Bonnet Top - Walnut Highboy

Looking GREAT Bob!! You did a great job on the finish, I love the color!!

-- Matt, Houston Texas

Hey Bob
Like it? how could you not . fantastic wonderful beautiful well done spectacular. wow this is a great build diffently a winner.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

wow …this is awesome
...
been wondering what you have been up to !
..
don’t stay away so long next time

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

Bob: Great project. Nice job. Truly a step up from the blanket chests.

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

Outstanding job, Bob!

I don’t think I’ve reached the necessary level of patience to take on something like that. Congratulations for getting through it with a great result to show for your efforts.

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

Bob A in NJ,
Bob are you back already? Man I wouldn’t be back ‘till next year sometime if I had started that project in January. I think you did fantastic with all you were able to accomplish in that time. The Highboy is simply beautiful. Congratulations on such a successful project. I know there has to be a lot of satisfaction now that it is complete. Your patience and determination show themselves mightly with this completed project.

Sincerely,
Ken McGinnis

-- woodbutcher north carolina

Very nice work. I actually like the carving more then the typically shell. Nice job

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

Bob

Great job. I appreciated seeing progress along the way and that you like me feel that turning isn’y everything in woodworking. I’ll still need your encouragement to attempt this, but it is something that I need to do.

Jerry

-- Jerry in Central NJ

Five stars *

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

WOW++!! Nice workmanship. You make it sound like there is nothing to it :-)) Do you have an idea of your cost to build it? What are you going to do with it?

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

And I thought the lowboy was a great job. Another bit of excellent work. The ankles are better a bit beefier. It definitely works with the mass of the highboy. Great work!

-- Chuck Bender, period furniture maker, www.acanthus.com

Topamax. My wife and I are still deciding what to do with it. I want it in the bedroom, she wants it in our dining room. Hopefully it will stay in the familly for the next several generations. As for cost, I wasn’t keeping track but here’s my best guess. Wood, $700, hardware $200, finishing materials $100.

-- Bob A in NJ

If I were a part of your family, those pieces would definitely stay!

that turned out wonderfully. you are a fast worker to turn out 2 projects in so little time. I have far more hours invested in a simple crib I built.

Hi Bob;

Fantastic work!!!!

You made pretty good time building these. I know projects always seems to be taking forever, but that shows in the outcome.

I agree fully about the masters of the 18th century, being incredible craftsmen, especially when you consider the conditions they worked under.

You sure did an excellent job on this. I agree with your wife, why hide these in the bedroom.

Hope to see you soon;

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Thanks, I thought it was probably in that range :-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Impressive project. I am taking a class in Philadelphia next September at: http://www.pfwcourses.com/view/show/1181.html for the claw foot, maybe we can do it together.

-- Zipsss

Very impressive !!!

-- Don S.E. OK

Totally beautiful cannot be bettered kindest regards Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Great job Bob, looks like your giving Norm a run on his money.

-- Marty Ohio

Bob what a great project, I just love 18th century furniture and you did a wonderful job. That is going to be my next project.

-- Billp

I’ll bet that you are glad to get them out of the shop, huh? Casework has a habit of taking a lot longer than you planned, and I always feel like it’s staring at me.

Great job. Have you brought it in the house already?

-- Steven

Looks great!

Hi Bob,

WOW, you did a great job. Did you feel like you went back in time when you were making this piece? Your craftsmanship looks top notch.

-- Dennis Zongker

Outstanding, Bob. The device you have carved on the front is very similar to the Basque symbol.

-- Thos. Angle

Hi Bob,

They are great to say the least. And, thanks for all the insights.

Have a great day,

PS When is the next picnic?

-- Bob Lance, DE

Greetings Bob,

I’m getting on to this a bit late but can appreciate the dedication and effort that went into this piece. I completed a chest on chest that took a significant portion of my life! A lot of it was self inflicted as I hand dovretailed all of the drawers. About 25% of the way through that Leigh jig was all of a sudden worth every cent I should have paid for it! Great project, well done.

-- Don, Pittsburgh

Hi Bob,

First of all, congratulations on a wonderful piece of craftmanship. It looks beautiful and you executed it so well. I remember watching Norm on the New Yankee Workshop saying that on the next episode he would be making a Queen Anne highboy. I was so excited to see how he crafted the cabriole legs. I had made a set of them years ago and was curious to see how he went about it. Imagine my disappointment when at the start of the episode he tells the viewers he bought the legs. Anyway, both you and another LJer who made this project comment that either the plans, the video or both address MAKING the cabriole legs. Is that correct? I plan to make both a highboy and lowboy some day and it will be nice to have viewed or read up on the legs. Thanks.

-- And on the eighth day God was back in His woodworking shop!