Archive for November, 2009

Office Unit – Part 1

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

Office Unit: Painted and Glazed Body with Stained Alder Surfaces Our latest project is a huge office unit for a local client. The unit is divided into two parts: the built-in portion and the peninsula portion. The built-in portion is 11′ wide, 9′ tall, and roughly 16″ deep. The built-in portion is divided up into [...]

Rosewood Console Table #4

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Rosewood Console Table: Assembly The best step of any project had finally arrived, the final assembly!  We tackled the final assembly in five small steps, rather than trying to build the entire table all at once.  The picture above shows the final glue-up. We are quite fond of how the final piece turned out! The [...]

Rosewood Console Table #3

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Rosewood Console Table: Mortising and Finishing After allowing the veneer to cure and fully adhere to the MDF substrate, we tackled the task of mortising dozens of 5″ long, .5″ wide, 1″ deep mortises in the surfaces, which would hold a loose tenon and connect the surfaces to the uprights. Using a clamping straightedge, a [...]