| Project by PGreene | posted 1187 days ago | 1341 views | 14 times favorited | 11 comments |  |
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I made this roughly from a design of an antique my mother has had for years. Hers is pine with rabbeted corners, so I wanted to dress that up. The sides are cherry with a 12 degree angle, mitered at the corners. I added brass pins at the corners for strength. The bottom is leopardwood on the upper side and cherry on the bottom. I did this by resawing 1/8” veneers of each and bookmatching then laminating them into a 1/4” pannel. The finish is 6 coats of wiping varnish and 2 coats of wax.
-- Patrick
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woodworm
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#1 posted 1187 days ago
This is cool design.
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WistysWoodWorkingWonders
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#2 posted 1187 days ago
great simple design with good contrast…
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FlWoodRat
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#3 posted 1187 days ago
Simple yet elequent. Nicely Done PG! Now, where are the Tea and Crumpets?
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#4 posted 1187 days ago
Very nice!
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#5 posted 1187 days ago
Superb, awesome good one
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#6 posted 1187 days ago
Great job & nice wood choices.
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#7 posted 1187 days ago
Excellent! This is the kind of woodworking I really like – clean, simple with excellent workmanship.
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RS Woodworks
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#8 posted 1187 days ago
Looks good. A tray like that is on my to do list.
Are you sure thats leopardwood? It sure doesn’t look like it.
Ryan
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PGreene
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#9 posted 1186 days ago
It is leopardwood. The ray flecks are pretty small, but run in nice, neat lines.
-- Patrick
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#10 posted 1186 days ago
That’s nice, I’d like to make something like that someday.
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remy97
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#11 posted 1186 days ago
what varnish did you use? it looks great!
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