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Jewelery Armrmoire I Jewelery Armrmoire I Jewelery Armrmoire I Click the pictures to enlarge them

When my niece asked for a Jewelry Armoire for a graduation gift I was immediatly out of my comfort zone as I’ve never heard such a thing. After a few internet search sessions I was swamped with differenet styles, sizes, and funcionts. I got the inspiration for this project from a David Marks open book case design which incorporated eqyptian ebonized feet which I liked. Thet idea was to make it look like a Japanese screen or cabinet with some eqyptian elements.

The reddish wood is Bubinga, the door panels are Birds Maple Veneer, the drawer fronts are solid Birds Maple dovetailed to Poplar. The side doors are lined in velvet as are the top storage/display area and the top five drawers. There are nine total drawers, the bottom has a secret compartment accessable from the back. Yoou can see this in Jewelry Armoire III

That was a challenging projec which presented many tradeoffs for the joinery of the top and doors. I was in way over my head so I got to learn a lot which is a great thing.

-- tim hill www.newcalshop.com


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thetimberkid

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posted 56 days ago

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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psolver1

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posted 56 days ago

that is slick, i have been looking for a similar design for my mom who has enough jewlerey to warrant a jewlery dresser. which ,that said, might be an idea. thanks for the epiphany

-- "No need to measure, just cut" Hans

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darryl

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posted 56 days ago

the project looks like it came out great, I’m sure your neice will love it!
the colors all look fantastic.
thanks for all the detailed pics.

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trifern

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posted 56 days ago

Very nicely designed. I really like your selection of materials. Thank you for sharing.

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

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griff

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posted 56 days ago

NewTim
I checked out all 3 postings, every thing looks great. The arnoire is beautiful, your niece must love it.
Very good build

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

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CharlieM1958

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posted 56 days ago

Freat project! Looks like you made 100 of these before!

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

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Bigbuck

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posted 56 days ago

Looks great, thanks for sharing

-- Glenn, New Mexico

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CalgaryBill

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posted 56 days ago

Beautiful job! I love the contrast with the maple and bubinga. Your niece is one lucky woman!

-- Calgary Bill

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WoodJack49

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posted 56 days ago

Ditto CalgaryBill.

-- Jack - Mission Viejo, Calif

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Blake

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posted 56 days ago

This is gorgeous! Great job and great design.

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Doug S.

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posted 56 days ago

That is incredibly good. Your niece is going to be stunned.

-- Use the fence Luke

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bfd

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posted 56 days ago

Hi Tim,

Beautiful piece! Love the contrast between the bubinga and bird’s eye maple. What are the pulls made of? Nice to see another Sacramento Area LJ. I am just up the street in Folsom. Great Work.

-- Brian, Folsom, CA

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newTim

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posted 56 days ago

Thanks one and all for the kind words. Pictures hide alot of mistakes.

BFD… since you are so close perhaps we can get together sometime? I’m near Madison & Main up the hill from Lake Natoma.

I have many questions but one in particular is about sanding grits. Oftentimes I’ve seen videos and articles instructing to only sand up to 180 or 220. On this piece I went ahead and sanded the show surfaces to 400 and the finish came out great, better than the areas that were sanded to 180/220. So what gives?

Many thanks for the kinds words…

-- tim hill www.newcalshop.com

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Woodhacker

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posted 55 days ago

Tim, your niece must be thrilled with this…you did a fantastic job on it. Very striking.

Thanks for posting it.

-- Martin, Kansas

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Bigdogs117

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posted 55 days ago

Great job. The contrast in wood you chose was a great choice.

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Chip

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posted 55 days ago

Terrific design and craftsmanship Tim. I really like this a lot.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

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davidtheboxmaker

302 posts in 255 days


posted 55 days ago

Beautiful piece. The choice of woods is excellent, and the base is just fantastic.

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Lee A. Jesberger

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posted 55 days ago

In over your head?

I think not. Maybe you were just bent over.

Fantastic.

Lee

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Douglas Bordner

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posted 55 days ago

I was going to say that you appear to be head and shoulders above the class. But I would be a fool to try and out pun Lee.

Beautiful work newTim. I’ll be checking these projects. I’m sure you’ll have some things to show us.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

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sIKE

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posted 55 days ago

I liked this so much that I showed it to my wife whose eyes roll up and to the right whenever I try to show her something on LJ’s. But this time she ooohed and ahhhed, she really liked it. Thanks!

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

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FRITZ

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posted 46 days ago

very nice ,my daughter loved the looks ,you no what that means
thaks ron

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1jeeper

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posted 43 days ago

Very nice project, my wife has asked me to build a Jewelry Armoire and I really like your design. What kind of finish did you use. I know bubinga doesn’t need much as I just finished something with it myself.

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newTim

32 posts in 56 days


posted 43 days ago

I used one coat of General Finishes’ Seal-A-Cell and a few top coats of their Gel Stain (clear). Bubinga is great to work. I sanded it to 400 or so and it came out great. The Gel Stain feels waxy and is easier to apply than the regular Top Coat.

-- tim hill www.newcalshop.com

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