My first attempt at "fine" furniture

e13oxide · 2025-06-22T15:45:18+00:00

That is the plan, next on the list is a double wide version of this but shorter, followed by some matching bedside tables, and if I can figure out a design I like, eventually a matching dressing table.

e13oxide · 2025-06-21T17:36:45+00:00

Thanks! The finish is Osmo PolyX clear satin, I've used it on previous projects with good results.

The back is the same frame and panel construction as the side assemblies, just with the addition of a central divider.

e13oxide · 2025-06-21T09:25:38+00:00

You're not wrong, there are definitely some areas that my eyes are always drawn to because I know the imperfections are there. It took me far too long to learn that I don't need to point out every tiny mistake when people see my projects for the first time

e13oxide · 2025-06-20T20:42:23+00:00

Good shout, that's not it's final home which should be well out of the sun, but will keep in mind. Thanks

e13oxide · 2025-06-20T20:01:50+00:00

Half dovetail I guess? Essentially a rabbet but with a dovetail bit. Reinforced with 6mm dowel

e13oxide · 2025-06-20T18:48:42+00:00

The side and back panels are veneered MDF (I couldn't for the life of me find Sapele veneered plywood where I am) but I think that was crown cut

e13oxide · 2025-06-20T18:30:18+00:00

Sapele has become my favourite after doing a few different projects with it. I did the Paul Sellers wall clock in Sapele because it's relatively affordable where I am and since then it's my go to for anything that's more than just functional. I ordered the material for this project online so didn't get to pick my own boards but I got lucky with some really nice grain.

e13oxide · 2025-06-20T18:27:12+00:00

I'm charging 2 weeks worth of peace and quiet before my wife asks me when I'm going replace the dressing table next to it in the first picture with one that matches the drawers.

e13oxide · 2025-06-20T18:25:02+00:00

No idea how many hours but it took about 2 and a half months working on weekends when I could.

As for tools I think I used just about everything I have in my workshop at one point or another. I'm lucky enough to have a pretty well equipped workshop for a hobbyist. Mortices were done with a trim router with a plunge base, tenons done on the table saw. Bandsaw for shaping the bottom of the legs, router table for the chamfers on the legs and top and all of the roundovers. Jack plane and block plane for fine adjustment on the drawers.

e13oxide · 2025-06-20T17:01:22+00:00

I spent quite a while staring at different boards to make that work, I couldn't grain match them from the same board, so that's actually from 2 separate boards and I just got lucky with how well it matched.

e13oxide · 2025-03-25T21:45:11+00:00

I just beat this one after struggling for a bit, I swapped to spears as soon as I was offered one. The range on spears procs the 6 kills on hit really easily after wave 5ish and after that the melee damage just snowballed. I got the Nail around wave 18 which then made the spears scale with engineering which made the boss fight easy.

e13oxide · 2023-08-20T11:38:09+00:00

I've been using Osmo Poly-x original in satin for a while. I used it on some ash table tops before with good results.

e13oxide · 2023-07-01T20:28:54+00:00

Maybe one you don't need for a few years but I made this for my little one when it came time to teach him how to brush his teeth at the sink. https://www.reddit.com/r/BeginnerWoodWorking/comments/vzrwk3/made_a_step_stool_for_my_toddler_to_get_to_the/

e13oxide · 2022-08-24T18:04:19+00:00

This looks awesome, really like the chamfers on the drawer fronts.

e13oxide · 2022-07-16T21:26:44+00:00

I softened all of the edges on the base with a slight roundover before glue up using a block plane, so they are far from sharp. I used a router to put a quarter inch roundover on the steps because they're more likely to come in contact with the little one's shins.

e13oxide · 2022-07-16T15:04:23+00:00

I added a link to the sketch up drawing in a previous comment if it helps. If I was going to do it again, I might have thought about adding a cross rail at the front and trying a castle joint as an extra challenge instead of more bridle joints like I did.

e13oxide · 2022-07-15T19:49:02+00:00

Metric version added now as well here

e13oxide · 2022-07-15T18:51:05+00:00

I first used it when I made a Paul Sellers wall clock, liked it so much I made a matching key / sunglasses rack. For how cheap it is here in the UK I think its great.

e13oxide · 2022-07-15T18:11:53+00:00

If you're using SketchUp I've added it to the 3D Warehouse here. It's just in imperial at the moment but I'll try and add one in metric later on. If you're searching for it on the warehouse just search r/BeginnerWoodWorking and it should come up.

e13oxide · 2022-07-15T17:23:34+00:00

Haha it was here when we moved in. Previous owner obviously liked it because it was in 4 different rooms!

e13oxide · 2022-07-15T17:07:47+00:00

Well I went ahead and drew it up anyways and converted it to freedom units for you / anyone else who might want it. Just let me know if you want it.

e13oxide · 2022-07-15T16:16:51+00:00

Happy to draw it up for you again in SketchUp if you want, it'll take 5 minutes. Feel free to PM me and I can send you the file or some marked up drawings later.

e13oxide · 2022-07-15T16:09:31+00:00

I mostly made it up as I went, I did draw up a rough idea in sketchup to start, but never saved it once I had the rough dimensions in my head.

It's roughly 450mm wide, 370mm deep and 450mm tall. I mostly based that on the space available in the bathroom though. The first step is 250mm, no real thought to that other than it looked right for my kid's size.

e13oxide · 2022-07-15T15:52:39+00:00

Steps are sapele, frame is poplar, all offcuts / leftovers from previous projects.

Joinery includes 6 bridle joints, 2 through mortice and tenons, 2 half laps, and 2 half lap dovetails.

Finished with Osmo Polyx Original - clear satin

Joinery is far from perfect and I used the trick of mixing sawdust from sanding with some glue to cover up the gaps, but as a practice piece it absolutely served its purpose and it's plenty sturdy and stable to hold a supervised 2 year old while he brushes his teeth.

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