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General Category => Shade Tree => Topic started by: butt on December 30, 2012, 03:19:35 PM

Title: "How I Spent My Christmas Vacation"
Post by: butt on December 30, 2012, 03:19:35 PM

Got a few days of bachelorhood, and decided to make a mess while I had the house to myself. The mantle that was in the house was a POS, generic MDF "semi-gloss white" afterthought. I dug into my stash of material I've saved over the years, and went to town. The material I used on the new mantle is white oak.   

Before:
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i280/campfire2/IMG_0212_zps2277a4f8.jpg)



Added a 2x4 for wood to wood nailing (nailing into brick is not a good idea). Let the 'liquid nails' adhesive set up over night before continuing. There will also be a 2x4 glued and screwed flat to the wall, to support the eventual mantle top.
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i280/campfire2/IMG_0213_zpscad93857.jpg)


Nailed first piece, flush w/ the top of the 2x4. This stock was actually some left over plinth block material, that I thought had a cool profile when laid over on edge. (camera phone, so excuse bad pics)
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i280/campfire2/IMG_0215_zps47f12cc6.jpg)


Heres second piece:
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i280/campfire2/IMG_0219_zpsb4fa9439.jpg)


Third:
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i280/campfire2/IMG_0221_zps401bba5a.jpg)

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i280/campfire2/IMG_0222_zps8b121f96.jpg)

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i280/campfire2/IMG_0223_zps1123f0ab.jpg)
Not sure if you can see it in the pics, but I tried to match the grain in my outside corners. Think it turned out ok.

Thats all for now. Have a beefy top in the works, but that will be tomorrow.






New Pics:

Kinda tweaked my back yesterday, so did not make much progress. Got back on it this morning. I went cheep on the top. I've skinned some crap 1/2" plywood, w/ 1/4" on top and bottom. Note the bottom piece of 1/2" ply does not go to the wall, to allow clearance of the 2x4 nailer:
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i280/campfire2/IMG_0226_zpsba9e22eb.jpg)

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i280/campfire2/IMG_0225_zpsaa7ea091.jpg)


Got clamps holding the bottom band of 1/4" while the glue sets up.
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i280/campfire2/IMG_0228_zps63b8c0c0.jpg)

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i280/campfire2/IMG_0230_zpsc9f72075.jpg)


And, the top.
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i280/campfire2/IMG_0232_zps76923e7c.jpg)

yeah, few nail holes to fill :)
Also, the nosing needs a few coats of polyurethane, but will do that later.
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i280/campfire2/IMG_0233_zps7a3c966a.jpg)

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i280/campfire2/IMG_0234_zps113287e1.jpg)

Title: Re: "How I Spent My Christams Vacation"
Post by: Eric on December 30, 2012, 04:12:05 PM

Looks sweet.
 8)

Title: Re: "How I Spent My Christmas Vacation"
Post by: BJ1435 on December 31, 2012, 05:22:17 AM

Very nice.  :) :) :)

Title: Re: "How I Spent My Christmas Vacation"
Post by: Reaper on December 31, 2012, 09:13:41 AM

Looks nice.

Title: Re: "How I Spent My Christmas Vacation"
Post by: snipa on December 31, 2012, 11:51:50 PM

Classy!

Title: Re: "How I Spent My Christmas Vacation"
Post by: butt on January 01, 2013, 01:44:22 PM

Thanks guys! Appreciate the kind words.

I've updated the post with new pics to show it completed (still have a few clear coats to put on it) but it gives you an idea of what I was going for. 

Title: Re: "How I Spent My Christmas Vacation"
Post by: COmpaQ on January 04, 2013, 12:30:02 PM

wow looks great!
I have been loafting all break haha