| Project by Sam Yerardi | posted 682 days ago | 668 views | 0 times favorited | 17 comments |  |
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Hi Everyone,
I have posted my low boy that I just finished up. I made it 3/4 scale, and made it almost exclusively with handtools. I only used a bandsaw to do the initial outline of the cabriole legs. I wanted to prove to myself I could do it. There are some things next time I will do different such as the straight legs in the back. I didn’t cabrioles in the rear because I ran out of 4×4 stock. The front legs were made from a single post that I actually scrounged from an old palatte. I tried to compy as closely as I could a low boy shown in an Albert Sacks ad in an old Magazine Antiques issue. I haven’t added the finials below the drawers yet.
-- Sam
17 comments so far
MsDebbieP
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posted 681 days ago
ya did it and ya did it well!!
you must be So proud of this. Well done
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GaryK
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posted 681 days ago
Very good job!
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CharlieM1958
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posted 681 days ago
Extremely impressive!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Grumpy
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posted 681 days ago
Great result from hand tools.
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TreeBones
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posted 681 days ago
Very impressive, you should be real proud, this is beautiful.
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Chris
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posted 681 days ago
Very, Very Nice!
-- Chris
rikkor
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posted 681 days ago
Oh man, that is nice. Good job!
Marge
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posted 681 days ago
All I can say is wow!
-- Marge, Colorado
cheller
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posted 681 days ago
Looks great. I’d agree that the cabriole legs in the back would be the icing on the very lovely cake.
-- Chelle http://artsgranddaughter.blogspot.com
gizmodyne
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posted 681 days ago
Impressive piece. Nice figure on those drawers.
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toyguy
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posted 681 days ago
“A tip of the Hat” to you sir… very nice job.
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Sam Yerardi
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posted 681 days ago
Thanks to all for the wonderful comments. Coming from you guys and the work I’ve seen you do I am truly honored!
-- Sam
Sam Yerardi
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posted 681 days ago
One other thing I forgot to mention. I made the closet doors beside the low boy in sassafras. If you’ve never worked with sassafras you’re in for a treat. Your shop will smell wonderful.
-- Sam
Betsy
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posted 681 days ago
That’s incredible. You did a very nice job. The dimensions looks perfect.
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Blake
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posted 680 days ago
You do amazing handwork. I am really impressed. It’s gorgeous.
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kineo
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posted 676 days ago
that’s incredible worki..hand work is wonderful…appreciate your detail…yes..the back legs need some work…but hey GREAT PIECE…marshall
-- marshall, murphy, north carolina
Bob A in NJ
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posted 651 days ago
Geezz, we have the same project tastes, I build one of these too. Check out my page. Nice job on this!
-- Bob A in NJ