71- Magazine Rack
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As the holidays approach, my mind always turns to small, simple (yet elegant) projects that we can make for our family and friends. I have two of them in store for you this year. And the first one is a collapsible magazine rack. The rack is designed to pull apart and collapse for shipping or storage. Its lightweight but surprisingly sturdy. This piece should take about two days to build, and that’s just because you’ll be waiting for glue to dry. So let’s call it two half days. And best of all, it would take just as long to build 5 as it would building just one.
And just to help you along, I did my best to create a working SketchUp file that should be perfectly to scale. Just keep in mind that I am by no means a Sketchup expert, so please give all measurements the “common sense check”. Download the Sketchup File by clicking the link below. And if you haven’t used Sketcup before, you can download a free copy from Google: Sketchup
Download Magazine Rack Sketchup File
And to wrap things up, here’s a basic cut list (also stated in the video):
(4) 3/8″ thick x 4 1/4″ wide x 16″ long
(1) 3/8″ thick x 4″ wide x 14″ long
And here are some links to the finishing materials used in the video:
General Finishes Water-based Dyes
General Finishes PolyAcrylic
32- Pop Goes the Maple
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In this episode, I put the finish on the pencil holder. But its not just any finish. Since we are working with a beautiful curly maple, I think the finish deserves a little extra specia attention. Curly maple looks fantastic with a few coats of an oil based varnish. But it will BLOW YOUR MIND if you “pop” the grain with a dye first. So that’s exactly what we do in this episode. Thanks for watching.
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The finishing materials I used in this episode are available from Rockler via the affiliate links below:
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