| Project by Patrick Oughton | posted 752 days ago | 645 views | 4 times favorited | 17 comments |  |
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My daughter needed a small shelf to place some of her many ornaments on. The cabinet frame is Rimu, the internal shelves and back are ash, the stand is Maple and the outer shelf is Rimu. All up it took over about 15 hours (working at night once the kids were asleep).
All dovetails and joinery was handcut.
There are two small drawers missing from the photos which fit in the pockets (top right and bottom left). These are made of Kwila and are all hand cut dovetails as well.
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Karson
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posted 752 days ago
Very nice. Is she proud of her daddy?
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Patrick Oughton
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posted 752 days ago
She certainly is – but she told me I take far too long to make things.
Farles
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posted 752 days ago
Looks great, I love the style. A truly beautiful piece.
-- Farles from Niagara - Woodworking, like life, is a journey...enjoy the ride!
bryano
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posted 752 days ago
thats a nice looking shelf. One day she may give it to her child and say heers what Grandpa made.
-- bryano
Thos. Angle
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posted 752 days ago
You Kiwi’s sure have some strange sounding woods but they sure are pretty! As long as you have little girls theer is a never ending need for places to store and display doo-dads and thing-a-ma-jigs. They stay little girls until they are about 45 or so. As long as there’s a Daddy to build stuff.
-- Thos. Angle
DAN
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posted 752 days ago
love it ! great looking project. very well done. add a photo with the drawers installed !
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CharlieM1958
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posted 752 days ago
A beautiful design, perfectly executed!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 752 days ago
Beautiful! The overall design nicely stimulates the artistic senses. I am a fan of this piece.
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canadacooler
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posted 752 days ago
Very nice work. it’s really a different design I like that
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cajunpen
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posted 751 days ago
Well done. As Thomas said, strange names for the woods – but they are beautiful. I like it.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 751 days ago
so elegant, so simplistic, so functional, so artistic.
A treasure indeed (even if it did take too long to build) too cute.
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herbr
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posted 751 days ago
Very nice! I`m sure it will be treasured!
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TomFran
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posted 751 days ago
Very nice! A great personalized gift.
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SPalm
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Caught my eye. I like it.
Steve
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RobS
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posted 751 days ago
Very nice, seems to have an Asian influence…very unique and special, great job.
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jockmike2
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posted 751 days ago
Very nice looking shelf. Bet your Daughter loved it. I was told one time to scribble a little something on the back or bottom just for her. She’ll treasure it forever. Just because you made it for her. jockmike
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Patrick Oughton
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posted 750 days ago
Added the final photo with the drawers in place. I have actually embedded a small disk (laser cut) which says ‘from the shop of Patrick oughton’ under the bottom shelf.
thanks for all the comments.