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What stain did you use? It looks very much like the color that she prefers. Hindi ba halata yung boundary between plywood and edge band?

How did you mount it on the concrete wall? I'm wondering because when I drill into concrete I always end up with a hole a bit off the position I want it to be. And this won't do when I mount the would be kitchen cabinets.

Thanks!

I used some leftover penetrating wood stain. I think it's acorn brown (or black, can't remember). It has the color of dark chocolate, the fashionable color nowadays which matches our other furniture. I personally don't like this stain very much because it does not show off the grain since the stain really seeps into the wood. But what I do is not to sand very much so that pits and grooves of the wood will show. I end up with a shiny but textured surface somewhat.

On mounting, along the bottom of the two horizontal plywoods is a 1x1 strip on the entire length of the shelf. The strip is screwed with tox onto the concrete wall. At the top of the strip, I drilled holes and glued dowels half in and half sticking out. On the plywood, I drilled matching holes. So I just attach the shelf to the wall by sliding down the shelf onto the dowels, then resting on the strip. Should be strong enough for light loads.

But, for extra measure, I put a pair of those small angle brackets and attached them inconspicuously at the bottom edges. The half of the bracket screwed onto the wall is hidden by the shelf edge.

To make sure my holes in the wall are aligned to the strip, I always pre drill the strip. After making sure where I want the strip to be on the wall, I fix it there with masking tape. Then, I use a nail and tap it into the wall using the strip's holes as a jig. when I remove the strip, I end up with shallow holes on the wall enough to guide my drill into. Oh, and when you tap a nail into concrete, it helps to put some scotch tape on the wall to prevent chipping.

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@ sir Timber
Thank you sir, I'll tell him.:D

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Table Saw Stand

Dropped by Wilcon this week to get some wood and rollers. Yes, expensive, but it's the only hardware open after work. Cut these pieces and tried to see if these old hands can still do mortises and tenons.

It was fun "tenoning" on the table saw. But mortising had to be manual after the drill press. Just happened to have the chisel I bought from Mujingfang (HK).

Dry fitting.

Then, I glued the front and back frames.

Note that I don't have enough long clamps so I had to improvise. Seemed to work.

This morning, did the base where the stepdown transformer will sit. For the top, I inclined it so the sawdust will slide down. Decided to spray paint it to make it look lively.

Not yet glued. Had to stop midmorning. Family time.

Tomorrow, will see if I have time to make the sides. Ran out of plywood.

I'm also thinking about staining the frame with maple, officially pronounced mah-pol in the Pinoy woodworking industry. It should make for a colorful contrast to the blue. Then I'll coat the whole thing with epoxy pag sinipag.

Nice thing about photos is that this quickie looks nice. What you don't see are all the goofs: not very tight joints, chips, nicks.

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had time to make my cd box out of mdf...


it later gets a coat of primer.

I would probably paint this today, been wanting to try Du Pont automotive paint for a while now. seem like a good time to do so...:D

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Oh no! Is that your new workbench? Nadumihan na!

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ganun talaga brader, actually, after the 7th oil coat ng wb, eh nagumpisa na sya mag work 😀

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How did the primer go? Was it easy to use?

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How did the primer go? Was it easy to use?

easy to use yes, but unfortunately it is my first time to use them and I wasn't able to dial the correct settings... it did finish fine though...

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Forgot to post a photo of my completed table saw stand quickie. Here it is:

The TS just sits on the frame. Dowels keep it from sliding off but quick enough to lift off. Top is inclined so dust slides off into the back. When I have the time, I'll probably install some dust post for connection to my ShopVac. That stepdown xformer/AVR will permanently be there. I'm a paranoid about plugging 110V into 220.

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Tool Cabinet. A real quickie.

Here's a real quick one: my tool cabinet. My tools have always been sitting on a garage ledge and it's getting crowded. Also spend half my time looking for a tri-square or a chisel.

Got some 3/4 plywood and went wild with the Kreg Jig. Then, slapped on some enamel. No fine-sanding (just 100 grit), no edge-banding, no pocket-hole filling. Just plain do it quick and use it.

One big lesson: Measure twice, cut once. Here, I mis-measured, then bore the pocket hole. Good thing I didn't screw it on yet when I realized my mistake. Had to drill another set of pocket holes.

At least, pocket holes were strategically placed where they won't be seen (unless you really bend down or climb up looking for them).

Here, I used a pattern paper to guide me where I would drill the holes on the wall

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Tool Cabinet. A real quickie

And here, the holes in the wall were drilled.

Went berserk with the holes. I think I put way too many. The four corner holes have dyna bolts. The rest are tek-screw with tox.

Installed piano hinges. The door is also a box with shelves.

Still assembling the doorshelves' railing (so stuff won't fall off when opening the door). But started putting the tools in already. Ironically, the toughest part is deciding which goes where!

Note that the end of the shelves are not 90-degrees. That was on purpose so the shelves won't scrape on the opposite door when opening/closing.

Hmmm...need to figure out a way of keeping the door closed. Probably the old-fashioned "talasok". But hardwares closed today

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Nice one, maybe magnetic strips would be good as well. By the way I really cant see how you fastened the cabinet to the wall, must be good then.

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Tool Cabinet. A real quickie

And here, the holes in the wall were drilled.

Went berserk with the holes. I think I put way too many. The four corner holes have dyna bolts. The rest are tek-screw with tox.

parang ang konti nga ng screws eh Ding... 😀 hehehe. that is the nice thing about DIY, you can over build them.
nice work brader... keep it coming 😎

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He-he. Just wanted to see how my drill will stand up to lots of concrete boring. Got that drill when Handyman put it at 50% off if you turn in any old drill, working or not. So I gave them my old dead Bosch-kuno drill I got from a sidewalk vendor.

@Jarod: Oh, the boltheads are pretty visible. I just painted over them. No finesse work on this cabinet. Really rough. Just wanted to get it up in a few nights' work.

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Corner Table

SWMBO, upon seeig that I occasionally build stuff (like my tool cabinet and shelves) other than the boat, said I should have enough time to build her one, too. Specifically, a corner table to make use of wasted space beside our closet.

Here it is.

Ahh, the wonders of Kreg jigs and power tools. This was done in one sitting. Longest part was waiting for the varnish to dry. Photo shows first coat still waiting to dry so pits are still visible. Pardon the uneven finish, Master Timber, I have neither shellac nor your patience and talent for hand-rubbing.

Applied 2nd coat yesterday and ran out of varnish so we're using the table for now, until the hardware stores open and I can get me another quart.

One mistake/lesson: When painting and using newspaper on the floor to catch the drippings, always remember to tape the newspaper on the floor. Forgot to do that so, when the wind blew, a newspaper corner stuck itself to the table.