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This project was my most ambitious to date. One of the nurses my wife works for was retiring, so Imade a valet for him. The wood is Padauk and Walnut, with a BLO and brush lacquer finish. I used square stock fitted onto the pillars for slides, and routed v-grooves into the sides of the drawers. The top has a Walnut inlay border, The pillars are atteched to the top and bottom with 1/2" stub tenons.

I wanted a different orientation to the grain with this one, so I edge-glued two pieces of Padauk and cut the top and drawer fronts sequentially, so the grain seems t flow across the top and down the front. I'm a littl concerned about seasonal wood movement with the grain running vertically, but since the mitered corners have a lot of long grain contact, and they're internally splined, I hope there will not be a problem.

I designed this box using several projects that I've seen on the net for inspiration. I have no idea what style this would be considered. Any ideas, or should I just call it "Steve Style"? (g)

Steve

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This is fantastic - I really like the way you made the drawers slide along the side boards. Your choices on wood, grain direction and stain make this a great project!
 

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Thanks, I really appreciate the comments. Having seen some of the fantastic work on this site, I was hesitant at posting my work. This was only my third box that I attempted, and the most ambitious. I heard a lot of advice about startng small, getting good at the findamentas, but I figured "what the heck" and went for it…

BTW, no stain. The wood is Padauk, finishied only with oil and lacquer. The oil really brought out the crimson wood and chocolate graining, whic (I think) accented the Walnut well.

Steve
 

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Nice design, beautifully done!
 

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This has a really gr8 look to it. I like that you ran the grain north to south, I'll say. And, the wood combos fit very well together. It looks very kool!
 

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way to finish the project with a great sheen to it and i love the drawer slide amazing work!
 

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That is a very cool box. I really like the way you used the square pieces to make the drawer slides. That is a very interesting and unique feature. Well done!
 

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Here's a short list of what you could call it:
Unique
Well Designed
Beautiful
Clean
I'll leave it to the rest of the LJs to finish the list.

Bravo!
 

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Very interesting design. Pleasing colors and shapes.
 

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Thanks for all the great comments, I really appreciate it. Iwas trying to figure out how to attach the drawer slides to the uprights. Then I got the idea of using the miter key jig that I used on my first box and a spacer to nibble out the recess. I just set the height of the blade to take the cut to the side corner, the set a spacer block to the right width and nibbled out the recess. A little chisel work to make it snug.

To get the spacing right, I dry assembled the unit andput the drawers in place. Then just tapped the slides up and down to get the srawer reveal even, made a mark, then set them in with glue. THe fit was tight enout that I didn't have to worry about them sliding out of place while the glue set.
 

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Looks really nice, that finish came out spectacular.
 

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Nice done and a Cool gift. WOn´t disappoint

As to the design, is called Pagoda style. A post by other LJ




He said the plans were from Woodcraft

 

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Steve,

Whatever the style, I like it. One Oriental concept you certainly applied is Occum's Razor which says, "The simplest is best." The drawer slides, and side insets are a great concept for this adaptation. I'm sure your hard work and thoughtfulness will be appreciated. Thanks for sharing your work with us. Keep boxing; you've got an eye for it.
 
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