Okay so I have been asked to post one of my ongoing jobs from the early stages onward. This is not my favorite thing because I have to remember to take photos and explain steps etc. and my thinking and processes do not generally jive with normal folks. But I will give it a shot. Background my wife and I were in Canton TX First Monday Trade Days with some dear family friends, we were looking for a table base for a breakfast table or dining table (I have some African Mahogany) I was going to make. We did not have any luck with that but did stumble across this console base, purportedly from the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas TX .
Here is an article about the hotel. The Adolphus Hotel, Dallas, TX - HauntedRooms.com. I am not into haunted stuff so that was not the purpose of the purchase, we just liked the look and possibilities. Let me clarify something here, I am generally not focused on refurbishing or repurposing but as with the treadle base in an earlier post and this I just liked the piece, remember I did inform you I think not like normal folks.
This was designed to be bolted to the wall in front of elevators as a console table and at present cannot stand on its own, that is why I have temporarily clamped the piece of plywood to the back as a third leg. Also note the orange tie downs, these are being used as the back right side is kicking out and I am trying to square this up. To have a permanent fix I will have to weld a piece across the back to maintain square. No problem ‘cause in my son-in-law’s garage cleanout he had a welding machine also so I now have that one (I like free things), we also have one in the shop for metal working.
So my plan for this was to fabricate a wooden cabinet inside with three drawers coming out the front and installing a wooden top, not sure at this time what wood to use. However my plans now are altered after conferring with my most precious better half. The new plan is to still fabricate a cabinet inside, but with two drawers on the front, left and right side, and two or three drawers on the rear center, with a fixed top on the console and in the space between the cabinet top and console top install a pull-out extension to add versatility to the whole piece. I will start the project by making a mock cabinet out of mdf to make sure of the concept and piece sizes so as not to waste good wood in trial and error fabrication. Another thing I did not state earlier, I have concepts in my head that I can only get out by building, I cannot seem to draw them with sufficient detail to fabricate from these drawings. I am sure there is a medical term for this but I am not looking to define it.
This project will take time as I have other things to enjoy in life, My wife (Thank God for her), my great kids and their families, and my great grandchildren. These things will extend completion of this piece, no hurry and no worry. Family, is cool.
This was designed to be bolted to the wall in front of elevators as a console table and at present cannot stand on its own, that is why I have temporarily clamped the piece of plywood to the back as a third leg. Also note the orange tie downs, these are being used as the back right side is kicking out and I am trying to square this up. To have a permanent fix I will have to weld a piece across the back to maintain square. No problem ‘cause in my son-in-law’s garage cleanout he had a welding machine also so I now have that one (I like free things), we also have one in the shop for metal working.
So my plan for this was to fabricate a wooden cabinet inside with three drawers coming out the front and installing a wooden top, not sure at this time what wood to use. However my plans now are altered after conferring with my most precious better half. The new plan is to still fabricate a cabinet inside, but with two drawers on the front, left and right side, and two or three drawers on the rear center, with a fixed top on the console and in the space between the cabinet top and console top install a pull-out extension to add versatility to the whole piece. I will start the project by making a mock cabinet out of mdf to make sure of the concept and piece sizes so as not to waste good wood in trial and error fabrication. Another thing I did not state earlier, I have concepts in my head that I can only get out by building, I cannot seem to draw them with sufficient detail to fabricate from these drawings. I am sure there is a medical term for this but I am not looking to define it.
This project will take time as I have other things to enjoy in life, My wife (Thank God for her), my great kids and their families, and my great grandchildren. These things will extend completion of this piece, no hurry and no worry. Family, is cool.
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