{"id":3015,"date":"2017-02-20T09:40:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T17:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/?p=3015"},"modified":"2017-02-20T01:14:50","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T09:14:50","slug":"woodworking-the-new-mantel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/woodworking-the-new-mantel\/","title":{"rendered":"Woodworking – The New Mantel"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am pretty well finished with our new mantel. It\u2019s kind of embarrassing that it\u2019s taken more than a year to cut, sand and finish two boards. (My friend Stitch Billings installed a zero-clearance fireplace and built a complete fireplace enclosure and mantel in a week or two, and he has 4 little kids hanging around!) I have some excuses: My shop is 20 miles away; I needed a power tool that I had to borrow from a tool library and they were either checked out much of the time or not functioning correctly; Janie had some injuries during that time and we had summer travel and the holidays. In addition, before I even got started, I taught myself how to use Google Sketchup (learning how to use Sketchup was part of the adventure) and developed a more elaborate design. Eventually I was able to visualize a much simpler design. In the end, I think it looks pretty good, if I do say so myself.<\/p>\n

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The top piece is clamped to the old mantle and glued with liquid nails.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The face piece is ready to go. Janie helped me pick out this wood, although it was for another project. When I decided not to do the other project, she suggested that we use if for a mantel. I didn’t know when I got this wood (poplar) that it can be very hard to finish. Due to the variations in hardness, it can turn out blotchy. I used some sealer before applying the finish, and it also may have helped that I was using a clear finish instead of stain.<\/p>\n

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 My first attempt to attach the face with liquid nails and held in place with just tape did not work. I had to remove it and reinstall it with the liquid nails and some brads.<\/p>\n

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 The final result<\/p>\n

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