Hi All,
This is my first post here. With the kids off to college, I decided to get into the woodworking hobby several months ago to occupy my time away from my day job. I like working with my hands and thought this could also be a stress relieving actvitiy as well. In addition to the miter saw and various power and hand tools I already owned, I purchased a table saw, jointer, a planer, and a pocket screw jig. My 'shop' is now consuming 1 stall of a 2 car garage.
Reading posts here and other forums have really helped me to learn about skills and techniques that I need to work safely and produce decent furniture.
Anyway, my first project is a complete bedroom suite in walnut. Maybe this was too ambitious but there is no turning back now as it was the wife's idea and she now expects results after all the tool purchases.
I started by designing the set using Sketchup. It's a fairly straight-forward design as we wanted a more contemporary look.
The first pieces I embarked upon were the pair of night stands. I am finishing the walnut with about 8-10 coats of wipe-on polyurethane and rubbing it out with 0000 steel wool and finishing paste wax.
After completing the night stands, I went to work on the chest of drawers:
So now I'm currently working on the dresser.
Overall, I'm just a beginner and still learning a lot but having fun doing it. The joinery on this project was completed with rabbets, dados, and pocket screws. I'm getting a little more confident with each piece and will start to experiment with more advanced joinery with future projects. In addition to the 4 pieces, I now also plan to add a headboard and a mirror frame to complete the bedroom set.
This is my first post here. With the kids off to college, I decided to get into the woodworking hobby several months ago to occupy my time away from my day job. I like working with my hands and thought this could also be a stress relieving actvitiy as well. In addition to the miter saw and various power and hand tools I already owned, I purchased a table saw, jointer, a planer, and a pocket screw jig. My 'shop' is now consuming 1 stall of a 2 car garage.
Reading posts here and other forums have really helped me to learn about skills and techniques that I need to work safely and produce decent furniture.
Anyway, my first project is a complete bedroom suite in walnut. Maybe this was too ambitious but there is no turning back now as it was the wife's idea and she now expects results after all the tool purchases.
I started by designing the set using Sketchup. It's a fairly straight-forward design as we wanted a more contemporary look.
The first pieces I embarked upon were the pair of night stands. I am finishing the walnut with about 8-10 coats of wipe-on polyurethane and rubbing it out with 0000 steel wool and finishing paste wax.
After completing the night stands, I went to work on the chest of drawers:
So now I'm currently working on the dresser.
Overall, I'm just a beginner and still learning a lot but having fun doing it. The joinery on this project was completed with rabbets, dados, and pocket screws. I'm getting a little more confident with each piece and will start to experiment with more advanced joinery with future projects. In addition to the 4 pieces, I now also plan to add a headboard and a mirror frame to complete the bedroom set.