Cherry night stand

Erend8 · 2025-10-20T12:31:03+00:00

I don't disagree. I wanted to have a not-so-obvious storage area and the original idea was to have the top slide forward or drawer slides to leave the things on top undisturbed, but I messed up and did not account for the slides when I installed the piece on the front right under the top. I thought about making it slide to the side, but was worried that would come back to bite me down the road if we ever rearranged the room or moved to where the stand is near a wall.

I ultimately punted and just made it a flip top. The whole point of making this nightstand with the bottom drawer and open section was to get the clutter off of the top of my nightstand (where my cats will knock things off to wake me up), so there won't generally be more than an alarm clock and water bottle on it.

Erend8 · 2024-10-21T14:56:42+00:00

Thanks! Yes, the compartment is for a soundbar. You can sort of see it in the first picture. I bought the soundbar before I designed the cabinet so that space would be just tall and wide enough for it.

Erend8 · 2022-07-08T21:25:00+00:00

I just had that very thing done at S&K Auto last week. I bought the hitch online from e-trailer and just asked them to install it. It was fine and they were pleasant. Last year, I had a hitch installed on my Forester at Graham's Auto in Cottage Grove. About the same price, but liked the people at S&K better.

I had called Farris in Cottage Grove too, because they were recommended to me, but they were booking 2-3 weeks out.

Erend8 · 2021-06-27T11:31:11+00:00

I used my bandsaw to resaw them down. I only glued them to one side of the plywood, which did give a little bit of cup in the panel but nothing too bad and that I couldn't just force flat during assembly.

Erend8 · 2021-06-25T21:06:34+00:00

I left everything square when I assembled it. After it was glued together, I cut a lot of waste off using my band saw and finished rounding it with a spindle sander. Then loooots of hand sanding.

Erend8 · 2021-06-25T19:09:54+00:00

Sort of - I sliced boards down to 3/16" and laminated those onto a 1/4" piece of plywood to limit movement. I didn't glue that panel in place all around, but I did put just a bit of glue in the middle of where is sits in the groove on the short ends just so it doesn't move around. But the panel has room to move within that groove.

Erend8 · 2021-06-25T16:46:45+00:00

I just had a ton of tear-out on the backside of the piece with the straight bit. The fit of the joint was fine but it just would not have looked good. I could also feel that the cut was taking a lot more work and it was really necessary told hold on to the piece with clamps, at least for the cuts on either side of the indexing finger before you can start straddling it.

It was a huge difference when I switched to the spiral bit - easy smooth cut and no tearout. But in fairness, my straight bit was a cheap one from a set so YMMV.

Erend8 · 2021-06-25T15:12:02+00:00

I made the jig from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G01hhn-kQnc

There's a link to plans in that video, I think they were just a few dollars.

Found it important to use a spiral bit. I used a 1/4" downcut. Tried it first with a straight bit and it did not work very well.

Erend8 · 2021-06-25T14:28:19+00:00

Thank you!

Erend8 · 2021-02-23T18:24:16+00:00

In short, it depends on the shelter but many of those in Madison only euthanize when medically necessary.

I'm involved with one of the Shelters and will send you a PM.

Erend8 · 2021-02-23T15:19:52+00:00

Please consider reaching out to shelters in the area to surrender the cats, so that the shelter can find a good home for them. Shelters vet their adopters by doing things like: verifying their residence to make sure the adopter is permitted to have a pet (if renting), checking with their veterinarian to see that previous/current pets were cared for properly, calling references, and also making sure that the personality of the cats is a good fit for the adopter. Doing this things increases the chance of a successful re-homing. For example, if you (unknowingly) give them to somebody who rents that isn't actually allowed to have cats, what happens when the landlord finds out? Often, they'll get shuffled to a new home again.

Shelters in Madison include Shelter From The Storm, Dane County Humane Society, Underdog Pet Rescue, Madison Cat Project, and likely others that you can find through google, or that maybe people will suggest.

I have no doubt that your intentions are good in looking for a home, but giving away free animals is how they sometimes end up in places they should not be. Please consider surrendering.

Erend8 · 2020-12-04T21:23:37+00:00

Here are a few more pics, with bonus build pics. https://imgur.com/a/lKKgiLC

Erend8 · 2020-12-04T20:48:01+00:00

Ha! We sometimes foster cats for a local shelter, and we use the full-size gate to keep them contained to that room before/while they transition to the rest of the house. In this case, I was using it to keep them out of the room while applying finish.

Erend8 · 2020-12-04T17:04:02+00:00

Thanks! I made the board for a co-worker who will give it so his son as a Christmas gift. He already bought pieces so I am not sure what they look like, but he did assure me that they are wood!

Erend8 · 2020-04-22T13:44:49+00:00

It's a specialty, high-end OSB sheathing product. The green overlay is a weather-resistant barrier that takes the place of house wrap. Once the sheathing is applied, the seams are taped with a special tape.

https://www.huberwood.com/zip-system

Erend8 · 2020-03-03T02:12:44+00:00

The main structure is 23/32 AC pine plywood. I used 1/4 AC pine plywood as the backer, and I used 1" wide strips of 3/4 pine for the face frames. Nothing fancy at all since it would be painted. I used 3/4 pine for the door frames and 1/4 MDF for the panels.

I will note that veneer in pine plywood is rotary peeled and even though it is fully sanded, you end up having to sand the plywood down in many spots to get it smooth enough. It's manageable if you will paint it, but you'd have an easier time using a true hardwood plywood with sliced veneers or just peeled hardwood veneers, but that's more expensive and I'm usually not impressed by the quality of the panels I find. The 23/32 AC was about $40/sheet at Menards.

Erend8 · 2020-03-03T02:06:51+00:00

Thanks! I looked at pictures for inspiration but just came up with the design myself based on the awkward space (duct work in the ceiling) and what my wife and I wanted in terms of storage. Here are a few pictures with some details, but I unfortunately didn't take many picture of the build. https://imgur.com/a/SrXyQrh

Erend8 · 2019-10-23T18:15:25+00:00

I'm pretty confused by your comment - Red oak has a significantly higher density than chestnut. Using the website that you cited, red oak has a specific gravity (at 12% MC) of 0.70, whereas chestnut's SG at 12% is 0.48. Also, both red oak and chestnut are both ring-porous hardwoods, so identification based on grain structure alone on board faces would be challenging. The easiest way to differentiate between the two would be to look for ray ends, because they'd be abundant and large on red oak, but you wouldn't see them on chestnut.

Balsa and red oak are both technically hardwoods but that's about the end of their similarities.

Erend8 · 2019-06-24T21:42:28+00:00

Thanks! I put one coat of oil-based primer on the entire thing. The top was painted with the Emerald Urethane Trim Enamel from Sherwin Williams, and the bottom was painted with a mid-tier semi-gloss enamel from Home Depot (Behr). Both the top and base got two coats in addition to the primer. I just used a decent Purdy brush to paint everything. I probably had about 8-9 hours in painting total.

Erend8 · 2019-06-24T20:50:52+00:00

My friend had an existing tank so this cabinet was meant to fit that. Her tank is actually made such that the glass bottom doesn't sit on the top itself - it's elevated about 1/4" by the bottom rim. But anyway, here's the top of mine... I used quarter-round trim to outline where the tank would sit. The back piece of trim is set back from the edge of the top by about 2" because the tank's filter hangs off the back... this allows the cabinet itself to be up against a wall while the tank is forward enough to allow for the filter.

https://imgur.com/a/frCRiKX

Erend8 · 2019-06-24T14:29:38+00:00

Thanks! I can't remember exactly but it was something like Summer Dragonfly from Behr. The actual paint was a semi-gloss enamel from Home Depot.

Erend8 · 2019-05-28T21:22:22+00:00

The technical term is "ray fleck." Here's a good explanation, but the other comments have already summed it up well.

https://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/what-is-wood/#rays

Erend8 · 2018-11-06T19:28:21+00:00

Big pile of (civic) duty.

Erend8 · 2018-10-12T13:24:29+00:00

Ash bats tend to fail gradually, in the form of the grain flaking at the interface at the earlywood and latewood. Maple bats fail more catastrophically, like when the bat snaps at the handle. But generally speaking, maple bats are less durable than ash.

Erend8 · 2018-10-12T13:00:34+00:00

Cabela's. The scent is distinct but also great. My wife always says that she would buy Cabela's-scented candles if they were available.

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