Fireplace
from Walnut
This project was made from solid walnut with the exception of the base
which was made from walnut plywood. The applique is maple
that was stained walnut using a variety of stains and glazes.
The finish is two coats of danish oil followed by two coats
of polyurathane. I found the walnut at a local sawmill that
specializes mostly in oak. He occasionally cuts up a walnut
tree and had a large stock of material that was mostly seconds.
He made me an offer I could not refuse and I came home with a
couple hundred board feet of the stuff. After cutting away
knots, sapwood, and defects, I'm not so sure I would not have been
better off paying the price for clear S4S, but what fun would that have
been?
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The dental moulding
was made on the table saw using a dado set to 1/2 inch. Dados
were crosscut in a much wider board and that board then ripped into 1
inch strips. The tricky part was calculating the exact size
for each dado so the corner came out correctly after mitering. Top of Page | Home
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Simple frame and raised panel construction was
used to create the major surfaces. I used a combiination of
Festool Domino bisquits and pocket screw to hold it all together.Top of Page | Home
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All miters were cut on the chop saw and later
fine tuned using this picture framing guilitine cutter. It
seems like every time I get this tool out of storage, no matter how
careful I am, I always seem to cut myself at least once on the razor
sharp knives. The sharpness of the knives allows me to trim a
couple of thousands off for a perfect fit.Top of Page | Home
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Here is a closeup of the moulding being applied.Top of Page | Home
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Finishing shop projects is nearly always done
with the able assistance of my pretty wife!Top of Page | Home
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