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Thursday, February 12, 2009
Dart Board
Here is a dart board cabinet I made for my brother as a Christmas present. I made it out of oak and the back panel is birch plywood with some green felt that I covered it with. I designed it in such a way that I would be able to take the back panel off so that it would be easier to hang on the wall without having to hold the entire cabinet while trying to make it level. The back panel simply sits into a rabbit I made in the cabinet, and then the cabinet is fastened with screws on the top and bottom to the back panel. I used my porter cable dovetailing jig as a means of jointing the corners. With this kind of joint, glue was the only fastener that I needed to keep it together. I used a Red Mahogany stain and 3 or 4 coats of a water based polyurethane. It was a pretty easy project and very functional!
Here is a dart board cabinet I made for my brother as a Christmas present. I made it out of oak and the back panel is birch plywood with some green felt that I covered it with. I designed it in such a way that I would be able to take the back panel off so that it would be easier to hang on the wall without having to hold the entire cabinet while trying to make it level. The back panel simply sits into a rabbit I made in the cabinet, and then the cabinet is fastened with screws on the top and bottom to the back panel. I 
used my porter cable dovetailing jig as a means of jointing the corners. With this kind of joint, glue was the only fastener that I needed to keep it together. I used a Red Mahogany stain and 3 or 4 coats of a water based polyurethane. It was a pretty easy project and very functional!
Yeah thanks it looks great on my wall
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