Oxbow chest

Beautiful craftsmanship ! What is a piece like this selling for ?

-- Dusty56@comcast.net

That must be a real money maker. Not super diffcult and relativly quick to build.

The finishing part is what slowes me down. It’s the part of woodworking that I don’t like.

How do you do the drawer fronts? Bent lamaination or cut from a solid piece?

Great chest!

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

Another fantastic piece, Chuck!

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

Nice looking piece as always. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Very nice work!!

runngt

-- It seem's I just make scrap wood and saw dust most of the time !

Now that chest has nice curves !!
Thanks for posting.

Dave

-- MISSION FURNITURE-My mission is to build furniture

Very nice!!!

-- Glenn, New Mexico

Super cool, man do you ever do good work. mike .........right up there with Norm

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Chuck,

This is a gorgeous chest. I am sure this was a challenging project. You did well with this piece.

How did you finish it? I am sure that you used shellac as a top coat but, to me, this has an aged appearance.

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.

Chuck, that is a beautiful piece! I agree with Scott…it looks like it has an aged appearance. I’m curious about your finish technique.

-- Martin, Kansas

This is simply outstanding. I love the sculptural qualities you add to it. Thank you for sharing.

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

nice looking chest of drawers. I like the finished color. The shape looks fantastic.

-- ~ www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.woodworkingdungeon.blogspot.com ~

Thanks everyone for the compliments. I’ll try to answer the questions in turn.

Dusty, the current price is around 6K but it is not for sale since it’s sold, delivered, etc. I just don’t want anyone thinking I’m advertising my furniture through my gallery posts. While I’m sure there are plenty of LJs who can afford that kind of money for a chest, why wouldn’t they build their own first? They are lumberjocks afterall.

Gary, after having built so many it is a fairly easy project to build. The drawers, as you’ll see if you follow my blog, are sawn from the solid. To say more would just give away a future blog post. :)

jockmike, Norm? I don’t use my nailgun enough (or my biscuit joiner at all)...

Scott, orange shellac is the finish of choice for my furniture. As to the “aged” appearance, I’m not sure how much of that is just an over abundance of dust on the piece when I took my picture. The color, and again this will be somewhat explained in the blog, is achieved through the use of a custom made water based analine dye. The color we were shooting for was similar to 200 year old cherry. I think we did pretty well. My wife is a whiz at those mixing those colors.

Woodhacker, all I can say is stay tuned to the blog and I’ll share a bit of the technique. I think, once you see it in action, you’ll be surprised at how easy it is.

Thanks again to eveyone for the comments. Keep the questions coming, it’s why I’m here.

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

Another beautiful piece of work. Now I’m off to the blog.

-- Bob

Gorgeous chest. Your work is always impressive and I appreciate your sharing info in your blog.

Kerry

-- Alberta, Canada