Wenge Sideboard

what’s the problem with Wenge?

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Ditto my comments on tha armoire.

By the way, it looks like you could use a few more clamps. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Looks beatiful though. Very nice contrasts

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Well, several problems with wenge. Its very heavy and dense. Its tough on the tools. It produces a dust that actually hurts when it hits your skin. Makes you realize how far your tablesaw kicks those particles. It will give you hundreds of splinters of all sizes. From ones that hurt like hell to ones that you dont even realize are there. And finally, the dust is more like dirt than dust. You will come in the house looking like you’ve been diggin’ ditches all day. Other than that, its an absolute blast! ;)

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Nice compliment to the amoire. Again not my style but I do appreciate the work & detail. Noice job!

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It’s just like a vault

-- Frank Boer, Holland

A great addition. Is all of the rest of the furniture in their house The stainless steel variety.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Frank nailed it, lol. It actually does look like some kind of vault! That’s funny.

From what I understand, the client has lots of unique furniture items and this one just adds to the collection. I doubt they have a lot of stainless steel furniture though.

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My word – there’s more! Nice to see some of your recent projects on LJ!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Ok. I did like the armoire, although my first thought was a refrigerator… this looks like gym lockers to me and not as appealing.
but the workmanship is wonderful and if the client loves it then it is perfect

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Nice complement to the armoire.

3 photos – Yeah!

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

Marc, I think I gotta go see the armoire. This is defintely unique. Not my style but very well done, indeed.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

for some reason i actually like the style. it came out great too. and i didn’t know that information about Wenge. i guess you learn something new every day.