Maple Wall Unit With Crystal Display

first question: how could this beautiful wall unit be a surprise? Was she away while you made it and installed it???

Love the display cases.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Debbie

At the time my shop was in an industrial district, about 8 miles from home – just far enough. Installing it was the trick. I had to get all the parts home and installed and the electrical hooked up and all the equipment set up in one day before she came home from work at 5:30. I was a busy beaver that day. Oh yeah, almost forgot, hung a huge red Christmas ribbon on the front.

Very pretty! By the way…your age is showing with that reel-to-reel. There’s not too many of those babies around any more. (sigh)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Nice set up

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I’m doubly impressed then … 1 day AND a ribbon on the door!!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Beautiful wall unit and crystal collection Cabinetman

I cannot make such a surprise to my wife because I’m working in the garage and when I work, my wife is “checking” me 10 times a day if I “work according to her design”...

Living in Poland, Swarowski (in Polish the W is pronounced as V) is everywhere and my wife is also “collecting” them but they are expensive also here.

One week??? Maybe I would finish to cut half of the wood for this project…

Regards
niki

gotta love the formen—keeping tabs on their workers, making sure that they get it right!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Niki -

You’ll have to work on it when she hits the sack. Then disguise it as something else while she’s awake. The Swarovski is expensive here too. But buying her gifts is easy. It’s all she wants. Oh, I forgot the whirlpool foot massager last year.

Debbie -

This was a Lone Ranger job. Been hoofin’ it myself for about 13 years, except for a kid helper at times. You woulda loved the bow, it was huge, about 2’ wide.

Great display case. And getting something like that made and installed without her knowing, makes it even more of an accomplishment.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Very nice display case. I don’t know why anyone would want to paint maple. I’ve got all maple kitchen cupboards, all natural and their beautiful. jockmike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Mike

It’s not painted, it a white pigmented stain that lightens the darker grain. It’s called pickeling.

The wife must have been “pickled” pink over this piece. Your comment of it being simple sounds a little self-denigrating. I think it is a nice clean modern design.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

Only a week….? It would have taken me at least five or six months. Great job. Nice add on packages witht he displays.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,