2x4 Cabinet

Very impressive, creative piece. Guess the skill and talent doesn’t go away after a 15 year lay off, eh?

-- Rob, Maine

Nice piece
This contest is really bringing out some awesome designs.

-- Illegitimis nil carborundum - Don't let the bastards grind you down http://woodworkingtipsfrompop.com

You certainly succeeded on going as big as possible. Nice design, way to stretch out that stud!

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

That’s great, Steve!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Like I have said before I will never look at a 2×4 in the same vein ever again. It is simply amazing what is lying beneath the surface of common construction lumber. I love the elegance and design of your piece. Holding the legs out from the cabinet and using dovetails was highly imaginative.

But leaving the tools sitting idle for 15 years? I am surprised that the tools even worked anymore. We need to find a way to get you some more shop time. Hopefully this project has rekindled the woodworking fire.

Thanks for sharing.

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

Great job . . . another wonderful entry!

-- Paul, Texas

And to think that was a 2X4. I will be very interested in seeing who wins. From what I have seen made from a 2X4 in the last few weeks, I think your all winners! Awesome job.
Nice dovetail work, and the knots in the wood add just the right look.

-- Can't never could do anything, to try is to advance.

Nice work – imagine this from a 2X4

-- Marge, Colorado

Steve,

I was watching your blog and wondering how the project would look like when done. I really like the design you came up with (a little Chinese influence for the shape of the legs, if I’m not mistaken).

Alin

-- -- Alin Dobra, Gainesville, Florida

I looked at a 2×4 today,,,,funny I didn’t see that in there. Nice work, perfect design!

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

Thanks everyone for the kind words. I have been building some things over the last years, but just not anything that required jointing or planing. I like this a lot, and I just became an empty nester, so I hope to continue it.

Alan, I like to think some Oriental influence too. Thanks for noticing. I recently have fallen in love with Thos Moser’s American Bungalow collection and hope to replicate a piece or two in the near future. Arts and Crafts with an Oriental influence.

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Not bad for a rusty old woodworker. <g>

Fantastic job, Steve. I just don’t think HD sells those kind of 2×4’s down here in my neck of the woods.

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

Extremely inovative, I love the joinery.

-- DocK, WV

Charlie, That’s why I bought it at Lowes :)

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Nice work steve…the dovetails look great and I love the design.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Damn fine piece of work, Steve. Very shapely and oriental. Way more than any 2×4 would deserve, even a Lowe’s board. My hat is off to you.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

I’m going to Lowes first thing in the morning to get me a couple of those Furniture 2×4s. Who would have known that they held such beauty.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Steve: A great job. Nice Krenov chest. A real beauty. Congratulations on finishing.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Beautiful design! A lot of thought must have gone in to planning it out to fit the 2×4. Well done.

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

Very, very impressive.

Very nice cabinet and from a 2×4 no less. Good work. I like the way the legs attach and the dovetail joinery. Both add just enough flair to a clean design.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

Goal achieved.
challenge met
project outstanding!!
can’t get any better than that.

It’s gorgeous. Love those legs

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

oh yea , i love this piece ! great design , nice work steve

Your cabinet is a work of art Steve. We like it a lot. (Mrs YS is taking as much interest in this competition as I am).. Good move to turn the possible door into a shelf. It works well.

A million miles away from a hunk of construction timber!

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

Thanks everyone. It was a blast. I was jealous of other peoples 2×4s without any knots, but in the end, they look alright.

Stewart: My Mrs also has also kept a keen interest. It is fun to work together. And agreed, the shelf works.

Karson: Did you notice the toaster tong in pic #1? You inspired it. I cut it with my CNC from solid cherry.

Also in that picture is a sliding dovetailed box.

The pottery was done by a good friend of ours. It shows well.

Steve

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Awsome design!

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Hay! Steve
A great looking job.
God bless

-- Gene, a Christian in Virginia

Good work, Steve.

-- Thos. Angle

I really like the dovetails and how they attach the legs.

Good job steve

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

Very nice. The proportions are wonderful.

-- Chelle http://artsgranddaughter.blogspot.com

great job Steve. very creative design. Love the oriental look.

-- I've cut that board three times and it's still too short!

Well again, thanks everyone for the nice comments.

Woodjack, I do plan on making some pieces using some of the concepts I played with on this. But not repeat this exact design. I really like the concept of holding the legs away from the cabinet, to give it an airy look. I hope to find some time this spring to really get going. But time is so hard to find.

And thanks everyone for voting for this in the 2×4 contest. I won the largest number of 5th place votes! Yea!

Steve

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Gee, around every corner I learn something new on Lumberjocks. I once built a table out of 2 X 4’s to use as a TV stand wen I got out of college. My friends laughed at me and we often joked about it. But now that I have been here and seen some of the things you guys are making out of pPINE, I realize its just another type of wood. Nice design.

Hi Steve;

This is great!

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

I was walking through some of the old projects and found this one. I missed it when it was posted. Great design and use of a 2×4, and just wanted to tell you so.

M

-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com

this is a fantastic piece that just came up on the dice roll here …Great job to say the least …I’ll never look at a 2×4 the same way again . thank you

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

SPalm: I also like the seperate look as if the main box is suspended in mid air. There are many ways to adapt this concept another is to have long legs and suspend from the top instead of underneath. You get an “A” for design and an “A” for construction details.

-- another tip from cooperedpatterns