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Finished a long-standing dresser build (#2 of 2) (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by jasparagus to c/[email protected]

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I finally finished the dresser I've been working on (it's #2 of 2, built to fit in our closet). No drawer slides, just paste wax, and made pretty much entirely from plywood and glue.

The project was pretty simple, but I went for (fairly) tight tolerances (a few mm clearance), so I was grateful for having made a crosscut sled on this one.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (6 children)

that's stunning!! beautiful work you must be very proud 😍

[–] jasparagus 5 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Thanks! I'm mostly just relieved to have it built... it only took a few real weekend days of work, but spread out across an embarrassing number of absolute months.

Part of my excuse was "glue won't cure right when the garage is too cold"... but I also just got busy. Oops.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sounds like every project I start. "Oh, this will only take 2-3 weeks." Fast forward 5 months, and it's ready for finish.

Great work! The continuous grain is impressive

[–] jasparagus 3 points 2 years ago

Thanks, and lol, that's maybe even a little faster than this timeline if I'm being honest...but we don't speak of these things.

The continuous grain worked out better on #2 than it did on #1.

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