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Post by thebloke on Aug 3, 2008 22:10:08 GMT
Just completed in elm:    Hope you approve...comments welcome - Rob |
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Post by engineerone on Aug 4, 2008 0:32:25 GMT
now then rob, you will have to improve your photo skills, ortherwise the rather nice cabinet looks a little "issed" ;D  hope soon all my joints will be as clean paul  |
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Post by paulchapman on Aug 4, 2008 7:10:56 GMT
Those photographs are so much better than the ones you posted on the 'other side' Less distortion, so the cabinet looks more like it really is. Beautiful. In particular, I love the figuring on the back panel, the shadow lines where the panels meet the frames and the wedged mortice and tenons. The workmanship is superb. Cheers Paul |
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Post by thebloke on Aug 4, 2008 7:54:40 GMT
E1 wrote: ...they may well be very soon Paul - the pics on the other side were shot quite quickly without the use of a tripod and additional lighting. I had a 'foto shoot yesterday morning and these are going to 'you know where'  later on but I still need to take a few more 'cos as E1 rightly says, one's a bit skewed - Rob |
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Post by Keith on Aug 4, 2008 17:43:27 GMT
Very nice workmanship and design, looks even better when straight ;D  |
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Post by thebloke on Aug 4, 2008 19:25:06 GMT
Keith - thanks for that...need to re-take some of those shots at the weekend - Rob
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Post by engineerone on Aug 4, 2008 19:31:46 GMT
really does look great rob. is the top glued to the bottom on the supports, or free standing??? paul |
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Post by modernist on Aug 4, 2008 20:57:15 GMT
That is one beautiful cabinet. Nice work. I don't need to explore your influences ;D
Rare to seem such nice elm -where did it come from?
Brian
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Post by thebloke on Aug 4, 2008 21:12:56 GMT
The cabinet top and bottom are made from bandsawn veneers onto an mdf core so I was able to screw the base directly onto the two bearers on the stand. The elm came from several local sources and was very carefully matched for the grain...the door rails are book-matched when you look at them. The legs on the stand are parallel but are also splayed very subtly by about 12mm, you can't see it 'cos of direct reflections in the glass from the lighting source, so I had to take the shot at skewed angle which is a bit of a shame. Finish is two coats of matt Osmo-PolyX with some wax over the top, all detailing in ebony, door pull, door catch and wedges in the m/t - Rob
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Post by simuk on Aug 4, 2008 21:32:25 GMT
I agree very nice workmanship, The Elm is beautiful. How much wastage was there? How long did it take?
Simon
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Post by thebloke on Aug 5, 2008 8:41:21 GMT
There was quite a lot of wastage as there always is when selecting for grain pattern, but I had odd lumps of elm from here and there so it's not as though it came out of one large board. That's the nice thing about elm...you can collect all the old gnarly bits that look rubbish and get something quite good out of them, it just needs to be carefully looked at before cutting and even then there's no guarantee that what you see in the wood is going to be just what's needed, in which case it's back to the lumps to see what else there is.
As to time, bit here, bit there...couple of days followed by a break, you get the pic. I think I started it around about Nov but if you have a gander at the Blog (on the other side) you should be able to get a better idea of when I started it - Rob
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later on but I still need to take a few more 'cos as E1 rightly says, one's a bit skewed - Rob
