This evening I finished the remaining work on the cabinet construction.
Here’s a photo of how my camera bags fit – not too shabby. The lenses will go on the shelf and the camera in the drawer with all of other accessories.
While I’m glad to have it all completely built finally, I’m pretty nervous about staining it. I’ve never stained anything before, and I’d really hate to ruin this thing.
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6 responses to “Progress”
Nice looking cabinet Eric. Good job.
Don’t worry about staining, it’s easy. Just follow the directions on the can. I usually use an old t-shirt to wipe the stain on, but you can use a brush as well. The polyurethane after the stain is a bit tricker as you really need to make sure it doesn’t blotch or clump, but still it’s not that hard.
Regardless, either can be fixed by sanding it down and starting over, your original work won’t be lost. I’d suggest taking some scrap and staining and urethane it to make sure you are going to get the look that you want.
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Wow! Very impressive. I’d love to have one for my daughter.
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Good job on the cabinet, it looks great! Take some of the scrap and practice applying the stain first to see how it comes out.
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When do you want me to start taking orders? I’m sure once you get used to it, you could probably knock off. . . oh. . . I don’t know. . . whatd’ya think. . . . maybe a couple,3 a day? And you handle production, I’ll be in charge of sales and revenue. What a team!! I’ll, I mean, you and I, will be swimming in money!
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At this point I’m thinking the profit margin of such an operation would be somwhere around -$WayTooMuch 🙂
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Wow, I’m impressed! Stain & finish (varnish/polyurethane) will make it or break it. Watch out for drips or large concentrations of stain. Your work is too beautiful to mess up. You’ll do fine.
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