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Sanding Storage/Organization Cabinet

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Finally, after laterally years of frustration, I decided it was time to once and for all build that Sanding Cabinet to store and organize all my sandy stuff. I started with a Plan I found in a September, 2005 Wood Magazine.I liked the plan, but it was not big enough for all the supplies I have accumulated and it did not have storage for my sanders. So I made it a little deeper, used peg board on the doors so I could hang tools or supplies on them, doubled the door bins on the inside of each door, added an extra storage shelf and added a shelf for storing my sanders with a way to keep the cords organized. To mount it I used a French Cleat.Cabinet construction is done using Kreg pocket screws and Tight Bond II. Doors are made with Whiteside Rail and Style bits and the panel is pegboard. The door rails and styles are select pine; Cabinet is 1/2” plywood; cabinet back and top (Easy way to hide the Kreg joinery on the top) is 1/8” hard board; and all the exposed plywood edges are covered with veneer tape.Really Happy with the results. Life is much easier now that I do not have to look in multiple locations when I need sanding supplies.Wayne

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Sea Chest

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Sea chest – made the sides from more than 10 years worth of scraps. Walnut, cherry, red oak, white oak, sapele, padauk, African mahogany, wenge. Made the four sides as edge glued – like cutting boards. Then box joints at corners. Base and top are sapele. Top has breadboard ends using 3 glued dominos in the middle with a dominos at. the sides (glued to main part of top, but not glued to breadboard ends.) Screwed ends of breadboard ends to main part of top, and plugged.Bought the compass rose medallion and inlayed it in the top. Bought the beckets (rope handles) on etsy. Used Rockler torsion hinges.Finish is Osmo Polyx-oil.Slideshow of build: https://youtu.be/QQfvCUHXY20

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Spalted Sycamore Dining Table

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This is to date the most satisfying and rewarding projects I've ever done. A little over 2 years ago, I helped mill 2 sycamore trees that had fallen in my town. I stacked them, covered them, and waited until a few months ago to begin building the dining table of my wife's dreams. When I uncovered the stack, it was much to my surprise that the wood had spalted and added significant figure to a rather dull grain that comes with sycamore. I first started by turning the legs (of which I had never done before), then move to the stretchers and support braces for the base. Next, I worked on the top, the top is 84 by 44 and fits 8 very comfortably. The final steps included finishing with poly and inlaying c channel on the bottom to keep it flat. I am very proud of how this project turned out so I figured I would share.

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