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Pic #1. Maple and walnut. 24" tall 15" wide and 7" deep.

All joints are M&T.

Sanded to 180, 3 coats of matte poly, each roughed with a white mesh pad and final finish rubbed out with Liberon #0000 SW and paste wax.

Pic #2. Drawers are lined with the same purple felt as the wings. Wrapped cereal box card board and dropped it in and glued them. Top drawer is fitted with ring holders. A piece of 3/8 thick dense foam with knife silts. The felt was laid over the top and slid into the slits with a steel ruler.
The dot is a 3/8 rare earth magnet that catches the metal piece robbed from a push-to-open magnetic catch.

Pic #3. The wings for studs and pins are felt covered M&T frames. Four per side. They swivel on 1/8" by 1/2" brass pins. Wife and I had to align all 8 to holes in the top at the same time and, then fit the top on the tenons cut in the sides and the dado for the back. Took us well over an hour.
The top is screwed on and the screws counter bores are covered with walnut pegs from Rockler.
Not shown are six 1" long brass pegs across the inside top, behind the wings, for necklaces.

This was one major PITA for me. But, I learned a number of new techniques, learned some new combinations of cuss words, built a few jigs and best of all, bought a couple new planes needed to complete it. I'm sure the next three will be easier.(Fingers crossed!!!!)

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Very nicely done, Gene. I especially like the right hand door as the wood is beautiful. Great design.
 

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I like the wings. Great idea. Good job.
 

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Nicely done, I like the necklace idea. My wife has several necklaces and I was contemplating building something for her. GoodJob!
 

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LOL. Nice project. I think we all learn new words to help get things together…
 

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Wow Gene, this is a fantastic piece. Well worth the cussing! Love the curly maple! How about a little more info on the drawers…those pulls look interesting, maybe you can give us a closer look…..

What a great gift for a lucky recipient….
 

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Looks cool and has a really unique design.
 

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beautiful Gene ,love the drawers very cleaver design too , they are really just choice words :)
 

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Just WOW Gene
That turned out great!
I'm with jeff: need more pics of the drawers opened and detail on the drawer pulls.
That is such a useful (and attractive design).
 

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Very nice Gene, 3 more?? daughters, girlfriends LOL ?? Very clever design.
 

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now your talking gene

very nice !

amazing what you can do
when the wife shows you how huh
 

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Bravo, BRAVO, BRAVO!!!

Encore….

ENCORE….

ENCORE!!!

Just an outstanding design and build.
You out did yourself.
I too echo the requests for more detailed pictures.
I gotta see all of the details….
To further appreciate you great effort!!!

That and I want to see the next three!!!!
I'll try to help…
By keeping my fingers crossed also!!!
 

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Super… That's a fantastic piece. You really have made an eye catcher Really impressive work, Gene
 

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looks great Gene…. someone must have a lot of beads and bangles :^)
 

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Beautifully executed! I love figured maple and you accented nicely with the walnut.
 

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Great job and thanks for sharing. Love the design
 

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Down right awesome. The maple and walnut is a great wood combination and has a clean look to it Learning those new techniques is always fun because it gives you a reason to start a new project so you can try them out.
 

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Thanks to you all for the kind words. Coming from you guys really makes me proud.
Matt, this first one went to a sister that does have lots of bangles, beads and bright shiny things.
Sorry for the paucity of pictures. For the next one, I'll do a build blog.
As to the drawers, the fronts are 5/8" maple, the sides and back are 1/2". They are joined with a semi drawer lock joint. The pockets for the pulls are just cut with a 35MM forstner. Then a 1/4" dado was cut lengthwise to receive the walnut. Next time, I think I'll cut a cove on the TS for the pulls and use a lock miter bit for the drawer joints.
Thanks again for your comments.
 

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Looking forward to the blog, Gene.
 

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Very nicely done and looking, top to bottom, outside and inside, and the reversed drawer pulls!
 
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