Stand
Why not buy an ADA stand? Price! And as best as I can tell, they are made out of MDF. Their finish appears to be laminated with wood “tape” or painted. If I’m wrong, please correct me – my extensive searching yielded very few specifics re: the materials. My living room has a maple floor – real maple. The window and door trim matches. Stands to reason, I wanted a real maple stand.
Here’s how it all went down:
2, 4x8’ sheets maple plywood - $100
1, maple board – for making laminate - $20
biscuits - $5
glue - $4
euro door hinges - $12
equipment - $1000’s
Ripping laminate
Gluing laminate
Routing laminate for clean finish
Cutting biscuit holes
Here’s how the biscuits fit
Before gluing biscuit joints, the whole thing is taped up to catch glue squeeze out
Getting it all glued together (the nerve-racking part)
Drilling into doors to recess hinges
Sizing up hinge installation (the maker also routed out the square area for further recess)
View looking up from inside the stand – additional supports added
Finished assembly
Sanding the edges – 100 grit sandpaper
Sanding the sides – 220 grit sandpaper
First coat – Tung oil – brings out the wood grain without staining
Second coat – Polyurethane for protection – 2 coats total, sand smooth in between coats
Finished:
