New Year's holidays will come soon, and many of you are preparing various gifts.
In this article, the author of the YouTube channel Vladimir Natynchik will tell the skilled male part of the population how to make a wall-mounted make-up mirror.
This project is quite simple to manufacture, and can be repeated even without the use of complex machines.
Materials
- Pine boards, dowels
- Glass mirror
— Mortise LED Spot Light
- Wires, switch
- PVA glue, silicone sealant
- Furniture hangers, wood screws
- Impregnation for wood.
Instruments, used by the author.
— Self-centering dowel jig
— Screwdriver
— Orbital sander
— Clamps
- Reysmus, miter saw
— Manual frezer, electric jigsaw
- Hammer, tape measure, marking planer, screwdriver, pencil.
Manufacturing process.
The author has some heavy equipment in the form of a thicknesser and other machines, so he bought unprocessed pine boards, as they are cheaper. He performs the preparation of the material on his own.
A 530X550 mm mirror was also purchased.
Accordingly, two boards of 540 mm and two boards of 520 mm in length are cut off. The frame will be folded like this.
For accurate drilling of dowel holes, the author will use self-centering conductor. Was previously article about how you can make this device by yourself. With his help, Vladimir also performs drilling holes in the ends and sides of the boards.
Look at the quality of the dowel installation! In the first photo it may seem that he is alone ...
The dowels are cut lengthwise, the joint is lubricated with PVA glue, and the parts are joined with a mallet.
The upper and lower parts of the frame are pulled together by clamps for gluing. Under their sponges, the master puts trims of stitches to avoid damage to the frame surface. The joint was just perfect.
On the inner perimeter of the frame, the master notes the necessary width of the groove for installing the mirror. To do this, he uses a marking surface gage. Then milling is performed according to the marking.
So, the author processed the front and sides of the frame with an orbital sander. On the back side I marked the strobes for wires, and the installation site of nine spotlights.
Drilling holes for the entrance of the blade at the corners of the marking, cuts out the notches for the fixtures with an electric jigsaw.
The entire front and sides are covered with dark oil wax. The final color will be “walnut”. About one of the recipes for preparing such an impregnation, Vladimir said earlier, this mix of rosehip oil and natural beeswax.
The oil was absorbed, the master removed his excess with a rag, and slightly polished the surface. After that, he proceeded to install fixtures.
By turning the frame on the table, you can glue the mirror onto silicone sealant. Before it hardens, its excess must be removed from the outside of the mirror.
Strobes are milled under the wires, and now you can start connecting all the lights. All of them are connected in parallel. In addition, the master installs a switch.
Almost everything is ready; furniture suspensions can be screwed on.
However, trying on a mirror in its place, Vladimir considered the design unfinished. She lacks a small shelf. He made it from the same pine board, drilled pilot holes in it, and screwed it to the bottom of the frame with self-tapping screws.
Now the project is completed, and so it looks with the backlight turned off.
Now you can turn on the lighting, and put the object into operation!
I thank Vladimir for the very simple, but effective and beautiful idea of the design of the make-up mirror!
Of course, for such homemade work you can use almost any wood species, or combine them to your taste. As an additional improvement, if this piece of furniture is installed in the corridor (as the author did), you can figure out several hooks for bags under the shelf.
If you have interesting homemade products, share them on this site. Here you will get a real reward, not a “bunch of green stuff" at the entertainment forum.
All good mood, good luck, and interesting ideas!
Author video can be found here.