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Well, O.K. but my planer can rest while yours is busy planing down those 4/4 boards. My 3/4 boards are all most ready for glue-up when they come to me. I guess I'm not a purist with my veneer plywood, my 3/4 boards, and my power tools. A buck eighty-two a foot for a 1x4 suddenly doesn't sound that expensive.
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Yes, it's Red Oak from the local Home Depot. It's 1.83 for a 10 foot 1x4 but it's nice stuff. I figure if I can pay for my wood and hardware bills I'm doing O.K. I like the big projects. Someone once told me if it ain't Oak, it ain't furniture. Well I don't know about that but try to sell an Oak hutch in these uncertain times
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I have yet to graduate to dovetails, but I made a site with a lot of pics, if you care to look. It's very primitive mind you, a work in progress. More pics to come. http://sites.google.com/site/collectionofwoodprojects/
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Nothing with open shelves. You mentioned Norm Abrams, I sent in pics of one of my jewelry boxs and darned if they didn't post it. I felt like a million bucks.
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plansnow.com is a good site, you pay your 6.95 or whatever and you download it. then you can print it out in black and white. You will also have it saved on your memory. very handy.
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Yes, they were from a book: Furniture for a lifetime by Glen Huey, page 68. 80x50x19 so it;s a monster. I've made two, the first out of pine. The lower stiles I think are what makes it robust looking, they are over 4 inches wide. It takes a lot of Oak is what I'm getting at.
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Hi! everyone, I just finished this monster. It's a Glen huey design out of one of his books. Oak and oak veneers and finished with de-waxed shellac and satin poly. Took about 3 weeks. With a mid-afternoon nap I'd say about 6 hours a day. It's for sale too. Gaugert@gmail.co m
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I would suggest a de-waxed shellac with a top-coat of water-based satin poly. The schellac will bring out the color and the poly finish is very durable. I use this technique on my projects all the time, and neither one stinks to much. Well the shellac does but it's dry in a few minutes. Nice!