Another finished project

[Scott Stephens]

Finished this cabinet for a lady at work. Don't hang me for using pine. I would have perferred to use oak or ash... but the customer is always right. I used birch ply for the panels.

All said and done, made about $0.0039 an hour.

[Jeff Sudmeier]

Scott,

I think that it looks great! You have really made the pine look great! I have a lot of pine in my house and I really like it

[Jim Wolfe]

Looks great Scott,
Don't kid yourself working with pine is not easy , you have to be so careful with it . It dents and scratches easy . I would much rather work with oak or maple . When I was just starting out in woodworking I used pine for everything ,it was cheeper and it was already jointed and plained.
The finnish on the cabinet looks great too as I know first hand on how hard it is to get stain to absorb evenly on pine Great Job I'm sure that the person you made this for will be greatful.

[Corey Hallagan]

Great looking piece Scott. I agree with what has been said here. Pine is very tough to finish and get a nice even finish. I still use alot of pine, you have to be careful and be selective picking out your wood, then you still always get suprises!

Corey

[Jerry Olexa]

Has a nice warm look to it! Nice job w a usually tough wood to work with....

[Jim Stastny]

Very nice work Jerry. You should be proud. Oh, yeah, how do you manage to squeak out such a hefty profit margin To be honest, that's about twice what I get, if I don't actaully lose money. But, hey, I'm in it for the joy of working with wood. [At least that's how I rationalize it]

[lou sansone]

looks good.. good fit on the top dwr. nice overall color

lou

[Darren Ford]

I liked the cabinet the first time I saw it, and the more I look, the more I like it. Do you use pine alot? I know you said you would have rather used a different wood, but you did such a good job -- it looks too good for you to have just lucked out with the finish.

[Lou Morrissette]

Scott,

Wow! Now that's what pine should look like when it's finished properly. You did a beautiful job on that piece. I love the crisp lines on that design. Keep em coming.

Lou

[Scott Stephens]

Thanks for all the nice comments. I have made alot with pine, but prefer to use oak. Pine has a mind of it's own, and it's not a nice mind. I had a couple of pieces cut and laying on top of the TS. The phone rang, answered it and 15 mins. later came back to find one board twisted up like a pretzel. Had to make a trip to the lumber yard for another board.

PINE = Pain IN Ess.

I did use a wood sealer, but then the stain would not take to the color I wanted. Had to mix stains to get the right shade.