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First Commission.
Three, cherry eyeglass display cases. Two with piano wire to hold the eyeglass frames, one with rails and dowels.
The piano wire cases were tough. The mirror is from a plan in one of the mags. Everything in 3/4 cherry, cherry stain, three coats of poly.
The piano wire cases were tough. They are actually two cases. Outer and inner. Then inner cases, which houses the wire, have steel rods embedded into the sides to hold tension on the wire, and prevent the sides from bowing.
Lights complete the cases.
It took me a year, taking off during the hot summer, working on the occasional night, and weekend.
-- Integrity is who we are when no one else is watching.
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woody57
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#1 posted 895 days ago
wow
beautiful cases
how did you get tension on the wire like that?
-- Emmett, from Georgia
MayflowerDescendant
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#2 posted 895 days ago
Great job! Nice cherry wood. Finish is awesome. Love the mirror – very classy. Thanks for sharing.
-- Glen - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
TheGravedigger
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#3 posted 895 days ago
The wire cases really show the glasses off well. Tensioned wire is always tricky. It puts far more stress on the wood than most people imagine. Nice solution.
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mafe
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#4 posted 895 days ago
Very nice.
I like them.
Best thoughts,
Mads
-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.
a1Jim
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#5 posted 895 days ago
Unique project really good job.
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Pawky
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#6 posted 895 days ago
Wow, those tension wire cases look like they would have taken a fair amount of time to figure out. Well done on accomplishing that. Thank you for sharing how you did it.
Skylark53
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#7 posted 895 days ago
Great job Very good attention to details.
-- Rick, Tennessee, John 3:16
yooper
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#8 posted 894 days ago
Nice work. I really like the mirror.
-- Jeff, CT - better late then never
woodsmith1
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#9 posted 889 days ago
They look great! I’ve got to make one for home now. :)
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#10 posted 889 days ago
Well, you have a right to be proud of these because you did a wonderful job on them.
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