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04-15-2006, 09:33 PM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 30 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Thought I'd toot my own horn and share with all of you some pictures of the changing table I finished today. It's an accompanying piece to the crib that I built a couple months ago.
The changing table is made of Cherry & finished with three coats of satin polyurethane. I used mortise & tenon joints to the legs and Miller dowels to attach the top. It was designed to hold a changing pad with a small storage area for supplies to the right.
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Last edited by WoodWrangler; 04-16-2006 at 10:30 PM.
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04-15-2006, 09:49 PM
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Name: Cathy City: Forest City State: NC County: Rutherford Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 53 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I changed your post to include the pictures of your changing station - hope you don't mind. It looks great - good job!
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04-15-2006, 09:51 PM
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Name: Travis City: Wake Forest State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Dec 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Hmmpf. That is why they showed up. Cathy and I competing.
Looks good! How do you like the miller dowel system? | |
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04-15-2006, 09:52 PM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 30 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Thanks! I was having issues with Firefox. After clicking the CHECK SPELLING everything goes to **** and stuff stops working. Thanks for fixing that! | |
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04-15-2006, 09:53 PM
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Name: Roger City: Durham State: NC County: Durham Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 62 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Looks great Jeremy 
The extra effort on the MTs should add a lot of stability.
Sapwood
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04-15-2006, 09:56 PM
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Name: RAS City: Pikeville State: NC County: Wayne Join Date: Dec 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Now thats class cherry changing table.
It looks real good
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04-15-2006, 10:01 PM
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Name: Wayne City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 61 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Nice work there Jeremy! 
I too am interested in knowing your impressions of the Miller doweling system! (I use a lot of dowels in place of M&T. Haven't had the courage to try that type of joint yet!)
What are the "shelves" made from? 1/2" cherry ply?
You have created a really nice piece of furniture for the new arrival! (By the way, congrats!)
Wayne
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04-15-2006, 10:06 PM
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Name: D L Ames City: Fayetteville State: NC County: Cumberland Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 50 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Looking good Jeremy. That changing station will be a great addition to the crib you built.
D L
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04-15-2006, 10:16 PM
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Name: John Skipper City: Forest City State: NC County: Rutherford Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 61 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Great job! Very good taste and work.
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04-15-2006, 10:18 PM
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Name: Monty City: Hickory State: NC County: Catawba Join Date: Jul 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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That's a nice looking project - thanks for sharing! | |
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04-15-2006, 10:27 PM
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Name: Clay Lowman City: Willow Spring State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 36 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Excellent work. I'm sure it'll hold up through many many babies, and grand babies, and grand grand babies... Thanks for sharing!
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04-15-2006, 10:42 PM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 30 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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The Miller dowels were actually really nice. I only used 4 in this project, but I used a couple others in a crosscut sled I made and they worked out well. The bits they sell are such a higher quality than I'm used to that I started to wonder what I've been using all this time.
As for the changing table, the bottoms of the shelves are 3/16 hardboard. I would have liked to use 1/4" cherry ply, but just couldn't come up with it (at a reasonable price) in the time I needed to finish the project ... so hardboard it was! | |
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04-15-2006, 10:50 PM
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Name: Wayne City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 61 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Thanks Jeremy!
Sounds like I should try out those dowels on a project! I really like the fact that the dowels themselves come in different wood varieties (walnut etc.). They could really add to a given piece.
The hardboard is probably a good idea. It will be covered with something anyway. (Towels, diapers etc.)
Great work and thanks for the inspiration! (Have 4 daughters but no grandchildren, just yet!  But,,,,,waiting for that grand day!)
Wayne
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04-15-2006, 10:52 PM
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Name: Mark City: Rock Hill State: SC County: York Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 46 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Really nice work and congratulations on the new arrival. Thats a piece this child will be using for their own children. | |
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04-16-2006, 01:22 AM
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools. 
Heard from a client..."If I had your tools and experience...I could do it myself" 
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