Hutch

fun.. AND BEAUTIFUL..
this is stunning. I’d love to have it adorn my dining room!!
Your wife must be thrilled!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

The hutch looks great. I like the handles that go with it. As far as having mistakes all over it, I would say that you’re probably going to be the only that notices those. I can’t see any mistake from what I see.

-- There are three types of people in the world, those who can count and those who can't!

Beautiful cabinet!
Did you use veneer tape on the plywood edges, or wood strips ? The edges look so nice.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

I know what you mean by “paying attention to grain pattern” Hit that on a few of my projects. Think that I would learn by now. In any case, your hutch looks great. Great move on making the drawers working drawers. How did you do your dovetails? They look great. Also, I am making a router table and considering using the bottom sliders for the small drawers. Sounds like they worked for you.

-- Russell W. Hupp

Thanks for all the nice comments. This is really fun…

I used wood strips on the edges. It was a little tricky to get them all lined up glued in place at once.

By the way. I have been looking for an inexpensive clamp that would work for gluing up edge molding. I seem to recall seeing some pinch clamps (by Jorgenson, I think) that have a metal spring band, such that when the clamp comes together, the band springs outward which could put pressure on the edge molding when the clamp is mounted straight on. However, I’ve not been able to find these for sale anywhere.

I’ve seen other edge molding clamps (for instance, cam clamps) but these are on the order of $50 a pop. Therefore, getting enough of them to do even a small job can quickly become prohibitively expensive.

-- Andy from Madison,WI -- A student for life...

What a honey of a piece Andy. Beautiful work. Terrific grain and the size of the piece is just great. Perfect. Wonderful job. Looking forward to seeing more stuff. Thanks for sharing.

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

Very nice Mission Arts & Crafts hutch. My kinda wood, love quarter sawn oak!!!!!

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Looks good from my house! Despite the “learning opportunities” I’ll bet your glad you chose to do those upgrades to the drawer. Would be a shame to hide those dovetails – nice spacing.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Very nice Hutch. Thanks for sharing

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Nice I forget that I do like Oak…having seen so much cheap stuff. Yours is real nice!

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