Yep... bit off a little more than I could chew.

18 days ago by Setiyeti93 to c/woodworking

I'd give myself a solid 7/10. Would not do again haha

infinitevalence 39 points 18 days ago

Stain or paint and you have a 9/10! Great work.

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Setiyeti93 22 points 18 days ago

Thanks!. It will be getting painted over the weekend. This was made for someone,, and they've chosen a deep red.

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heydo 23 points 18 days ago

Looks really good! What was the most difficult part? What issues came up? Any advice on how to avoid them?

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Setiyeti93 20 points 17 days ago

Thanks.i guess being all over it means I noticed all the minor imperfections, and only have myself to blame.

Issues. I didn't take the time to choses the wood carefully, so some bits of trim had to be redone because after they were ripped, they twisted quite badly. Even taking time to square up the plywood carcass was challenging. (The full unit is 230 by 180cm) So on my own it was quite difficult. My dad helped me move the carcass, thanks dad!

I think (with this being my first wardrobe) some of the finer points went over my head.... For example. I forgot to take into account clearances for the doors so had to take 3mm of each side to stop them rubbing against each other. Would have been easier to do that in the first place!

I also added 18mm to each side of the drawer fronts so that the would stop against the front of the carcass...But forgot that the top edge has to be shared with the bottom edge of the door. If I ever did this again, instead of two parts I'd separate the drawer boxes, so instead of two boxes, I'd have four. The two wardrobe cavities and the two drawer cavities. Would be less cumbersome to manhandle!

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captain_aggravated 3 points 16 days ago

This right here is why I still use FreeCAD.

Most of my actual design work is done in the spreadsheet workbench. If I had to, I could design furniture in LibreOffice Calc. But, I use the entire drafting process as a sanity check, to make sure I didn't make any mistakes in order of operations.

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Setiyeti93 2 points 16 days ago

Which in fairness... Is exactly what I did at first.

I even did the explored the diagrams.

What I didn't do.... Was modify them after there was several changes in scope. Let's hope I use this is a learning experience. The next time just say right back to the design stage.

Just imagine I used the spreadsheet inside Freecad. I could have even defined clearances and tolerances. But we live in learn

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socsa 2 points 17 days ago

Replacing blades every other cut because MDF is the retard strength of the woodworking field.

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wjrii 2 points 17 days ago

Kills every edged consumable like it was hickory grown in a sand dune, but god forbid you get one drop of sweat on it before you paint...

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Tolookah 1 point 17 days ago

The doors might be mdf but the box looks ply.

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Setiyeti93 1 point 16 days ago

It is indeed. Tool where I wasn't too bad surprisingly. The only tool issue I had was my orbital sanders velcro pad has become worn, but it is getting on in years now.

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ruuster13 2 points 17 days ago

Surely the correct answer to the hardest part is: door and drawer hardware.

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potate 9 points 18 days ago

Looks pretty incredible to me!

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Setiyeti93 4 points 17 days ago

Thanks for the positivity. It helps 🙂

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CompactFlax 8 points 17 days ago

It’s a plywood box.

How hard could it be?

With doors of course. And get some drawer slides and handles at the hardware store.

But it is way harder than that sounds. I built a plyo box and barely can use it because it’s so wobbly.

Your work looks fantastic and you’ve learned from it, so the next one will be different, and better.

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Setiyeti93 14 points 17 days ago

How hard could it be.

I'm going to have to get that on my tombstone!

Surprisingly the selection of drawer slides at my local hardware store were awful. The largest drawer is 60 cm deep, and I wanted the full extension ones.very spendy

Thanks for your kind words

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grue 1 point 17 days ago

It doesn't surprise me at all that the selection of stuff for woodworking at a normal hardware store would be awful. I've barely gotten started in the hobby, but I walked into Highland Woodworking once and it was worlds apart from the shit you find at Home Depot.

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regedit 6 points 17 days ago

Dude, this looks really well done. Some of my favorite gifts had little imperfections, just like all people. It shows a human did it. They will cherish that work, flaws and all, and call it their own. You've created a monument and did it without the human form! Bravo!!

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Smaile 5 points 17 days ago

Snug as a bug

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CanadianCorhen 5 points 17 days ago

Those look absolutely amazing!

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MedicPigBabySaver 1 point 18 days ago

Zillion times more than I could manage.

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