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This is a labor of love for my wife. She is an avid watch collector. I had previously designed and built a watch case for her that ended up selling at the gallery where my work is shown.
This piece is constructed of Peruvian Walnut and American Cherry. The body of the case is joined with hand-cut dovetails. The coopered door is attached with wooden hinges. The door is completed with a hand-carved handle made from cherry. All interior shelves and supports utilize sliding dovetail joinery. The four upper compartments house nubuck leather watch pillows (2 in each cubby) that alow for storage of up to eight watches.
The drawer is also constructed with hand-cut dovetails (boy, those were sure small pins and tails)!! The drawer has a lift-out tray and reveals a lower storage compartment. Both the drawer bottom and lift-out tray are lined with the same nubuck leather.
The hinges were constructed utilizing the Incra hinge-crafter. This was my first run at making hinges. They are constructed of cherry with brass pins.
The piece was finished with BLO and seven coats of sprayed clear shellac.
Logic would say, the smaller the piece the quicker you can build it, but this did not hold true for this project. This ended up taking 47 hours to complete.
Looking forward to your comments and feedback!!
-- Terry
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dennis mitchell
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posted 575 days ago
Nice job. Walnut and cherry are always a nice combination. What type of finish is BLO?... no let me guess boiled linseed oil? Is preuvian walnut naturaly that much darker?
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Terdy
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posted 575 days ago
Thanks for the comments. You guessed it, BLO. Peruvian Walnut is typically much darker than black walnut and much more fragile…..blows out very easily. It added a whole new dimension to the hand-cut dovetails….Looks like we are neighbors as I am also from Idaho, the other end though – 10 miles from the Canadian border. Thanks again!!!
-- Terry
scottb
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posted 575 days ago
Very nice. I like the wide spacing on the dovetails on the drawers.
With your wife being an avid watch collector, does that mean you’ll have to make her more of these?
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bud
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posted 574 days ago
Very fine work, nicely done,
Don
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posted 574 days ago
Terry, this is a most unusual piece. I like it a lot. With those puffy pillows, it’s sort of a bed for jewelry. The contrast between the light and dark wood and the leather pillows works real well. Nice work!
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MsDebbieP
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posted 574 days ago
This is beautiful—I love the leaf!!
some day I’ll have a display for the watches that own. Don’t think that it will match this though!!! Well done
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bradygaster
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posted 467 days ago
I’ve been trying to think of a way to do something similar for my father-in-law. Did you just use tiny leather pillows for the “holders?”
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oscorner
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posted 466 days ago
I really like the colors of the two woods and the leaf on the door for a knob. Great finish, too.
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PanamaJack
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posted 465 days ago
This is very cool. Nice dovetails. Beautiful combo of woods on this project.
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mot
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posted 304 days ago
I’m just cruising through your projects, Terry. This is a really nice box!
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trifern
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posted 60 days ago
Beautiful piece of furniture.
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