| Project by martin007 | posted 233 days ago | 845 views | 4 times favorited | 11 comments |  |
 |
Hi All
Here is a wall cabinet I made for my girlfriend to put near her sewing machine. She needed some storage for her bobbins, sewing thread , needles and other small stuff.
The birds are the rose-breasted grosbeak and the american goldfinch.
The wood is butternut and walnut. Pine was used for drawer sides. The wood used in the marquetry birds are (for what I can remember) maple, cherry, ebony, holy, bloodwood, Chakte-kok,Canarywood,yellowheart,Padauk,
The joinery and final smoothing was done with hand tools. The drawer recess for pulling the drawer were carved. The knobs were turned on the lathe. The double bevel technique was used for the marquetry cutting. The veneer for the marquetry was shop sawn to a thickness of 3/32. The birds were inserted into a butternut background 3/32. The door panel is composed of 3 layers; the front marquetry 3/32”, the back butternut panel 3/32” and a 1/8” plywood in between.
Here is some more detailed pictures
thanks for watching!
Martin
-- Martin, Gatineau, Québec
| Pin It |
11 comments so far
shipwright
home | projects | blog
3392 posts in 968 days
#1 posted 233 days ago
Very nice cabinet Martin.
The marquetry really makes it pop. The birds are so lifelike.
Great work.
-- Paul M ..............If God wanted us to have fiberglass boats he would have given us fiberglass trees. http://prmdesigns.com/
Thrain98
home | projects | blog
14 posts in 440 days
#2 posted 233 days ago
Wow, that is one fantastic cabinet! I’m sure she’ll love it!
AaronK
home | projects | blog
1365 posts in 1634 days
#3 posted 233 days ago
that’s great! i love the continuous faces of the drawers and the drawer pulls. very clean. At first I thought you did the drawer pulls with a forstner bit cutting at an angle.
what are the approximate overall dimensions?
clieb91
home | projects | blog
2675 posts in 2105 days
#4 posted 233 days ago
Nicely done.
CtL
-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."
Gshepherd
home | projects | blog
1363 posts in 371 days
#5 posted 233 days ago
Beautiful Cabinet, My mom would love something like this,,,,,Hint ,Hint, Oh too late Mom wants one now thanks for the great idea…...X-Mas…..
-- What we do in life will Echo through Eternity........
HillbillyShooter
home | projects | blog
1363 posts in 462 days
#6 posted 233 days ago
Great job, really nice marquetry.
-- John C. -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth." George Washington
Edward E Nock II
home | projects | blog
84 posts in 2314 days
#7 posted 233 days ago
Very well done. I likew the birds, dovetail carcase, drawer pulls. excellant!!!!!!!!!!
-- ED NOCK
Fishinbo
home | projects | blog
4278 posts in 346 days
#8 posted 233 days ago
Of absolute beauty.
vakman
home | projects | blog
299 posts in 573 days
#9 posted 233 days ago
Stunning piece, those dovetails look about as perfect as one could expect from a craftsman. Thanks for sharing.
-- - Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true. -
cavemancarpenter
home | projects | blog
41 posts in 1882 days
#10 posted 233 days ago
Great job!
-- SATISFACTION = a large pile of sawdust and a great finish when the job is done
Bmwood
home | projects | blog
11 posts in 266 days
#11 posted 233 days ago
Nice work. I love the beautiful birds.
Have your say...