woodworking????
Kraker asked:
im building a nightstand, a bookcase, and shelves for my wall what would be the best material for al of these
Question posted courtesy of: Wilma
im building a nightstand, a bookcase, and shelves for my wall what would be the best material for al of these
Question posted courtesy of: Wilma
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November 13th, 2007 at 12:46 am
Oak would be nice, but you can use pine. If you look at your local library, there will be lots of woodworking books and you can get ideas from them. Also measurements.
November 13th, 2007 at 4:53 am
depends on your budget! If money is no object, by all means get the hardwood (oak, maple) or exotic(teak, redwood). If your doing this to save money, pine is your best bet.
If you go with the pine and want to stain it as opposed to paint, then be sure to buy the conditioner(available almost everywhere stain is sold). What it does is even out the wood so that you don’t get light/dark splotches in your wood.
Either way you can save yourself some money on the bookcase buy buying what is called luan for the back. It’s a floor underlayment. If you look you’ll see that one side is really pretty raw. I’ve used it on several occasions as “finish” grade and when sealed it’s beautiful. It will take paint as well. The problem is you can’t use it on the horizontal surface(like where the books go) because it’s so thin.
If you’re hanging the shelves directly into the wall you want to make sure you secure it properly, which means an anchor of some kind. Talk to your hardware guy and explain what you want, they’ll help find the right size for the job.
November 13th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
Hardwood is best but get what you can afford