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The main components of the jewelry cabinet are made from the last few pieces of air dried black walnut from a tree that was cut down in 1976. The doors are made from a piece of cherry left over from a previous project. I used the resawing method with my new MiniMax MM16 bandsaw to obtain the matching cherry doors.
http://www.cs.rit.edu/~rsg/JewelryCabinetCloseUp.jpg
The six drawers are made of black walnut with half blind dovetails and cherry pulls.
The secret compartment was made by keeping the drawers 2 inches shorter than the depth of the cabinet. The top of the cabinet is divided into two sections. The first section is glued to the cabinet and the last section is removable to gain access to the secret compartment. The joint between the fixed cabinet top and the removable section is disguised by jointing two cherry strips in the black walnut top. The secret compartment contains a box with a sliding top.
http://www.cs.rit.edu/~rsg/JewelryCabinetSecret1.jpg
http://www.cs.rit.edu/~rsg/JewelryCabinetSecret2.jpg
http://www.cs.rit.edu/~rsg/JewelryCabinetSecret3.jpg
http://www.cs.rit.edu/~rsg/JewelryCabinetSecret4.jpg
-- Roger Gaborski, http://www.gaborski.com
































19 comments so far
ryno
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posted 294 days ago
really creative. this is a true contender for the competitions. very nice job
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BarryW
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posted 294 days ago
yes, unique and exciting…the knot “handles” are spectacular…
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Roger Gaborski
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posted 294 days ago
Thanks. The cherry wood would have ended up in the fireplace if it wasn’t for the contest!
Roger
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motthunter
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posted 294 days ago
great knot use! looks great
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CharlieM1958
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posted 294 days ago
Very nice!
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mtnwild
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posted 294 days ago
Some good design ideas here. The knot handles are a terrific idea, and great secret compartment. Nice project.
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lew
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posted 294 days ago
Fantastic use of the knots!
Good Luck in the contest.
Lew
4hisglory
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posted 294 days ago
very creative. great looking chest
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Betsy
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posted 294 days ago
Wow – that’s amazing. I really like the box – it looks great.
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SCOTSMAN
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posted 294 days ago
Wow that’s anice cabinet well done Now I know where your dough’s hidden I’ll be over in half an hour.LOL that’s serious tool money Alistair
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tinnman65
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posted 294 days ago
Wow nice work!! I can almost see what I think is some crotch material for the sides or just some really cool grain.
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woodbutcher
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posted 294 days ago
Roger Gaborski,
mtnwild, said exactly what I was thinking at first glance-great design ideas here. That left hand side of walnut is a knock out piece of figured wood. Congratulations on an excellent project.
Sincerely,
Ken McGinnis
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savannah505
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posted 294 days ago
Pretty cool piece, Now to start stashing 100’s back there.
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woodworm
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This is so clever!
An example of the ability to turn threat into opportunity accordingly – S.W.O.T matrix.
Great work Roger.
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TroutGuy
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posted 290 days ago
Very cool!
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dustygirl
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posted 286 days ago
Congratulations on your win Roger.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 286 days ago
Congrats on your Awards Honours! :) :)
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GaryK
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posted 286 days ago
Congratulations!
Sorry I have not commented until now, but that is one great project.
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Tony Friendly
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Impressive!
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