pics, later today, to show some of this.
Sonny
I got two :-)
On 7/10/2015 10:23 PM, Puckdropper wrote:
> woodchucker <[email protected]> wrote in news:srWdnQWnBKnz4z3InZ2dnUU7-
> [email protected]:
>
>> Haven't been able to get any messages today.
>
> Haven't seen any either. Project updates, anyone?
>
> Puckdropper
>
On Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 2:12:31 PM UTC-4, Sonny wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 11:58:31 AM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:
>=20
> > My daughter is starting graduate school in August. Different school, di=
fferent city, different housing. Last year I built her a full size platform=
bed, tall enough to fit those 18 gallon plastic totes underneath. The room=
in the house she was sharing was small and the bed barley fit between the =
desk and the wall. No room for a nightstand.
> >=20
> > In August we're moving her into much bigger room in a much bigger house=
, so I want to build her a simple night stand, tall enough to match the hei=
ght of her bed.
> >=20
> > I was thinking of something like this. Easy to build, rustic enough to =
match her bed frame, and I probably have enough material lying around:
> >=20
> > http://www.lowes.com/creative-ideas/images/2013_11/SideTable3ways-hero.=
jpg
>=20
> I like personal projects, as that. When I do a project, specific for so=
meone, I try to include, into the making/design, some element of the perso=
n's character, or likes, or something of/about that individual, to further =
make the piece special to them, alone. Sometimes, the simplest of project=
s are the best.
>=20
> If I may: Try to include, into your project, a (small?) similar element=
of design, somehow, somewhere, that is a "touch" of her, her career/school=
ing, maybe with a hint of a feminine "soft-touch" flavor.... Something! So=
mething specific of or for her, alone. Some element of design, that she'l=
l know it came from you and is specific for her.
>=20
> Example: Stashed in the family album, a first grade picture, she drew of=
you, that you could decoupage onto a flat surface of the table?
>=20
Maybe I could decoupage a copy of a spreadsheet showing how much I've spent=
on tuition, rent, meals, cars, hotels, tours, moves, storage, etc. since s=
he started college. ;-)
On Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 11:58:31 AM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:
> My daughter is starting graduate school in August. Different school, diff=
erent city, different housing. Last year I built her a full size platform b=
ed, tall enough to fit those 18 gallon plastic totes underneath. The room i=
n the house she was sharing was small and the bed barley fit between the de=
sk and the wall. No room for a nightstand.
>=20
> In August we're moving her into much bigger room in a much bigger house, =
so I want to build her a simple night stand, tall enough to match the heigh=
t of her bed.
>=20
> I was thinking of something like this. Easy to build, rustic enough to ma=
tch her bed frame, and I probably have enough material lying around:
>=20
> http://www.lowes.com/creative-ideas/images/2013_11/SideTable3ways-hero.jp=
g
I like personal projects, as that. When I do a project, specific for some=
one, I try to include, into the making/design, some element of the person'=
s character, or likes, or something of/about that individual, to further ma=
ke the piece special to them, alone. Sometimes, the simplest of projects =
are the best.
If I may: Try to include, into your project, a (small?) similar element o=
f design, somehow, somewhere, that is a "touch" of her, her career/schoolin=
g, maybe with a hint of a feminine "soft-touch" flavor.... Something! Some=
thing specific of or for her, alone. Some element of design, that she'll =
know it came from you and is specific for her.
Example: Stashed in the family album, a first grade picture, she drew of y=
ou, that you could decoupage onto a flat surface of the table?
Your proposed project reminds me: I made a small book case for someone, lo=
ng ago, when they went to college. They still have it and consider it spe=
cial. These days, it is decor functional, for them, more so than as a boo=
k case. Makes me feel good, just thinking about it.... Good thoughts!
Sonny