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I made this piece in my second semester at school, about 2.5 years ago. It was a design nightmare and I certainly wouldn’t design it the same way again. I ended up being about 75% pleased with this piece, but there’s just something about it that looks a little goofy and “too much” to me. Maybe it was me being too concerned with having lots of “cool” features, but it just ended up being too busy i think.
As for the construction, it’s a hand-cut dovetailed walnut carcass, with a maple drawer riding on dovetailed slides. The legs are mortised to accept all the stretchers, and the carcass sits on half-lapped walnut cross-members. Like I said, a little busy, but it was a good challenge and I learned that I should really focus on simplifying my design. It’s nice to do all the little eye-catching stuff, just not all on the same piece!
This piece ended up selling online and the customer has it underneath his plasma tv on the wall of his living room.
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25 comments so far
BarryW
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posted 108 days ago
As long as they’re paying customers, I’d let ‘em use anything of mine for firewood. You’re hard on yourself. It’s a beautiful piece…and I’d be 100 per cent pleased to own it. The guy who does probably thinks so, too.
I don’t know about you, but I think that on each of the few little projects I’ve been involved with, I’ve learned something. You’ve been paid to learn…what a deal! It’s a beautiful piece that you should be proud of. If it last a hundreds years and gets passed down to others…a piece of you goes into that future as well. Imagine the guy doing a restoration job on it in two hundred years. Poor fellow will have to learn what you learned by following your steps backwards. To me it looks outstanding.
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snig
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posted 108 days ago
I really like the design of your project, It looks like something I would enjoy building!!!
CharlieM1958
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posted 108 days ago
I think it is really cool, and shows a lot of creativity.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Dusty56
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posted 108 days ago
After lookin her over , it just looks to me like it’s a table without a top on it . I wish I could see her in person because I know how hard it is to capture the piece with photos . Obviously the Walnut is beautiful and as much as I love Maple , it just doesn’t seem to really add to the piece in this case . Is the front cross piece stained Tiger Maple or did you find some highly figured Walnut ? I guess I’m a traditionalist in that as nice as those legs are , I just don’t think they go with the rest of the piece . Of course I never went to school for this , so please don’t be offended by my observations . This is just my opinion .
It is totally unique and I am happy that you have sold it already . Peace
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Napaman
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posted 108 days ago
i agree with barry…looks fantastic…its a mix of classic (desk part) and future (legs)...sounds like you learned a lot through the process…
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GaryK
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posted 108 days ago
That is a great looking table. I really like the design. Very different.
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BobR
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posted 108 days ago
I like it! Nice design – well done.
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Scott Bryan
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posted 108 days ago
This is a nice table. I can well understand why it sold. The piece shows a lot of originality and it is well designed.
Nice job.
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mzmac
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posted 108 days ago
Nice design, brilliant execution.
Randy
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posted 108 days ago
I like it. Kind of looks like the box is floating.
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Greg Wurst
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posted 108 days ago
That’s a good looking piece.
Dick Cain
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posted 108 days ago
Beautiful!
A very artistic design.
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VTWoody
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posted 108 days ago
I like it too. I love the lines and think it looks smooth, if that makes any sense.
jeanmarc
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posted 108 days ago
Nice design
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runngt
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posted 108 days ago
turned out fantastic! looks to be over my head though!
runngt
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dennis mitchell
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posted 108 days ago
I think it is great!
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mrtrim
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posted 108 days ago
great design i like it .
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unknownwoodworker
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posted 108 days ago
This is with out a doubt one of the most beautiful pieces I have seen here. You call it “not Perfect”, and I call it perfect. The main section looks like it’s floating in thin air. I wish with all my heart I could do that. BEAUTIFUL
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jockmike2
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posted 107 days ago
I see an Asian influence in the design, very beautiful. You have nothing to worry about, don’t be hard on yourself.
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anotherbrick
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posted 107 days ago
perfect design, i like it
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anotherbrick
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posted 107 days ago
I see an Asian influence in the design, very beautiful. You have nothing to worry about, don’t be hard on yourself.
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i think so.
-- china
Bob A in NJ
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posted 107 days ago
Wow, very nice design and craftsmanship. Well done, make more!
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darryl
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posted 107 days ago
it’s a great looking piece. I don’t think you over-designed it.
I like the look of the floating box. looks cool to me.
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biff_kpv
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posted 107 days ago
Looks great and I love the design of the flowing legs with the square top very cool!
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cowboy
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posted 106 days ago
Very nice piece after doing this for over 30 yrs I truly believe most of us get pretty darn good at the joinery and so it comes down to design and you have a very pleasing,tasteful ,original pleasing to view design that definitely looks to me like a wonderful piece of 3 dimisional functional art.Very eye catching and original!
Really a very nice job.
Cowboy