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fhqwhgads · 07-02-2006, 01:47 PM

Here's my latest project. It's a trash can cabinet based on a version that my mother bought at an Amish market when I was a kid. This is actually the fourth that I have built, and with each one it gets a little bit better.

This one is made of solid 8.5" pine boards edge-glued to give me the dimensions that I needed. I would have loved to use a harder wood like oak or cherry, but that was cost prohibitive. I usually don't stain my projects, but I wanted this to be a bit darker so it would match my best-friend's kitchen a bit better. I topped it off with five coats of a semi-gloss polyurethane so that it could be cleaned without too much trouble.

TexanAvenger · 07-02-2006, 06:05 PM

It's clean, it's simple, and I like it very much. I, too, think that a wood like cherry or oak would beautiful, though this is indeed quite nice.

I hope you'll excuse my probably idotic question, but what is the small compartment at the bottom used for? I see what looks to be a towel in there, but I'm unsure of its actual use.

ngdawg · 07-02-2006, 09:12 PM

That be fo' the bags, Darlin!

Fhq, you do superb work...might have to barter...or somethin

HLP · 07-02-2006, 09:39 PM

Very good project but the 5 coats sounds like alot. I could never be that much of a perfectionist but it definitly shows how glossy it is in your picture.

fhqwhgads · 07-03-2006, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by TexanAvenger

I hope you'll excuse my probably idotic question, but what is the small compartment at the bottom used for? I see what looks to be a towel in there, but I'm unsure of its actual use.

Ng nailed it... that's a storage compartment I added to hold the extra trashbags.

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Originally Posted by HLP

Very good project but the 5 coats sounds like alot. I could never be that much of a perfectionist but it definitly shows how glossy it is in your picture.

I used a semi-gloss poly, but I guess with five coats, it did get a bit glossy. This thing is going to get daily use... not only the edge of the lid being grabbed but mine gets dirty on the inside all the time. I'm hoping that by over-doing the poly, it would make it much easier to clean.

maleficent · 07-03-2006, 06:09 AM

that's very pretty.. My personal taste would like a darker wood or a darker stain, but that's pretty... very clean looking...

you do good work, son...

TexanAvenger · 07-04-2006, 05:05 AM

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Originally Posted by fhqwhgads

Ng nailed it... that's a storage compartment I added to hold the extra trashbags.

Of course it's for extra trashbags.... What'd I say?

amonkie · 07-04-2006, 11:01 AM

Very well done - your attention to little details such as the shelf and the mulit coats for a long life are giving you many extra stars in my book

May your workshop weather continue!

newtx · 07-04-2006, 09:37 PM

Very stylish. Well made and the trash bag storage is a fine touch.

Mondak · 07-05-2006, 11:23 AM

Great work. I am slowly but surely re-learning my woodworking skills. Looks like you are way ahead.

fhqwhgads · 07-07-2006, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Mondak

Great work. I am slowly but surely re-learning my woodworking skills. Looks like you are way ahead.

I've still got a lot to learn. I have come a long way since I started though...

Thanks for the compliments.

I'll have to get around to posting pictures of this years xmas gifts one of these days soon...

Slippery Slope · 07-11-2006, 06:13 PM

Really love the colour the way it is - looks great!

Aaaahhhhh the 'smell of woodworkin'...

pornclerk · 07-12-2006, 08:54 AM

First off, the artwork looks nice. I wish I had the time and energy to do stuff like that. Secondly, did you happen to get your screen name "fhqwhgads" from the Home Star Runner website?

Bobaphat · 07-12-2006, 09:56 AM

I love it. This is a great way to beautify something otherwise unsightly and utilitarian. Nice work.

fhqwhgads · 07-13-2006, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by pornclerk

First off, the artwork looks nice. I wish I had the time and energy to do stuff like that. Secondly, did you happen to get your screen name "fhqwhgads" from the Home Star Runner website?

Thank you, and of course I did...

07-02-2006, 01:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
fhqwhgads Junkie	Back in fhqwhgads' workshop... Here's my latest project. It's a trash can cabinet based on a version that my mother bought at an Amish market when I was a kid. This is actually the fourth that I have built, and with each one it gets a little bit better. This one is made of solid 8.5" pine boards edge-glued to give me the dimensions that I needed. I would have loved to use a harder wood like oak or cherry, but that was cost prohibitive. I usually don't stain my projects, but I wanted this to be a bit darker so it would match my best-friend's kitchen a bit better. I topped it off with five coats of a semi-gloss polyurethane so that it could be cleaned without too much trouble.

07-02-2006, 09:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	That be fo' the bags, Darlin! Fhq, you do superb work...might have to barter...or somethin __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.

07-03-2006, 06:09 AM	#6 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	that's very pretty.. My personal taste would like a darker wood or a darker stain, but that's pretty... very clean looking... you do good work, son... __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

07-04-2006, 11:01 AM	#8 (permalink)
amonkie Drifting Administrator Location: Windy City	Very well done - your attention to little details such as the shelf and the mulit coats for a long life are giving you many extra stars in my book May your workshop weather continue! __________________ Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna

07-05-2006, 11:23 AM	#10 (permalink)
Mondak Industrialist Location: Southern California	Great work. I am slowly but surely re-learning my woodworking skills. Looks like you are way ahead. __________________ All truth passes through three stages: First it is ridiculed Second, it is violently opposed and Third, it is accepted as self-evident. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER (1788-1860)

07-02-2006, 06:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
TexanAvenger Born-Again New Guy Location: Unfound.	It's clean, it's simple, and I like it very much. I, too, think that a wood like cherry or oak would beautiful, though this is indeed quite nice. I hope you'll excuse my probably idotic question, but what is the small compartment at the bottom used for? I see what looks to be a towel in there, but I'm unsure of its actual use.

07-02-2006, 09:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
HLP Crazy	Very good project but the 5 coats sounds like alot. I could never be that much of a perfectionist but it definitly shows how glossy it is in your picture.

07-04-2006, 09:37 PM	#9 (permalink)
newtx Addict	Very stylish. Well made and the trash bag storage is a fine touch.

07-11-2006, 06:13 PM	#12 (permalink)
Slippery Slope Crazy	Really love the colour the way it is - looks great! Aaaahhhhh the 'smell of woodworkin'... __________________ Incurable romantic seeks filthy whore

07-12-2006, 08:54 AM	#13 (permalink)
pornclerk Insane Location: Ontario, Canada	First off, the artwork looks nice. I wish I had the time and energy to do stuff like that. Secondly, did you happen to get your screen name "fhqwhgads" from the Home Star Runner website?

07-12-2006, 09:56 AM	#14 (permalink)
Bobaphat whoopity doo Location: Seattle	I love it. This is a great way to beautify something otherwise unsightly and utilitarian. Nice work. __________________ --size matters not-- yoda