Cherry Wood Thread Cabinet

I have now added the extra pictures and arranged them in a more orderly fashion.

Oooooh, that's going to be gorgeous, John! :)

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John

Beautiful. Can hardly wait to see it polished - I love that moment when the sealer goes on and all the beauty of the wood is revealed. . In message , John writes

To mimic our Mz Sairey "Are you for rent?"

I bow down to your wood working skills!

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I just wish the photo site could produce the smell of the workshop!!!! mmmmmmmm I love that. I think we should have secret Santas in RCTQ...and I think John should be mine. I'll pretend I don't know who my Santa is......

Maybe when I lived in California. But here in Ohio I just do things for myself,and a few locals who can't seem to find anybody to do what they need. I find that people here are not willing to pay what I charge as my going rate. Admittedly, that is a high rate but it is placed at that level so as to discourage work requests. Too many years of doing things for pay for other people, that sometimes compromised my sense of esthetics. But I needed to eat, so it was start up the saw and bite your tongue and produce. My things tend to be one off items and are not competitive with those folks who do production work with a standardized set of designs and multiple copies of each thing. That type of woodwork is less costly to produce each item and is more machine intensive and less hand work related. There are some good ones out there but they are not cheap either. I think the shipping charges to California would be prohibitive, also. But, thanks for the thought.

John

Well-HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN!!! so sorry i missed it yesterday! I love Indian food, dont you? the smell of curry.....mmm! my boss is Indian, his wife is the BEST cook!

your cabinet is going to be a masterpiece as usual! cant wait to see it finished! amy

It looks like it is shaping up very nicely. Can't wait to see the final pics!!

That's just so gorgeous I can hardly stand it. Happy Birthday! Roberta in D

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Here are some pictures relating to the construction on one of the drawers. They are the last picture on page one and the next 5 pictures on page two. They cover the process of hand cutting the dovetails for the assembly of the top drawer in the cabinet, and glueing up the drawer and installing it in the case. There is still a lot to do as I need to make 4 more drawers and then make the dividers for the inside of each one. I plan to clad the bottom of each drawer with green felt so that will be done after the dividers are made and the varnishing is completed. The dividers will be removeable and will just sit within the drawers fitted tightly so they don't move. They will sit on top of the felt.

Enjoy,

John

Here are 2 more pictures showing the case with drawers open and a frontal view. The case and drawers are glued and assembled with nobs, in place. Now I will construct the interior dividers and set them in place. After that, the next thing is to varnish the whole thing and line the drawers with green felt, and attach the content lable holders. Then this thing is finished. I can get on to the next phase of the project. I have modified the idea of another cabinet sitting along side of this case. What I am planing is a base cabinet that will house items and support the Thread Case. I am not quite finalized on the completed support cabinet design, but it will house an extra sewing machine and other things. I may use some drawers on one side of it or it may just be a doored cabinet or a combination of the two. I am leaning toward the latter with a door on one side and drawers on the other side. Stay tuned for later developements.

John

I use a combination of "Real Men" power tools for the general shaping of the rough lumber and then hand planes, chisels, and dovetail saws and other hand tools, to do the handwork. On some projects that I am particularly interested in, I will do the construction entirely with hand tools, just for the Luddite experience. Other times, I outdo Norm, with the use of lots of power tools. I find that the nicer the project, the more I gravitate toward hand tools. Especially the period pieces of furniture. There is no substitute for the subtle marks that hand tools leave when they are used to make a piece of furniture. Machinery is fine but it can't produce the hand planed look of that period.

John

Why don't you e-mail me as commercial endeavors are not permitted on this forum.

John

John, you're making me drool over the possibilities -- if only DH were into working with wood!

Just out of curioisity what power tools do you own John ?

Dee in Oz

I own the following power tools,

In addition:

John