{"id":138,"date":"2008-09-25T12:30:31","date_gmt":"2008-09-25T17:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tenonandspline.com\/?p=138"},"modified":"2008-09-25T12:58:17","modified_gmt":"2008-09-25T17:58:17","slug":"filling-in-the-blanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenonandspline.com\/blog\/archives\/138","title":{"rendered":"Filling in the Blanks"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 4 of 8 in the series Boy's Cherry and Walnut Dresser<\/a><\/div>
One of my favorite features of the top, is actually technically a defect — a quarter-sized knot hole. While both my wife and I agreed that it added “character” to the top, I couldn’t simply leave it as it was; it was large enough to swallow up small objects whole and naturally not very stable.<\/div>\n
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A large knot<\/p><\/div>\n

After some searching, I found a few references to folks filling holes like this using “Pour on” epoxy, of the type you might use to encase small chatchkis <\/em>in a bar top.<\/p>\n

A Slow Leak<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the first pour, I found myself constantly “topping off” the depression. I would fill the knot, level it off and a couple minutes later, most of it had been absorbed into the knot.<\/em> By the time it cured 24 hours later, there was only a thin layer of epoxy, coating, but not filling the knot hole.<\/p>\n

Puzzled, I decided to simply pour again. This time it filled just fine. The next day, while moving the piece, I discovered the cause: the knot hole went clear through the board and the epoxy<\/p>\n

\"Pour<\/a>

Pour on epoxy<\/p><\/div>\n

was leaking out the bottom! With the first coat effectively plugging the hole, the second coat filled it nicely and easily sanded flush (something I was a bit concerned about). The effect is exactly what I had hoped for.<\/p>\n

My Favorite Finish<\/strong><\/p>\n

I spent quite a bit of time sanding this piece — and it still probably wasn’t enough. For the finish, I had purchased a wipe-on, “low sheen” Tung Oil-based finish. The first coat on the drawers resulting in less than spectacular results. Though each row was was made from a single board, a couple adjacent drawers were a noticeably different shade. This prompted a second, more vigorous round of hand sanding (and a few choice words). This time, they took the finish much more consistently. A week later I had built up 5 coats on all parts and was ready to attach the top and call this project “done.”<\/p>\n

Amateur<\/strong><\/p>\n

After reading Dick Cain’s<\/a> forum thread<\/a> about “Photographing Your Work<\/a>” (PDF from Wood Carving Illustrated)<\/em>, and feeling duly shamed about my previous point-and-click-using-built-in flash-against-any-old-background photo sessions<\/em>, I decided to step it up a notch. Unfortunately, I don’t really own any real <\/em>photographic equipment and can’t afford to start yet another incredibly expensive hobby at the moment.<\/div>\n
So my first attempt fell rather far from the intended mark. I may take another crack at it later in the week — perhaps using a cleaner and less wrinkled backdrop and a couple more lights if I can find someone to lend me any! If the new pics are any good I’ll update this post.<\/div>\n
In the meantime, here’s my (rather humbling) attempt at perfeshunal fotogerphy<\/em>.<\/div>\n
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3\/4 View of Completed Dresser<\/p><\/div>\n

I thought I’d put some pics of the new baby’s older siblings on top…in theater we called this “dressing the set”…<\/p>\n

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\"Closeup<\/a>

Drawer detail<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This entry is part 4 of 8 in the series Boy's Cherry and Walnut Dresser<\/a><\/div>

One of my favorite features of the top, is actually technically a defect — a quarter-sized knot hole. While both my wife and I agreed that it added “character” to the top, I couldn’t simply leave it as it was; it was large enough to swallow up small objects whole and naturally not very stable. … Continue reading »<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20,23,84,27,21],"series":[80],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenonandspline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenonandspline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenonandspline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenonandspline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenonandspline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/tenonandspline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147,"href":"https:\/\/tenonandspline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions\/147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenonandspline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenonandspline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenonandspline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenonandspline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}