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Project by Craig posted 881 days ago 1261 views 8 times favorited 21 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Here is a cabinet that i built to display some arrowheads that i have collected over the years. It is made of Cherry, and finished with BLO & wipe on poly.

-- Woodbutcher extraordinaire


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Dano

217 posts in 927 days


posted 881 days ago

Cool, very cool. Being an archer I am particularly appreciative.

-- Dan in Central Oklahoma, Able to turn good wood into saw dust in the blink of an eye!

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Bill

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posted 881 days ago

Very nice. I like the number of drawers and display unit on top. Some reason I think of a library catalog desk when I see it.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

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oscorner

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posted 881 days ago

Beautifully done. How long have you been a collector of arrow heads?

-- Jesus is Lord!

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mot

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posted 881 days ago

You’re showing a timeline graduation from some simple functional furniture into some show pieces. All have been very nicely built and tasteful. This is really an exceptional piece. Can you comment on it’s construction, how the drawers are guided? Any comments on the joinery and drawer construction?

Thanks!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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Napaman

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posted 881 days ago

wow…every photo/project keeps getting better…welcome to LJ’s…your work ins wonderful…I like this one the best of the series you posted this morning…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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Napaman

3488 posts in 972 days


posted 881 days ago

dont forget to go back and add “tags” for each…this way down the road when your projects “fall” off the front pages…people looking to make “bookshelves” or “buffets” or “hutch” will be able to search within the LJ website…great work!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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CharlieM1958

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posted 881 days ago

This piece is downright beautiful. Small drawers lining up so pretty ain’t easy.

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

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scottb

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posted 881 days ago

This is fantastic. Beautiful, functional, and a nice (dust free) place to show off art or in this case, artifacts. I could totally see this in my study (if I had one) I used to collect fossils, rocks and minerals – all sorts or “earth sciencey” things when I was a kid.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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Max

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posted 881 days ago

This is a very wonderful case. I like the hardware it goes well with the case. Very nice work….

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

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MsDebbieP

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posted 881 days ago

beautiful !
absolutely beautiful

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

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Kdf

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posted 881 days ago

Nice work, I’ve been granted a fine collection of arrowheads and such, collected by my father and grandfather through the years. Yours is an attractive solution for convenient storage.

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Don

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posted 881 days ago

This is an exceptional cabinet. Congratulations on the design and execution. It’s a fine example of craftsmanship at its best.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

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TreeBones

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David

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posted 880 days ago

Nice work! I am looking for something similar for my son’s Civil War relic collection.

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

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DAN

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posted 865 days ago

very clean ... great idea with glass top

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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Paul

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posted 804 days ago

Very nice. I’m glad I caught it as it came around again with the page’s rotation function. Would you post the dimensions and some more details asked for above about the drawer guides etc.? I did something similar in a table-top version. But yours is clearly a step(s) above! Wonderful!

-- Paul, Texas

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Craig

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posted 795 days ago

Thanks for all of the nice compliments. I have been collecting arrowheads for many years but not much in the last 5 years since i started woodworking. I wanted to build something to house some of my collection so i came up with this design. There was nothing like it that i found looking on the web. So i worked out the plan in my head and started building. The glass top was not originally in the plan, but as i was finishing i ran short on cherry and thought a glass top would show off the artifacts better. The drawer slides are homemade. They are 3/4” X 3/4” runners with dadoes cut in the drawer sides. I lined the drawers with felt and put dividers across the drawers to keep the arrowheads from sliding to the back everytime you open a drawer. I am at work now so i will post the deminsions later.

-- Woodbutcher extraordinaire

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DocK16

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posted 785 days ago

I missed this when originally posted but caught it today on “roll the dice” Very nice work, the fit and spacing of the drawers denotes real skill. I think I like the glass top even better.

-- DocK, WV

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ralmand

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posted 177 days ago

VERY, VERY Nice! I love the design

-- Randy, Allen Texas

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a1Jim

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posted 177 days ago

Very nice job good design and build good work

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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woodworm

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posted 18 days ago

Very nice work!

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

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