A spice chest

Fantastic piece! I would love to see more pictures of it?

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

Amazing work!

More photos, heck ….. I’d really love to see it in person. :-)

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

That’s incredible detail and craftmanship. Welcome to Lumberjocks!

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

Chuck

You are more than a furniture maker. Thank you – MORE PHOTOS & DETAILS and more power to your elbow . . .

-- TartanJock

Dang. Absolutely awsome. How big is this? Could put something next to it for the next pictures? Maybe some spice bottles ?

-- Hutch - North Dallas, Tx - Safety First

Incredible. Please post more pics.

-- Brian (Woodworking n00b)

Chuck,
This is just exceptional work! Just excellent. I definitely prefer the the carved apron over the plain one on the desk. The plain apron seems to need something. You are a true craftsman, my friend.

-- Thos. Angle

This is simply gorgeous. I certainly wasn’t expecting this when I opened it. I agree with the others about the pictures. You can post pictures in three slots. Use them all to showcase your piece from different angles and by all means open the drawers as well.

I can honestly say this is the nicest spice cabinet I have seen.

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

Hi Chuck

The piece is simply exguisite! You are a true craftsman of your craft. Your are truely Blessed to have talent like this. Thank you for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Holy cow! This is sooo nice. Please post bigger pictures, I am not quite sure I drooled over every detail.

Excellent work Chuck.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

What is the size of the combined upper drawer faces behind the doors? That is one heck of a crotch piece.

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

great work and welcome to lumberjocks

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Ok, ok, I’ll relent. I’m trying to dig up more photos of the piece but I have to sort through hundreds of them on the computer. As soon as I dig up more pics, I’ll post them. I should have a scroll board close-up as well as one with the doors closed. Wish I could post more but…

To answer a few of the requests, the piece is about 46” tall to the top of the center catouche. Seeing one of them in person is probably not possible as the piece is long beyond my posession. Unlike most of you, I don’t end up keeping the bulk of the pieces I make. I do have a house full of things I’ve made but that took many years to accumulate. You are welcome to come take one of my classes on how to make spice chests and begin the journey for yourself but I’m not here to promote my school. I’ll keep posting projects. Just let me know when it’s time to quit.

Yeah, that’s a big crotch. If I remember my measurements correctly, it’s clost to 20” wide. I’ve built a few of these spice chest and each one was a blast. For the record, I hand cut all my dovetails, including the ones on the drawers. The carving is all done by hand but I do use some power tools to make the bulk of the gooseneck moldings.

-- Chuck Bender, period furniture maker, www.acanthus.com

That is a very interesting height. Great piece.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Chuck,

You are truly an inspiration to a wood butcher like myself. This is also the style of work I like to do when I can.

I also don’t have much in my house that I have made except for the house itself. Most all of it has found a home somewhere else.

Thanks for posting it.

-- God makes the wood beautiful--I simply rearrange it to make it more useful, hopefully.

Just beautiful, there are no other words. The best work I’ve seen here in a long time. mike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

I ain’t sayin’ nothin’ till you put MORE pictures up. So there… beautiful… but not another word… gorgeous…

always,
J.C.
aka The Incredible Mumbling Man

-- "Imagination is more important than knowledge" -- Albert Einstein

One of my favorites…A Spectacular piece!

-- Joni Hamari, Cave Creek, Az www.CustomSculpture.com

wow this is an amazing piece. i love the top detail a lot! it is so detailed! thanks for the post.

incredible piece. Nice work

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

Another special diminutive chest. I love miniatures!! The fact that so much attention goes into a small piece, as does a Highboy, in my opinion makes this a special piece. That, and that the Master Furniture maker is Chuck Bender!! I love it!! Chuck, I don’t know how you can work so hard on something like this, and let it go. That would be the hardest thing for me about this project! I wonder how long it took your customer to finally touch it, after the awe of the beauty finally sank in?

-- Matt, Houston Texas

Chuck: I guess I never went looking for your projects. This is another example of your great work.

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

Very nice peice, Chuck.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker