Hi All

Here is a wall cabinet I made for my girlfriend to put near her sewing machine. She needed some storage for her bobbins, sewing thread , needles and other small stuff.

The birds are the rose-breasted grosbeak and the american goldfinch.

The wood is butternut and walnut. Pine was used for drawer sides. The wood used in the marquetry birds are (for what I can remember) maple, cherry, ebony, holy, bloodwood, Chakte-kok,Canarywood,yellowheart,Padauk,

The joinery and final smoothing was done with hand tools. The drawer recess for pulling the drawer were carved. The knobs were turned on the lathe. The double bevel technique was used for the marquetry cutting. The veneer for the marquetry was shop sawn to a thickness of 3/32. The birds were inserted into a butternut background 3/32. The door panel is composed of 3 layers; the front marquetry 3/32”, the back butternut panel 3/32” and a 1/8” plywood in between.

Here is some more detailed pictures

thanks for watching!

Martin

Hi

I made this piece as a gift for my girlfriend. It is made from cherry, maple, and curly maple. All joinery were made with hand tools and the surface preparation was done with planes and scrapers. The moldings were shaped with a block plane and a profiled scraper. They are attached to the case side with dovetail keys. I turned the knobs in a mushroom shape, like the shakers did. The shelves are joined to the carcase with sliding tapered dovetails. The finish is “tried and true” BLO + varnish and wax. Knife hinges were used for the doors. This piece was inspired by Christian Becksvoort’ bookcase with glass doors who obviously got his inspiration from the shakers.

Martin

Hi all

I made this hand tool cabinet, with the tools that are in it. But I have to confess that I am not quite totally neandertal. I did use my thickness planer, jointer and bandsaw for resawing the front panels. Nevertheless It was a good hand tool practice to perform tasks like sliding dovetail, frame and panel, dovetails (through and blind), rabbet, draw bore mortise and tenon…

I didn`t count the total hours spent on this project and maybe it is a good thing :o) But I guess that it is somewhere between 100 and 125 hours (including design).

The four drawers are not completed yet and it looks like it is going to be a while until I have some time to complete them, as I have other duties calling.

The cabinet is made all of white pine and is left unfinnished for now. Very fun to build

Martin

Hi all

Just completed this second piece of a bedroom set for my little girl. The first piece was a writing desk. Next piece will be a 6 drawer dresser which I already have all the parts rough milled.

I used machines for milling and hand tools for the rest, no sandpaper. Side hung drawers.

Hard maple with curly drawer fronts, 3 coats of “Tried and True” finish (blo and natural resin varnish) top was waxed afterwards.

sorry for the so-so quality pictures, it is suprising the difference when the flash is on, the piece gets darker and yellow

Martin

Hi all

I built this maple shaker influenced writing table for my young girl. She will start school next september but she already uses it for drawing. Hand made dovetails. I did a lot of hand work on this project like the dovetails, the tapered legs, top chanfer, top planing, smoothing and scraping, and used no sand paper. The front apron and drawer fronts come from the same curly maple board. The drawer fronts were cut out of the board and the other apron pieces where glued back together. I saw Norm Abram did this and it permits to have a continuity in the grain. You might notice the top offseted to the back, although it was not part of the initial design, when I first put the oversize table on the base, I liked the extra depth and since this table will eventually have a hutch I decided to leave it as is.

I Finished it with “tried and true” traditionnal oil and varnish and a final coat of wax.

PS When I presented the completed table to my daughter, she said: “Yuppy now we can paint it!”

No face vise, but plenty functionnal

You can also check this blog for more pictures and building details

http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/martin007/blog/5816

twin screw vise added latelly