Howdy,
Well tonite was the nite!!! I played hookie from work this afternoon to get the final coats of poly on the wife's EC. It has taken me three months to build, but I have only really worked on it for 7 days during that time. Making a living is really getting in the way of my woodworking!!!
It's inspired from the one in Oct. '03 WWer's Journal. I had to make it bigger to fit our equipment and I made a couple of other changes, but it's pretty much the idea atleast from the magazine. I really like the hinged stiles that allow the doors to open flat against the sides of the case.
It's all white oak. I resawed a bookmatch for the door panels from a really nice wide board. Matter of fact all the solid wood in the EC is from some sequenced boards that I was lucky enough to find at my local mill. The side panels are white oak plywood. The stiles on the case are cut from the same board as the door stiles etc... to try and achive a really nice consistent look to the piece.
The finish has been a problem child...or I'm a problem child when it comes to finishing....I'm sure you probably read of the trouble. I got the match good enough to suit me. The stain is a 50/50 mix of cherry and dark walnut with a few coats of satin poly.
We got it wrestled into the house and loaded all the equipment. Glad Payton was around tonite. Believe it or not, everything worked on the first try!!!!!
Thanks for looking,
Terry
Here it is in it's final resting place. These pics still don't do the wood justice, but you can kinda see the tiger in the door panels. Looks much cooler in person.
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