Elm Cabinet II WIP

[woodbloke]

Things are coming together quite well and your comments, positive or negative are welcome at this stage. First shot is the cabinet proper from the front:

and from the rear:

Next shot is of the stand which has a very slight splay (only 4mm) but the legs are parallel:

Next up is a detail shot of the top of the stand and the bottom of the cabinet...lots of shaping to do on the top of the legs with rasps files etc:

and a side shot of the frame showing the rails:

and a couple of shots of the bottom of the stand. The cross rail is shaped in on the front, back and the underside to give an element of lightness...all done on a hand held router and table:

All joints will be exposed and ebony wedged (apart from the bridle at the bottom which will just be exposed)

Your comments as ever at this stage of the project are welcome. Any alterations to the proportions of the stand, or any other details that you think relevant (ebony pull on the door, which is just wedged with some veneer) will be taken on board.

...so what do you all think 8-[ - Rob

 

[Corset]

Looking good. It will be interesting see how the shaping softens the stand as at present it's a little linear. But the proprtion looks great and that is beautifull wood. I would be scared at this point after getting it all ready and one slip of a tool or rasp and it back to the drawing board.
Your workshop is very organised I just seem unable to maintain mine in a state of order.
Owen

 

[seanybaby]

Very, very nice Rob =D>

What are the overall dimensions?

 

[Paul Chapman]

It's looking very nice , Rob. However, the only detail I'm not sure about are the two shaped supports, running front to back, that the cabinet is standing on. Their shape doesn't seem to fit in with anything else on the cabinet or stand :-k

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[woodbloke]

SeanB wrote:

Very, very nice Rob

What are the overall dimensions?

Overall dimensions are about 600mm high for the cabinet and roughly 700mm for the stand, following Golden Mean proportions, where possible.

PaulC wrote:

However, the only detail I'm not sure about are the two shaped supports, running front to back, that the cabinet is standing on. Their shape doesn't seem to fit in with anything else on the cabinet or stand

Paul - the two cabinet supports are roughly fitted at the moment. They were dowelled in place when the timber was square. There's got to be a lot of shaping and softening of the parts now which will make the somewhat harsh outline of everything a lot more 'flowing' It actually looks better 'in the wood' :wink: rather than a foto, as you'll see next Sat before we go over to Pete's for the :wink: :wink: ...hope you're starting to cut back on vittles :lol: - Rob

 

[OPJ]

I like the proportions, Rob. And also some of the detail around the top of the legs/base of the cabinet. Is this the same piece where the timber was giving you a headache as it wouldn't stay still? Looks like you've overcome all that in the end.

 

[woodbloke]

It's the back panel that went a bit wobbly but it's sorted out now - Rob

 

[Karl]

as you'll see next Sat before we go over to Pete's for the :wink: :wink: ...hope you're starting to cut back on vittles :lol: - Rob

Hey Rob - is there something going on that we don't know about?????

Hope there's a "photo post" afterwards.....always enjoy that bit. :lol:

Cheers

Karl

ps - love the cabinet by the way!!

 

[woodbloke]

as you'll see next Sat before we go over to Pete's for the :wink: :wink: ...hope you're starting to cut back on vittles :lol: - Rob

Hey Rob - is there something going on that we don't know about?????

Hope there's a "photo post" afterwards.....always enjoy that bit. :lol:

Cheers

Karl

ps - love the cabinet by the way!!

Karl - have a trawl back thru' the threads to around 09 Jun for the Mini Bash held at my place last year. We went over to Pete's for lunch...'nuff said :wink: :wink: This year we've got Philly, Paul C, Chisel, Pete and my good self, ought to be a grand day - Rob

 

[Anonymous]

Love it Rob, absolutely love it!!!

nothing to criticize but plenty that I like, particularly the supports holding the case to the frame.

Superb =D> =D>

 

[motownmartin]

very interesting piece Rob, not sure if its to my taste but nonetheless a fine piece of furniture.

 

[Slim]

Like Martin, it isn't exactly to my taste, but I can certainly appreciate the fine craftmanship. Outstanding.

 

[Harbo]

Excellent workmanship Rob - how about some ebony inlay :wink:

My only comment design wise: what are you going to display in it - I thought it was for small items?
If so, glazed side panels would have made to items more visible?

Rod

 

[woodbloke]

Excellent workmanship Rob - how about some ebony inlay :wink:

My only comment design wise: what are you going to display in it - I thought it was for small items?
If so, glazed side panels would have made to items more visible?

Rod

Rod - having seen the inlay stuff at West Dean with Garret Hack a couple of weeks ago, it's tempting but not in the style of this particular piece as it would make it too fussy. As it is there will be quite alot of ebony detailing in the m/t joint wedges and the door pull (which may be turned or carved) as well as the glass beading on the door interior.
The cabinet will have some glass shelves and will hold the better part of SWIMBO's fossil collection, though a quick perusal of the latest blog entry today may indicate otherwise... I could have included glazed side panels but the fossils are generally better seen from the front - Rob

 

[Mr Ed]

Very nice Rob.

What is the cabinet contruction? Is it dowelled in the true Krenov style? If it is I'd be interested to know how you got on with it.

Cheers, Ed

 

[woodbloke]

Very nice Rob.

What is the cabinet contruction? Is it dowelled in the true Krenov style? If it is I'd be interested to know how you got on with it.

Cheers, Ed

Ed - no, not dowelled ala JK... but I know what you mean. Cabinet sides and top are biscuited together tho' I have tried JK's method of doweling in the past and even made an adaption of one of his horizontal drill borers and jig. I found that his way of doweling was too fiddly (and not very accurate, for me anyway) to do well so I opted for the Lamello and biscuits, which is much quicker (provided you get the biscuits in the right place ) - Rob

 

[Harbo]

Rob read your Blog - Oh dear you have my sympathises, that's why I concentrate on stuff for other people and garden pieces!!

Another design for a fossil cabinet is the horizontal glass table type. My friends have a very nice one in their hall.

Rod

 

[Paul Chapman]

I visited Rob today so took the opportunity to have a good look at his cabinet on its stand. As so often happens, it looks so different in the flesh compared with how it looks in photographs. The stand was loosely assembled but not glued up yet, and Rob has a lot of detailed shaping to do, but I was able to get a good idea of how it will look when finished.

I must say that the supports on which the cabinet stands and which I had some doubts about, look really rather good - so please disregard my earlier comments

I'm sure it's going to be another superb piece when it's finished.

Cheers :wink:

Paul