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I call this my “Bright 1 Drawer Cabinet”. On the sides and back of the cabinet is a variation of a “Rolling Star” quilt pattern, in two sizes. On the sides I have 32 pieces in the same area that I have 16 pieces on the back. The cabinet is about 5 ½ “tall x 7 1/4” wide and 8” front to back. I made it using about 378 pieces of wood cut in either diamond or triangle shapes from different kinds of wood. I used the half size pieces for the “Rolling Star” on the sides, so there are 32 pieces where I have 16 pieces on the design on the back. The cabinet is finished in its natural color with 5 or 6 coats of a clear wiping varnish, rubbed in by hand. The pieces are a bit over 3/16” thick, glued onto a Baltic Birch base, so they hold up much better than a thin veneer. The type of wood is listed on the bottom of the cabinet, from the center out of the “Rolling Star” quilt pattern on the side or back. On this cabinet the wood is “Hackberry” from Missouri, “Purpleheart” from Central or South America, “Wenge” from West Africa, “Satinwood” from Sri Lanka, and “Walnut” from Missouri. The drawer design of the jewelry cabinet makes it unique from all others. The type of wood on the drawer front is listed on the inside of the drawer front along with the number of the cabinet. The number of the cabinet is also listed on the inside on the back. You will see it when you pull the drawer out and look inside at the back. I help hold the drawer together using pegs I make from the same type of wood that is on the drawer face.
On the bottom I signed it, listed the wood, and dated it. After the date, the words “Foot Cut” let you know I made it on a foot powered table saw. The drawer is cut out on a scroll saw I made to go on the power supply that runs the table saw.
I lined inside the top and the drawer bottom with black velveteen.
I have a matching set of up to 8 different boxes with this design and coloring I will be showing.
My wife uses one to hold extra feet and other small things for her sewing machine.
Thank you for looking,
Robin Tucker, the maker of Wood Mosaics
-- It’s not so much what we know that causes the trouble, it’s what we know that’s not so.
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kolwdwrkr
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posted 393 days ago
cool! Your creativity keeps going and going. I like the addition of the drawer and if you play your cards right I bet you could make one blend in and enter it into the “secret compartment” contest that is coming up. Nice work.
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romansfivefive
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posted 393 days ago
looks great in the video, it looked like you were using a hot glue gun to fasten the triangles. Is that what you use and do you have trouble with the tirivits heating and loosening the glue when they get warm?
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WoodMosaics
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posted 392 days ago
Romansfivefive;
Yes I use hot glue to glue the diamonds and triangles on to the base. I use “Super Amber” Hot glue sticks from Supergrit (or Red Hill Corperation) at;
http://www.supergrit.com/products/products_glue-hotmelt.asp
As far as the heat from a dish to soften the glue, we’ve not had that problem. I do tell people not to take a pan right off the stove and set it on the trivet as the heat from the pan can scorch the wood. I tell them to pour it into a dish and set the dish onto it. I have put then in a car with the windows rolled up just to see how they handle it and they have done fine, with no damage that I could see.
At shows I would glue two sticks together with a small bit of glue and the stick would break before the glue would release.
Now if you need to get some pieces up, you can put the item in the freezer for a while our outside in the winter, then the glue gets brittle and a tap with a hammer and chisel at the base of the piece will pop it off. And yes, I do put pieces in wrong at times or I have to take a piece up for one reason or another.
Thank you, all, for the comments and questions
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Grumpy
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posted 392 days ago
Great job Robin, very impressive.
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gusthehonky
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posted 359 days ago
This as well as all your work is truly astonishing
-- Ciao, gth.