Popular Woodworking 2000-04 № 114, страница 50
enterta center This media unit has got lots of room for your TV, VCR and videos. Sadly, you'll still have to keep your favorite Saturday-afternoon beverage in the kitchen. Be efore the time came when Americans traded up to an electric fridge, they often kept perishables in an insulated oak box that was cooled by ice. The small versions of these well-built but now-useless boxes survived the early 20th century to become TV stands for young couples or impoverished students. Now they fetch $300 to $600 in antique stores, and oak furniture outlet stores sell reproductions for hundreds of dollars. This is truly a case where you can save some serious dough by building one yourself. This icebox is the first furniture project I built using the Little Shop That Could Mark II, a rolling workshop on wheels featured in the September 1999 issue. This is a great project for beginners because construction is simple and you don't need a lot of fancy machinery. A Case for Storage I used curly oak for this project, which is a difficult species to find. White or red oak will do fine and is available at lumberyards already surfaced, so you don't need a planer. Begin construction by gluing up smaller boards to make the wide panels for the sides, top and shelves. If you don't have a jointer, you can edge-joint the boards using the router fence featured in the February 2000 issue (#113). Use biscuits to index the boards' edges. After the glue is dry, remove your panels from the clamps and cut them to finished size. Now lay out the 3/4" x V4" dadoes in the sides that will hold the shelf and bottom and cut them using a dado stack in your table saw or with a router. Cut a V4"-deep x 1/2"-wide rabbet on by Jim Stuard 12 Popular Woodworking April 2000 |
