Black Walnut Island

[thebicyclecafe]

Hi Guys,
As promised and as a follow up from my contest entry (thanks for all your votes!), here's a pic of the completed island with African Mahogany top.
Door panels and side panels are made from resawn black walnut bookmatched, drawer fronts are also matched, walnut veneered with a resawn walnut. The back of the cabinet is a set of shelves. Will try to get a better picture of that later- less space back there to get a good pic.

reprised from contest:

 

[Frank Pellow]

That looks really good.    I like the combination of woods.

 

[galwaydude18@gmail.com]

God I'm in love with that walnut! I live the design as well!

 

[Sparktrician]

Really sweet!!! 

[smile]

 

[pghmyn]

My favorite part is the grain on the top drawer fronts. Simply amazing

 

[Nick2cd]

i have huge grain envy!  that's some of the most pristine walnut i've ever seen.

 

[Brandon]

Walnut might be favorite wood, great looking stuff you got there

 

[Mauri Motti]

Absolutely awesome. I wish woods like that would be more accessible here. Honestly, in Finland I know only one such place and therefore they have monopoly of course.
Great job on the re-sawed fronts. Also really like the top with the breadboards (thats how you call them right?) held with drawbored joints in black wood! (ebony?) Very nice indeed. Thanks for sharing.

Merry days  [laughing]

Mauri

 

[thebicyclecafe]

i have huge grain envy!  that's some of the most pristine walnut i've ever seen.

Thanks for the comments  [smile]
My lumber dealer called the batch the "the world's best walnut," I thought it was a joke until I saw some of the boards. I absolutely needed to have the drawer front board, and decided to book match the two fronts, so ended up resawing it in to veneer (best part, now I still have 6 pieces to play with).
The doors were actually made from just a regular piece of walnut that happened to have some figure, but when I bookmatched it it had a very nice pattern. Making 8 1/16" pieces of veneer out of a piece of 4/4 was kind of dicey though, since nothing could go wrong during the resaw. I was able to end up with a 9th piece, which was too thin anyway.
Mauri, yes, the breadboard ends were drawbored with black walnut pegs. When walnut end grain receives finish, it actually becomes quite dark.

 

[fdengel]

Looks great!

 

[honeydoman]

that looks amazing!  just awesome with the book match fronts...thanks for sharing this project

 

[thebicyclecafe]

Shelving in the back

Side Panel

Solid Walnut Top Drawers

Quartersawn Maple Rollouts, Cornerpost Dovetails

Closeup of bookmatched doors

front

 

[Paul G]

I just drooled a little, black walnut is my favs.

 

[NERemodeling]

That thing is sooo nice!  what amazing wood, and perfect use of it.. i love the look of the grain in the drawer fronts    and what about the dovetail detail on those pull out trays!!! that it something else!

thanks for posting

my next guess is that you made both the end grain cutting board in the drawer and the one on the countertop in the third pic

you have an incredible talent!!

John

 

[rnt80]

You did a wonderful job.  The walnut looks amazing and I really like the pull outs.  Did you use a jig for the dovetails or are they hand cut?

 

[jmbfestool]

Very nice

 

[ScotF]

This is stunning!  You did a fabulous job.  Very nice and awesome fit and finish!

Scot

 

[John Bates]

Beautiful job, lovely wood, just can't stand the smell of machining it!

 

[tjbnwi]

Most excellant sir.

Tom

 

[Sparktrician]

I really like those dovetails.  Just stunning!!! 

[smile]