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Making a walnut veneered retail slatwall cabinet

28th November 2015 By Gidon 1 Comment

I needed a cabinet for the middle of my shop that could provide retail space, but also allow a customer to sit down for an overview of their new laptop for instance. This has been on the to do list for some time now and I had a few sheets of walnut veneered MDF ready and waiting.

This will be a brief overview in picture form, but please see the video above for more details.

This was the design I came up with in Sketchup:

shop middle table back-2 shop middle table-2
Extracting the 8’x4′ sheet from my storage shed:
get wood out IMG_1392.00_00_01_02.Still002
Cutting the parts to size with a tracksaw:
tracksaw IMG_1392.00_00_31_06.Still003
Routing the slatwall slots. First a straight relief cut:
routing slot straight IMG_1392.00_01_23_00.Still004
And then routing the slatwall t-slot:
t-slot IMG_1392.00_01_28_28.Still005
Crosscutting to size:
cross cut IMG_1392.00_01_34_08.Still006
Applying the iron-on edging:
iron on IMG_1392.00_01_37_02.Still007
Spraying lacquer (cold, damp day, and outside):
spraying IMG_1392.00_01_51_00.Still009
Complete disaster – the damp weather caused blooming where the lacquer combined with fine water droplets. Sanding back the lacquer to the bare wood. But being careful not to sand through the thin layer of real wood veneer:
sanding back IMG_1392.00_02_03_13.Still010
Cutting slots for loose tenons (using the Festool Domino), for joinery and alignment:
domino IMG_1392.00_02_30_04.Still011
Drilling for pocket screws to pull it all together:
pocket screw IMG_1392.00_02_35_06.Still012
Applying finish (second time lucky). Using Festool Surfix oil and wax combination:
finishing IMG_1392.00_03_16_10.Still013
Assembling the unit in my shop:
assemble IMG_1392.00_05_26_10.Still014
Finished article:
IMG_1218 IMG_1220
I’d love to hear you comments!

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  1. ID PETERS says

    8th October 2018 at 8:11 pm

    This is great. Very ingenious having the stool space behind.
    Where can i get something like this made? We do a lot of shows in London, and would like to use it for display of our silk scarves.

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