Actually finished a project

[Jesse Cloud]

I know its been a while since I posted actual work on the Fog [embarassed].  Problem was that I had an accident at the shop that messed up a critical finger, took a year of rehab before I could hold a chisel well enough to do anything useful.  But I'm back.  Here's a long delayed dresser for my wife.

The drawers are curved laminations with faces of quarter-sawn cherry veneer.  The shop made string inlay is holly.  The top and the mouldings are cherry hardwood.

I used an OF2200 for dadoes, OF1010 for string grooves, TS55 for cutting hardwood, plywood, and veneer, mfts,ct22s, Kapex, and RO150.

Thanks for looking.

 

[Kev]

That's a nice looking piece [wink]

Sorry to hear about your finger and I'm glad it's on the mend!

 

[dltflt]

That is beautiful.  Glad you made a full recovery.

 

[peter halle]

Way to stage a comeback and hit a home run at the same time!

 

[RJNeal]

Thanks for sharing your beautiful work. As Peter said a home run.
Rick

 

[w802h]

Beautiful drawers!  How did you achieve the curved fronts?  Thanks for sharing.

 

[Cheese]

Nice stuff...did you make the pulls also?

The curved fronts are the magic.

Just noticed the routed slots in the side of the drawers...nice. Is there a special material that you use for the slides so that they operate smoothly?

 

[mikeomalley]

Really nice, agree with Cheese on the curved fronts.  mike

 

[Billedis]

Awesome job.  Thank you for sharing.  Bill

 

[WoodChuckWoods]

Beautiful! Do you have any pics of the drawer front bending/laminating process?

 

[Jesse Cloud]

Beautiful drawers!  How did you achieve the curved fronts?  Thanks for sharing.

The curved fronts are bent laminations.  Each drawer has 12 plies of 1/16 thick cherry.  The face plies are quarter sawn. the interior plies are cheaper cherry.  The picture below shows the laminating setup.  Glue is spread between the plies and they are placed in a vacuum bag on an mdf form that has the desired curve.  The bag is sealed and the pump turned on.  This setup is ideal for veneer because it applies pressure evenly over the entire surface - hard to do with clamps and cauls.

 

[Jesse Cloud]

Nice stuff...did you make the pulls also?

The curved fronts are the magic.

Just noticed the routed slots in the side of the drawers...nice. Is there a special material that you use for the slides so that they operate smoothly?

The pulls are a stock Amerock design. 

The runners that fit into the slots are cherry, dadoed into the side of the panel.  Only thing special is a generous coat of wax on both the slots and the runners.  I like this technique because the final fitting becomes a relatively simple matter of planing down the thickness of the runners until a good fit is achieved. 

 

[travisj]

Very impressive.

 

[tiralie]

Nice work.
Tim

 

[tony_sheehan]

Wow, truly fantastic. Congratulations Jesse

 

[Bohdan]

Nice. What's the finish?

 

[Cheese]

I don't mean to be offensive and certainly don't want the wrath of the Lord to condemn me to heck for the rest of my life, however...have you considered polyethylene drawer runners instead of the natural cherry ones you've chosen? Just curious because they have a natural lubricity and would pretty much eliminate the periodic re-waxing of the natural wood runners.

 

[Jesse Cloud]

I don't mean to be offensive and certainly don't want the wrath of the Lord to condemn me to heck for the rest of my life, however...have you considered polypro or polyethylene drawer runners instead of the natural cherry ones you've chosen? Just curious because they have a natural lubricity and would pretty much eliminate the periodic re-waxing of the natural wood runners.

Thanks Cheese.  I'll look into polypro for a future project!

 

[Jesse Cloud]

Nice. What's the finish?

Shellac with a glaze in the middle to add a bit of red and dark brown to the tone.  When the shellac is fully cured, I will probably rub in some wax to soften up the sheen a bit and make it more touchable.

 

[jtwood]

Beautiful work, as usual.  I'm glad you're back at it.

Steve