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I’m sure the word ‘oak’ would suffice, but I like the word ‘oaken’ even if it is archaic. Anyway, this is another piece made from the old school laboratory benches; the framework that is, not the panels. They’re bookmatched burr / burl oak that tested my bandsaw to the limit but I felt the result was worth the smoke.
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CharlieM1958
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#1 posted 2036 days ago
Another wonderful job with that reclaimed wood, Stewart!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
MsDebbieP
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#2 posted 2036 days ago
very “old world” looking.
This would look lovely in my home ;)
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cajunpen
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#3 posted 2036 days ago
Very well done Stewart – even if it is oaken :-)). I really like the hinges – are they custom fitted? Beautiful chest and finish.
-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/
coloradoclimber
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#4 posted 2036 days ago
Stewart,
That is really nice. On a piece that large, to get full book matched front panels, that is not something you see very often. And the panels are particularly nice, lots of figure, really eye catching. Something that nice seems worth the cost of a blade an a little smoke.
YorkshireStewart
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#5 posted 2036 days ago
Thanks folks. This one is now brimming over with my wife’s knitting yarns! The hinges, Bill, were cheap (and fairly nasty) DIY steel hinges that I altered with files to look as if they were blacksmith made. Our last local blacksmith closed down two or three years ago. They’re known as penny or halfpenny hinges depending on the size of the circular bit on the end. I then beat them with a ball pein hammer, attacked them with a blowlamp and dropped them in old sump oil (Don’t do this indoors children!). Good grief. the things we do for our art!!
-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business. http://www.folksy.com/shops/TreeGems
WayneC
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#6 posted 2036 days ago
Wonderful chest. Great use of the burl.
-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov
Karson
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#7 posted 2036 days ago
Stewart The bandsawing went great the veneered panels are really great. What are the dimensions of the panels?
-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
TomFran
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#8 posted 2036 days ago
This is a beautiful piece, Stewart! Wow!
-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28
Chip
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#9 posted 2036 days ago
Like all of your work Stewart, this is well executed and beautiful. Thanks so much for showing it.
-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt!
dennis mitchell
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#10 posted 2036 days ago
I love those panels!
brad
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#11 posted 2036 days ago
As the young people say “VERY COOL” Stewart
LuLu would say its beautiful
And i sat. it’s a piece of craftsmanship
Well done
-- Brad,--"The way to eat an eliphant is one bite at a time"
Damian Penney
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#12 posted 2036 days ago
Very nice indeed, those panels look amazing.
-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso
PanamaJack
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#13 posted 2036 days ago
100% Beautiful workmanship, thanks so much for showing and sharing with us.
-- Carpe Lignum; Tornare Lignum (Seize the wood, to Turn the wood)
Dorje
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#14 posted 2036 days ago
I’m with the rest here – great piece! I’d also be interested in the panel dimensions…
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA
snowdog
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#15 posted 2036 days ago
“attacked them with a blowlamp and dropped them in old sump oil”
I had to look that one up:
Blowlamp or Blow torch is a common name for a simple heating torch,
-- "so much to learn and so little time"..
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