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Cherry Chest
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This is a jewellery chest made from American
cherry. It is made in what I call the chunky crafts style. Its my excuse to use discarded off-cuts of wood with wild grain and the odd split or
crack. I generally try to choose pieces with interesting grain. Being able to up and down-cut means the Woodrat is ideal for this type of work. It is finished with a few coats of sanding sealer. I prefer either cellulose or shellac sealer as its quick, easy and does not change the colour of the wood much.
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Just a very simple 3 drawer design. Top view
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A removable chain rack. Lifts out. Place the chain over a bar and drop the pendant into the drawer. No knots or tangles. |
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Drawer with sliding box and storage below. |
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Bracelet container with ring holder underneath. |
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Jewel Cabinet Mahogany chest with oak drawers and mini brass handles. French polished.
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Oak Chest English oak treasure chest. Dovetail and finger joints. Used rejected wood with "character" grain. 4 coats of shellac sanding sealer.
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| Maple Box Maple ring box. Cedar lined. First ever thing made with the Woodrat. Just waxed.
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Heart box An experiment. Uses heart shaped drawer and veneered box.
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Clocks in 1000 years old oak
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Flower Pot Table Small pot table. 7 inches square seven and a half inches high. Legs 3/4inches square. Made from iroko. Finished in Danish oil. Legs mortised into rails. Top fixed by screws up through rails. (not much movement on such a small top) Legs fixed with waterproof glue. Ideal first project with Woodrat. Why not make a nest of tables?
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Foot Stool Next step on is to make a stool. This one again is in Iroko Top 13"x13" x12" high. Same principle as pot table but with extra rails (stretchers?). Legs and rails have a little bit of moulding to 'tart' it up a bit. The top is fixed with toggles locating into grooves in the rails to allow for movement. Legs are one and 1/4 inches square with no taper. Finished in nasty acrylic varnish. Not suitable for standing on!
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Small Trinket Cabinet
I was wondering how I could use some salvaged black ebony piano keys and so made this small trinket cabinet. I used Mahogany for the case, Oak for the drawers,
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Maple for the drawer fronts and of course ebony for the handles. |
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I employed dovetails and finger joints for the drawers |
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Thought I would fix the handles with some new super glue, boy does that stuff stick quick!!! Mis-aligned the top drawer handle and just could not shift it so I will have to make another front. Finished in 3 coats of shellac sanding sealer. Using the Woodrat it took 4 odd evenings of work start to finish.
This page was last updated 11 Juli 2009
French polished
