The wife likes working in the dining room (online). I thought I'd surprise her with a little sound system. So I went and bought some 2nd hand Wharfedale 9.1 speakers, an 80gb ipod with dock, and this amp:
So I'm now doing a quickie project for speaker stands and a hall table for the amp and docked ipod.
Here's the speaker stands so far.
Sorry for the grainy photo. Cellphone lang.
Doing that mortise-and-tenon joint on the base and the curved pieces was tough. Pero matapos magmura ng katakut-takot, pumasok rin.
It's mahogany made dark with potassium dichromate. My mistake was that some of the epoxy glue spilled into some exposed portions resisting the ageing chemical. I will now have to scrape it off and reapply.
Bad photo angle. The base is actually 1.5" thick so bottom heavy. I also have some spikes coming.
Since yesterday was Quezon City day, holiday. Had more time to continue on my secret project.
Decided I'll build the hall table upon which the amp and ipod will sit.
Sliced two planks of some nicely grained mahogany to come up with bookmatched panels then glued them.
Made two of them. One for the tabletop and the other for the shelf beneath.
Had to make this jig to make diagonal cuts:
Used that jig to make tapered legs.
Those notches were for the lower shelf to "tenon" into. You can see the shelf at the bottom of the pile with diagonal cut corners. Those corners were also routed at the top to match the slightly narrower mortise in the legs.
Dry fitting
Ahhh...sometimes, things just fit right the first time. Probably that's because I sawed and chiseled those diagonal mortises manually. Somehow, I can't get the hang of mortising and tenoning with power tools.
Glued the legs, now waiting for glue to cure. Next, pre-finishing, then screwing on of the tabletop. Then final finishing.
