The Sats and Sundays - still contd.

I just realize ,my hobby which started for The Saturdays and the Sundays , actually became - monday night and tuesday morning, tuesday night and wed morning ... . anyway, these work do not need any cutting and hammering, so was able to continue during these time. here are the photos taken in october.

Snaps take on 8th October, 2008

1st coat of Victorian Wisp done.

The laminates arrived a week back , cut to shape, for bookshelf and media cabinet- tops and the drawers fronts.
Progress as on 9th October, 2008 - sorry, a minor disaster , no progress.

i guess i missed the photos - could not locate the memory stick , else , will be taking another snap and update ( udadated ).

This sheet has disintegrated/multiplied/broke/made me angry!

into 3 pieces

and this is from another angle,

and do u see the rolled one just besides, is the replacement.

(and 'am thinking to reuse these pieces for drawers )

Progress as on 12th October, 2008 - sorry, a BIG disaster , but some progress.

First - The progress - lamination completely done - and the pending work is gaps filling ,2nd/final coat for paint for the outside ( other than the laminated sides ofcourse) - i.e the back and the bottom and the legs/bushes.
And here is the DISASTER.

The fix ? should this work?

The Sats and Sundays - contd.

After the initial measurements, sawing, cutting, measuring,cutting,... pasting & nailing the main frames.

Progess as on - 6th july,2008

for the media cabinet.

the Book shelf

the Tools Shelf . and ... well the fourth one is still not pasted or nailed.( but the plywood is cut in shape)Progess as on - 13 th july,2008

this is the Tools Shelf with the drawers in place.

Progess as on - 20 th july,2008

The Tools Shelf - making room for Door panels.

Progess as on - 7 th Sept,2008

Progess as on - 16 th Sept,2008

media cabinet back side - back door for ease of cabling/ hook up and maintenance

media cabinet front side

tools shelf

media cabinet - all drawers in place - good fit.

Started applying the wood primer.

and in the mean time decided for the interior color - Victorian wisp

Progess as on - 17 th Sept,2008

just the primer - 1st coat partially done.

Progess as on - 22nd Sept,2008

primer + sanding + 2nd coat done.

Progess as on - 23rd Sept,2008

getting ready for the beading for bookshelf - opted for breach wood instead of teak, as breach wood felt softer to work with, while some of teak beading used to break ( chunks) while planning - but anyway, it looks light and good.

Progess as on - 24rd Sept,2008

front beading for bookshelf in place.

Progess as on - 28th Sept,2008

Varsnish - trial run - didnt know how the color of the wood change.

 

so far, looks ok to me and will continue the later updates in the next post.

The Sats and Sundays

Just starting off this blog, to share some work i do in my free time .
Most of the time,i used my weekends, um.. almost all the time for computer games - C&C , AoE , warhammer etc. ( besides, being online reading junk at engadget, Gizmodo, Anandtech, Gamespot, wikipeida ....)and some Oracle stuffs, This, just never ends, so decided to do something else.

like what? had nothing in mind but had plans to get a book shelf, music systems cabinet, tools stand and a shoe rack done. So started off doing it my self.

Some time, in early June, started with the drawings/designs for all these units, using google sketch up ( i guess, i am too good at this now),but then later on paper ( as its a lot better to jot down measurements and freedom to write all notes , tips ... bottom line, this feels more practical in having it at the workshop ( um.. i mean "the Garage").

So the final design and measurements i stuck to was to have the plywoods,laments used up to the max ( each sheet is of 8x4 feet), here are the rough desings,

this is for the media cabinet( to hold sony music system,VCR ,DVDs and other gadgets. (len -5 feet, depth -15 in,height -3 feet)

this one is for my book shelf (len -6 feet, depth -16 in , height -2 feet) ,

and this one is for the tools . (len -5 feet, depth -15 in , height -3 feet) . well, that was designs on paper, but lets see how this turns out(measurements) when the sheets where cut.
will keep updating soon, as , as of today, my book shlef is nearing to be said DONE ( painting ,lamination and finishing is pending ). Will upload the images of work at different stages of completions in the next few blogs.