LouisQC
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Finally had some time to complete the construction of my pen cabinet. It holds 98 pens.
Quilted makoré, with Wenge highlights and drawers pulls.
Beside the cuts, it's done by hand tools. Lots of handplane and scraper work. That quilted grain is nasty to work with for a newbie). I practiced alot on the cabinet. The miter joints are biscuit jointed, The wenge highlight is of course rabbeted and handplaned to the proper dimensions. The back is baltic birch dressed in makore veneer that I sliced myself. The drawer pulls are mortices and tenons. The drawer backs are tongue and groove jointed. Drawer front are handcut half-blind dovetails. About 90 hours went into this cabinet (at least 30% for the dovetails alone... hey I'm slow
) The only piece of metal are brass screws to hold the wood drawers rails on which the drawers slide.
Two coats of Wipe-On poly to seal the curly grain and two coats of Tung oil to add warmth. The only left to do is to line the drawers with a nice fabric, and that's another piece of work itself.
Sorry, the fabric is big enough for pen photography but I'll need to buy a bigger piece...
Nice tight dovetails, done by hand. The drawer is 1 1/4 inch high. I only applied the finish on the dovetails to highlight them. The rest of the side is bare.
I'm happy it's done, and very happy with the outcome. I learned a lot during the project as well.
Quilted makoré, with Wenge highlights and drawers pulls.
Beside the cuts, it's done by hand tools. Lots of handplane and scraper work. That quilted grain is nasty to work with for a newbie). I practiced alot on the cabinet. The miter joints are biscuit jointed, The wenge highlight is of course rabbeted and handplaned to the proper dimensions. The back is baltic birch dressed in makore veneer that I sliced myself. The drawer pulls are mortices and tenons. The drawer backs are tongue and groove jointed. Drawer front are handcut half-blind dovetails. About 90 hours went into this cabinet (at least 30% for the dovetails alone... hey I'm slow
) The only piece of metal are brass screws to hold the wood drawers rails on which the drawers slide.Two coats of Wipe-On poly to seal the curly grain and two coats of Tung oil to add warmth. The only left to do is to line the drawers with a nice fabric, and that's another piece of work itself.
Sorry, the fabric is big enough for pen photography but I'll need to buy a bigger piece...
Nice tight dovetails, done by hand. The drawer is 1 1/4 inch high. I only applied the finish on the dovetails to highlight them. The rest of the side is bare.
I'm happy it's done, and very happy with the outcome. I learned a lot during the project as well.
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