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RE: Design Ideas / Swiss-Army / SkewBlockPlane multifunction Nightstand ? - C. in Indy - 04-29-2018
The mockup is morphing into a real table. The table is proportionately a little more "foofoo" than I thought at first, but I'll go ahead with it after delaying for months.
Legs have crossbars attached now but can still twist a little. So a torsion-box-like set of table-edge rails will be an important functional part of the design at the end. Cutting up my cheap composite-molding rails on the miter box, I made one too short. Oh No!!! Well, that just turned into a new functional "chamfer corner" that takes some of the awkwardness away from the outer corner near the 3rd leg:
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There is also another error in those rails. I will keep it a secret.
Happy Woodworking!
RE: Design Ideas / Swiss-Army / SkewBlockPlane multifunction Nightstand ? - C. in Indy - 05-06-2018
The tabletop is now veneered (nice thick oak sheets), and the decor / buttress rails are glued, awaiting final flushing with a plane. The design stage will pause now. I may just try this out at the bed for now and then see if any shelf-additions seem handy, after I locate a lamp, etc.
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Happy woodworking!
RE: Design Ideas / Swiss-Army / SkewBlockPlane multifunction Nightstand ? - BillMcD - 05-07-2018
Chris, If a bedside Swiss-Army table, how many USB charging ports and how to manage the cables?
RE: Design Ideas / Swiss-Army / SkewBlockPlane multifunction Nightstand ? - C. in Indy - 05-07-2018
(05-07-2018, 03:13 PM)BillMcD Wrote: Chris, If a bedside Swiss-Army table, how many USB charging ports and how to manage the cables?
Well... I think the scope of my project is shrinking
. There may not be much "gadget factor" after all. I think the novelty of 3 legs got rid of some of my restless ideas.I do have some other master bed/bath tables made over the last 5-10 years. These were done similarly, using up lumber I had and sort of designed on the fly:
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RE: Design Ideas / Swiss-Army / SkewBlockPlane multifunction Nightstand ? - C. in Indy - 05-11-2018
I'm moving on!
I liked the natural oak, but it was a bit light-colored for the bedside, and the new LED-based lamp casts a bit of greenish tinge, so I have "sorta" stained it brown to avoid the green/yellow cast. It's actually a Briwax top-level stain which could be changed one day.
Thanks for watching!
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RE: Design Ideas / Swiss-Army / SkewBlockPlane multifunction Nightstand ? - hbmcc - 05-11-2018
Cool! One of those "watch what you lean on" things. I hope not!
RE: Design Ideas / Swiss-Army / SkewBlockPlane multifunction Nightstand ? - C. in Indy - 11-02-2018
The nightstand has been working well. I like the shape, and have some small ideas for improvement if I ever make another one.
*But* the important thing is a good coffee-coaster....
Chris
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