Help with wood project

[scoobydoo2u]

Ill 4th it, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

I'll break that chain and just say Happy Anniversary!

I have been following that closely and I want to see that complete hanging project!
Looks great so far!

 

[romeo_1984]

happy anniversary! so did you get it finished?

 

[chelseafc385]

I'll break that chain and just say Happy Anniversary!

How dare you! :banned:

 

[Lessen]

Thanks everybody!

happy anniversary! so did you get it finished?

Nope, not quite. I'm trying to work on it today but with the kids it's kind of difficult. Not so bad with my 3 y.o. but the baby makes it harder.

I'm just about finished "finishing" the rectangles. I mean almost all of them are doweled and sanded smooth on all visible sides. Got 2 more to do. Then I will make the mounts and assemble all of the pieces. If I can get that far today I'll be happy. After that it'll be down to assembling the tealight cradles and installing them. Then staining to complete.

 

[SMaxxin]

Happy Anniversary bro, and the project looks great!

 

[Lessen]

Here's a quick shot of the joints after cleanup. This is one of the tighter fits.

our armoire. This is also the approximate shade it'll be stained.

 

[Rolex]

I would never have thought of exposing the dowel like that, but it really ads a beautiful detail, especially since it matches the look of the armoire.
VERY nice work, Josh.

 

[scoobydoo2u]

Wow!
That looks great!

 

[Candyman]

I would never have thought of exposing the dowel like that, but it really ads a beautiful detail, especially since it matches the look of the armoire.
VERY nice work, Josh.

Actually, leaving the dowelling exposed is a common effect on craftsman style woodwork. I like the effect. It really makes the piece look rustic and handcrafted. It'll become a bit more apparent when it's stained because the odds are that the dowels are of different wood than the rest and they'll take the stain a bit differently. It'll really enhance the style of that armoire, too.

 

[taz1175]

Ok fellas, here's the background. My 5th wedding anniversary is Friday, May 1st. If anybody follows the traditional anniversary gift themes, you may know that the 5th anniversary is the "wood anniversary". I was out yesterday shopping for a gift when I saw this art piece at Crate & Barrel. It's right up her ally as far as design is concerned but it's made of metal which doesn't do it for me for the situation. The color is right but I wish it was made of wood rather than metal. I realized very quickly that this would be pretty easily to replicate myself so I took a couple mental notes and headed to Lowes. I picked up about a good handful of 1/4" square poplar rod (36" lengths) and some stain to match our armoire. My only concern that has me thrown is how to attach the pieces together for a clean look. It's kind of difficult to see the manner of the construction from the picture but I can tell you from seeing the piece in person that the individual pieces are put together first then simply welded together. The pieces are only 1/4" square so I would imagine screws are unecessary. I don't expect to utilize glass enclosures so there won't be a lot of weight on the piece other than a dozen or so tealights. I think I'm just going to construct small squares just big enough for the tealights to fit inside of and mount them to the piece. The piece will mount away from the wall just as the original does... about 3"

So what's the best way for me to put this together? Nails? Screws? Hot glue?

http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=1340&f=8964

"Metal frame in an antiqued bronze comes in two pieces for easy assembly.":\ Your guess is as good as mine !:shrug: BTW, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY !
It was just my mom and dad's 34th anniversary Sunday May 4th.

 

[romeo_1984]

so is this finished?

 

[Lessen]

Nope, not yet. Kinda waiting to do some things in the room where it will be displayed. She wants to move things around and put down new carpet.. yadda yadda... Right now it's ok to be laying flat under our bed but if I finish putting it together I'm afraid that if I lay it down it may warp some because it will be sort of 'standing' on the tealight cradles, which aren't necessarily spaced evenly. I dont' want it to lay for any extended length of time with possible weird pressure points. So I'm basically waiting to finish until it can be mounted where she wants it.

 

[Lessen]

So how poopy is it that I still have not finished this? I actually started back at it a handful of weeks ago because I wanted to get it hung by the time everybody is here for Christmas. My wife wants to totally rearange the living room (which also means rewiring the surround sound) and I cannot mount it where she wants it permanently so I don't think it's going up until I tackle that project. On the plus side of things it is very nearly finished. The major part of the piece has been complete for some time. I just needed to finish the tealight cradles and the mounts.

 

[Lessen]

All Done!

It's not quite perfectly square but it's not to shabby. She'll see it complete and lit tonight when she gets home Yay!

 

[revo_rob_1984]

That thing is sweet looking, GREAT job on it, i wish i had that type of ingenuity to make something like that my self, i just buy it if i can but i always want to try to make it,. . . but it never works out

 

[Racer 1966]

Great work Josh! You might get a little something for that one