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Amy is my younger daughter. As the younger she was first to ask for, and receive furniture from her Daddy. As a result there is less refinement in the first two pieces I made for her than in my current work: these were designed around special requirements. they needed to serve as side tables, toy storage, DVD/CD storage, remote control storage, etc., etc. The cherry came from a “find” at a local lumber yard: very old and weathered boards stored for who knows how long outside. But they did have character.
The coffee table is more refined: the top consists of a pattern of cut offs that fit like a puzzle. Each species of cut off came from an earlier project, so there is a story in that table’s top. Do I remember the story? Not likely, but I can probably make one up.
The dark piece is a wine cabinet that features walnut from Amy’s grandfather’s farm, and pecan from a tree at her house that came down during Isabel. It holds 2 cases of wine and a dozen stemmed glasses.
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a1Jim
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#1 posted 1488 days ago
Amy’s Dad does good work .
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#2 posted 1488 days ago
Very great project nicely done!
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#3 posted 1486 days ago
croquetman,
These are some very nice pieces also. I see that you were creating “faux drawers” in the cabinets and coffee table I believe, which carried a common theme from one piece to another, neat. Tell me are the legs on the coffee table two pieces or are they actually one piece fitting in a mortised bottom shelf? I’d be interested in hearing the made up story behind the top on the coffee table-LOL. Congratulations again on some very fine work. Amy, must be extremely proud of Daddy and his work. Take care!
Sincerely,
Ken McGinnis
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#4 posted 1486 days ago
Ken -
They are not faux drawers; as a matter of fact as the walnut has faded and the cherry has darkened. Today the drawer fronts look as if they belong. For a while I was into mixing wood. I’ve grown out of that.
The legs are one piece. However you are very observant to note that the mortising near the bottom is a little different. The lower shelf was made to fit inside the legs. Horizontal breadboards, so to speak, were then mortised into the leg and shelf to hold the whole shebang together. So the bottom is breadboard ends with breadboard sides mortised into the visible side of the leg. I wasn’t sure how this would hold up over time (the screw is testimony to my uncertainty), but after three kids climbing all over and through it for 9 years, I think the design worked.
The top was a surprise. The pieces were chosen so that no two similar woods touched (was this a 4 color map problem solved!). Once I was happy with the fit, everything was glued down. The top is 1/2” pieces glued onto 1/2” birch plywood. This panel is then inserted into the cherry frame to make the top. It was more fun than work, actually.
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