Hutch and Buffet

Great project, Roman. I like the shaped rails on the doors.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

Wow Roman – this is one project with history! It looks great. Although I think the little quick grip clamps detract a little – but just a little. :-)

-- Betsy - GO BUCKS!

Roman, looks like you’ve still got it!
how’d you cut those feet?
They are very nice with the overlap to the skirt.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

thanks to all for the kind words

Hi Bob #2

I cut the feet on the band saw, much like you would cut a cabriole leg, then sanded the curves on the wheel of the edge sander. I’m going to beat them up, kick em around, maybe let the dog chew them, sand them again as they are the only visible part made from new wood.

It should look much better if I could get a good picture after its sanded and finished.

the big black spots is filler dyed with pure pigment so as not to fade and the filler isnt sanded off yet. I chose black as there are black spots left behind from the old hand forged lead nails and that is part of the charm. make it look like it was made 1 or 200 years ago but function with new hardware.

If I could only find a buyer <vbg>

Cheers

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

There are 1000’s of viewers comming here day in and day out. When you get it ready to go try to post some pics up here and see what happens.

Some of the guys here can give you some leads too There’s a lot of talent here.(unlike some places we are both familiar with.) ;-)

Cheers

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Looking good Roman!!!

I wish I had your energy to “play” that hard :)

Cheers, Don

PS. If you can’t find a buyer with your reputation and client base in your area I am going to be Very Sad…

Bob – Now keep in mind this is only my experience but I have been posting pictures of my work on a half dozen forums for over eight years and have yet to sell something.

Woodworkers don’t buy…. they make :)

Cheers, Don

-- Don Kondra - Furniture Designer/Maker

Hi Don,
This place is a bit unique in that it encompases the globe and has over 2000 registered users in slightly more than a year. It has and is attracting many viewers that normally would not even look at a wood forum.
For that reason I suggested that Roman show his work and get known here as a producer of furniture for resale rather than another hobbiest.
Often networking does wonders for a fellow.
If there are other venues for “free” advertising I see no harm in using them as well.
I know several fellows here now in various parts of the globe that can do custom work to a high level of competance and would not hesitate to recommend them to friends.
You are one of them.
Cheers
Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

I think you’d be surprised at who pops by LJ….
Also, the more people use their LJ profile as their business website, the more buyers will be checking out the site.
I agree with Bob’s suggestion re: image

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

I routinely pull up LJ to show my work to clients. It works very well.create a portfolio on your LJ page. good selling tool.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

Okay.. :)

I’ll just say that my web site does work well as a remote portfolio but sales from that and woodworking forums are few and far between….

But I am an eternal optimist.

It helps when you are a professional woodworker… in the age of Ikea and Wal Mart.

Cheers, Don.

-- Don Kondra - Furniture Designer/Maker

Great looking Hutch. Nice job on it. Waiting for the final pictures.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

thank you Karson but sadly the “I.T.” out here is called “dial up” which is often slower then a stamp, near dead slow and perhaps that is why my web site, sales related, internet downloading pictures part is absolutly disproportional when compared to”sales” vis the web…................ZERO + BINGO = Nadda nothing sale kinda deal.

If I were on that technologically advanced splitting edge thing southern folk enjoy called “High Speed” I would like to believe that my sales vs web exposure would increase because I could post a pic in a nano second but unfortunatly my “web site” service provider is also on “dial up”.

dial up is the equivilant to a rotary phone calling a cell phone

it sucks 4 pics, works rather well 4 words yet a single”pic” can speak centuries of knowledge and skill

I have no choice but to succumb to the pen and the rotary phone

gotta love Christmas eh!

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

Roman, Out here in the desert we do have DSL but there is also a satalite system for the internet. maybe it’s available up there.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

us to

but she wont let me give a kid up…...............yet

I believe in Christmas miracles

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

a wee bitta sanding to take out the blots

and a closer look

the porthole is from an old ship and will eventually wind up in the pool gate

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

isn’t it interesting that in this era of high=tech-we-can-do-anything world and culture that there are places that can’t go high speed? I finally was able to get high-speed last spring. We went to all the big names and they said “of course you can get high speed from us.. let’s fill out the forms”. Me: “first, check to see if it is accessibly in my location”. the sales person would give me the most bizarre look and kindly look it up and say “oh… ah… sorry… we can’t provide service to you.”
Last spring our service provider extended its realm and I’m now a happy camper.

But then there is the cell phone which is almost useless in my house. We live in the Bermuda triangle of phone services…. walking from room to room will disconnect a call and in one room the call is long distance and in the next room it is not.. yah.. we had lots of fun while we figured that out… now, just walk outside (front door for one area and back door for another)... and then sometimes we still can’t get service

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

That’s quite the project Roman. Be sure the history goes with the hutch, it should increase its value.

-- Maplewood, MN

I like it even better and so does the pooch. Or is he after the duck? Keep ‘em coming.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

I’m liking it. I checked out your web site. Very nice portfolio.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com