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My husband has been expanding his tea bag collection and has almost overtaken my spice cabinet. Well, I had to do something about that! So I made him a cabinet to keep his tea bags in. The cabinet is meant to hang on a shaker pegboard. It is made out of recycled curly maple. The hangers are cherry and the turned knobs are cherry.

It was a good way to practice hand cutting dovetails. There are 96 of them.

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WOW! That's awesome! And obviously LOVE at work-not only for hubby, but love for hand tools! Ya done good!

Thanks for sharing!
 

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Marsha,

What a wonderfully detailed tea cabinet! The recycled maple is gorgeous and the workmanship is perfect . . . and to think the dovetails are hand-cut. Everything about the cabinet is top-notch. Thanks for sharing.

L/W
 

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So many dovetails - look beautiful.
 

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way, way cool - not only the curly maple but the dovetails are awesome.
 

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Marsha,
Absolutely beautiful cabinet. Love the hand cut dovetails.
 

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Nice work, very clean.
 

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Stunning, dovetails are beautiful! really nice!
 

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Nice! Recycled curly maple….recycled from what? I'm curious…..
 

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Thanks to everyone for their kind comments.
Nice! Recycled curly maple….recycled from what? I m curious…..

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A childhood home of a friend was being torn down. She knew the wood work was curly maple and invited several that were interested to come help deconstruct and take the wood. I only took a few pieces. Most went to her brother which, was only right. I was very happy with what I got! My little 2 knife lunchbox planer did NOT like curly maple and tried to eat it up. I ended up resawing to 1/2 thickness, hence a small cabinet.
 

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That curly maple is stunning, and the craftsmanship is superb. Wish I had some curly maple in my inventory, but it would be impossible to find in Texas.

96 hand-cut dovetails would probably put me in a mental hospital.

Thanks for sharing!
 
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