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My client has an expensive knife collection that he wanted to display and safeguard. He also has two young sons that he wanted to keep away from the knives for obvious reasons. I made him this display case from recycled beech paneling that was taken from a Cape Town house. My main challenge in this project was to devise a drawer locking system that minimized external hardware. So I used a couple of removable bamboo knitting needles that ran from the top of the display case, through the drawers, to holes that I drilled in the case bottom. The bamboo needles coupled with a top lid lock worked like a champ!
-- Arthur T., Pringle Braai Furniture, South Africa, atrfrmusa@yahoo.co.uk. A lion leaves its skin when it dies....
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CharlieM1958
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posted 85 days ago
Really eye-catching piece. Nice work.
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Derrek LeRouax
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posted 85 days ago
Wonderful work. The piece is perfect. I really like the mirror on the inside of the lid.
Did the mirror cause any weight issues that you were concerned with? Did you need specialty hinges to accomodate?
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woodworm
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posted 85 days ago
Very nice and neatly built.
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webwood
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posted 85 days ago
beautiful case – what are the dimensions?
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ratchet
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posted 85 days ago
Can you add a shot when the knives are in it?
Very nice project!
dustynewt
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posted 85 days ago
Excellent work. he must be very happy with your work.
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Scott Bryan
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posted 85 days ago
This is a nice piece. It is well constructed and would easily compliment any decor. I can easily see it being used as not only a display case for the knives but it would make a nice jewelry box as well.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
huff
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posted 85 days ago
Art, Beautiful display case. Great design and attention to detail. I really like your idea for a locking device.
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Beginningwoodworker
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posted 84 days ago
Excellent peice.
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