Display Cabinet in Western Australian Jarrah.

[Scott Horsburgh]

This a tall Display Cabinet that I recently made mainly from Western Australian Jarrah.
The carcass is joined using single lap dovetails and the doors and back frame or bridle jointed - the joinery is a feauture of the piece.
The back panel is two 5mm pieces of wood glued down the centre to allow for different shrinkage rates. The external panel is Jarrah and the internal panel is Huon Pine from Tasmania. The Huon Pine interior panel lightens the interior of the cabinet.
The cabinet hardware is made from African Blackwood - the door catches, door stops and door stops and lifters.
The door and drawer handles are made from Brazilian Purpleheart - contrasts beautifully with the Jarrah.

 

[PowerTool]

Excellent piece,think the drawers look great,with the dovetails and contrast in timbers - always interesting to see timbers we rarely get over here

Andrew

 

[woodbloke]

Good piece of work...I like the contrasting timbers, the foot detail looks a little odd to me though, sort of 'turned inwards' - Rob

 

[MikeG.]

Nice work Scott.

Is jarrah still available? I know there is severe pressure on the remaining stands of the timber........or do you use second hand wood?

I was brought up in Perth, so am very familiar with jarrah. It is an amazingly hard wood..........I remember dad drilling pilot holes even for panel pins!

Mike

 

[John. B]

Certainly worthy of a place in The Design Centre.
Terrific piece.

John. B

 

[Scott Horsburgh]

To Mike,
The price of jarrah has skyrocketed. There is immense pressure on the stocks.
I source jarrah secondhand whenever possible. Due to storage and cashflow constraints I tend to buy as I need.

Yes , it is extremely hard. I am using the new A2 blades which make life far more enjoyable. I can work for much longer between blade sharpenings.

For anyone that is interested, I wrote a series of articles on the making of this cabinet and they are available for free on my website. You will need to become a member to access them though.

Thanks for the interest and feedback.

Scott