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Spalted Pecan 4 Drawer Dresser

Project by SawDustnSplinters posted 677 days ago 1334 views 4 times favorited 21 comments Add to Favorites Watch

This is my first piece of a current project to design a complete bedroom set of Spalted Pecan, after researching traditional dresser construction I decided I wanted the face frame components to be thicker and used 2” wide face frame components. Also I decided to make the sides of solid Pecan, this makes the whole peice very sturdy and solid. I left the natural edge to the font of the dresser top to give it a rustic look. I finished it with Tung Oil so it would not amber the natural color.

-- Frank, Little River/Academy, Texas , http://www.allthingsrustix.com


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CedarFreakCarl

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posted 677 days ago

Beautiful! I really like the style….......

-- Carl Rast, Pelion, SC

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mrtrim

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posted 677 days ago

looks good sawdust

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gene

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posted 677 days ago

Very nice chest. Nice clean lines. beautiful wood.
God bless

-- Gene, a Christian in Virginia

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Max

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posted 677 days ago

Very nice. Beautiful wood, nice grain.

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

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CharlieM1958

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posted 677 days ago

Great design for using the spalted lumber!

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

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YorkshireStewart

781 posts in 797 days


posted 677 days ago

Exactly what I like – natural edges & wood with a story to tell. That top especially looks amazing. Beautiful!

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business. http://www.folksy.com/shops/TreeGems

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GaryK

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posted 677 days ago

Pretty nice!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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leonmcd

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posted 677 days ago

I like it a lot. Beautiful wood and nice clean design. Excellent job!

-- Leon -- Houston, TX - " I create all my own designs and it looks like it "

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RobS

1243 posts in 1202 days


posted 677 days ago

Nice Work..

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

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hap

230 posts in 685 days


posted 677 days ago

excellent job.

-- hap, gunbarrel city tx.

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Blake

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posted 677 days ago

Pecan is one of my favorite woods. Beautiful job of letting the wood do the talking.

-- Check out my new website! http://www.blakeweberwoodworking.com

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Scott Bryan

20716 posts in 718 days


posted 677 days ago

thanks for sharing. I haven’t seen any pecan furniture before and really like the looks of the wood. I think you did an excellent job on the piece.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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Chris

1469 posts in 887 days


posted 677 days ago

Very nice work…. It’s the first time I have seen Pecan furniture as well. I like all of the color and grain pattern changes; it makes for a very interesting piece of furniture.

-- Chris

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TomK

504 posts in 771 days


posted 677 days ago

Very nice looking piece!

-- If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free! PJ O'Rourke

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rikkor

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posted 677 days ago

Boy, talk about some great grain patterns.

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miles125

1425 posts in 902 days


posted 677 days ago

Great looking dresser. Is this some wood you cut and dried yourself?

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

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SawDustnSplinters

219 posts in 677 days


posted 676 days ago

Thanx for the kind words everyone. Yes Miles this is pecan I cut myself. It is best to cut the slabs no less then 1.5 inches as all pecan and hickories will cup and curl alot in the drying process so you want to have plenty of thickness for planing. Kiln drying is best and will give you workable stock sooner but you can air dry for about a year. In order to get the spalting you have to let the log set for about a year and then cut it at the right time. Most all woods will spalt, Maple, Sycamore, White Oak, Pecan, etc… but some woods better then others. The spalting is a process of decomposition where opposing colonies of microbes draw their boundaries so to speak in the fine black lines that look similar to a china ink drawing. Some of the patterns are quite interesting and sometimes look like an artist actually drew the lines.

-- Frank, Little River/Academy, Texas , http://www.allthingsrustix.com

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Dana

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posted 664 days ago

Absolutely beautiful. This would go great in a cabin also :)
Not to change the subject I was at sawmill a couple of weeks and they had small slices of cypress wood,...a big stack of them,....I asked the owner if they were for sale he told me no they were going to a customer that had ordered them to put down as flooring in a 2 million dollar log home. WoW was my response,....but I bet it will be beautiful when it is completed. Just thought I would share. It sure was a great idea.

-- Dana,Texas

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Beginningwoodworker

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posted 555 days ago

Thats a nice dresser.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

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runngt

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posted 555 days ago

Now that is my style! Looks great! Also answered my next question “what is spalted”. great post!

runngt

-- It seem's I just make scrap wood and saw dust most of the time !

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darryl

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posted 555 days ago

what a wild look in that spalted pecan. that wood looks gorgeous!

-- www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.darrylmasterson.etsy.com

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