Wall-hung cabinet with coopered door

good looking posting. sweet details

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What a beautiful piece. You should be very proud of it. I have never worked with cypress and am wondering how it compares to other woods? Let me know your thoughts if you have some time. As I said on another post – a Krenov style cabinet is definitely on my list. Great job!

-- Joe, Indiana, http://www.crookedshack.com

This is a gorgeous cabinet. I really the design and execution. Building it largely with hand tools is a compliment to your craftmanship.

Thanks for the post.

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

Great design..Great execution…great project.

-- Brian's Table Top Toys http://home.mountaincable.net/~bgraham/

Great job on this piece. Top notch design and execution!

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

Looks great. Darn fine job on the coopering too. I’m sure you can see them close up, but I cant see the joint lines at all. Looks like one big curved board with continuous figure.

-- Use the fence Luke

Sweet. Nice grain selection… some of that cypress can be pretty wild looking. Well done.

-- Jarrod, Eagle Nest, NM

Very elegant design

-- Shawn, I ask in order to learn

Wonderful! What are the dimensions? Also, how are the sides joined to the top and bottom?

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

FANtastic cabinet – I really like how you gave attention to interior detail – nice job.

-- Bill - - Ad-Marketing Guy, Ramsey NJ

Very nice looking cabinet. You did a great job on it. Really like the curved door. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Thanks everyone for taking a look.

Crookedshack, the cypress was interesting. I’d say it’s similar in density to the heavier softwoods. So it was pretty quick to work with hand tools. But it’s brittle, so I had to be very careful when working the end-grain or it would chip at the corners. I also had a tough time planing it in spots where the grain was wavy. But I don’t have my smoothing plane tuned well yet. I had to use scrapers and sand some spots.

Dorje, It’s 19” tall, 6 1/4” wide and 4 3/4” deep. The top and bottom are doweled to the sides the way Krenov describes in his books. I used 6 1/4” dowels at each corner. I’ve never thought much of doweling. But for something this small, and with the rear panel nice and tight in the back I think it will be fine.

-- johnjoiner

Thanks for the extra details!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Very nice looking. makes me want to build one too. Thanks for sharing this with us.

-- A thing of beauty is a joy forever... - Keats

Hi, John. This is a very nice piece and it was a pleasure to get to see it in person at Northern Woods. When my girlfriend came up to the show on Saturday I made sure to point it out to her. She and I were quite impressed. She “wanted one for our house.”

My apologies for not telling you in person but you were in an interesting conversation with Paul and I didn’t want to interrupt. Keep up the good work! What do you have in mind for next year?

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

Thanks Jeff.

I’m working on an idea for a really cool cantilever table! Just kidding.

I think I’ll try another cabinet to see if I can be more efficient, and add a few things, and tighten up a few things. I want to add dovetails to my repertoire so I can include some drawers.

-- johnjoiner

A great looking piece. The cypress is great to work with. I’ve got a Krenov cabinet somewhere in the back of my mind. They are so cool looking.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

It’s right along the lines of something my Daughter has been asking me to make for years. I love it.

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