Darrell Peart/Greene and Greene- inspired night stand

[btracey1]

Tim,
A Canon 5DII was used with a 100mm Macro and  24-105mm L lenses. Natural and shop lights with a fill flash was used for the lighting.
While I have not had the privilege of taking one of Darrell's classes (it would be something special for sure), I do have his book and he has shared with me the magazine article with an arched version of the "Aurora Night Stand". We (my wife and I) liked the lines of the Aurora Nightstand in his book and went with that design. The plans are available at: www.americanfurniture.com
The shelf was part of the original plans and were not an addition added by me.
Hope that helps.
Brian

 

[btracey1]

Darrell,
I'm thrilled that you got to see this, and humbled.
Thank you so very much for all of your help. Maybe next year I can find a class of yours that has an opening.
Brian

 

[AlexThePalex]

Very nice indeed.  [thumbs up]

 

[Steve R]

Very wonderful.

Cheers,
Steve

 

[jvang]

very nice! love the design

 

[John Stevens]

Brian,
Very well executed – very precise and clean work!

Darrell

Well Brian, when one of the guys who inspired your design compliments your work, it doesn't get much better than that, eh?  Congratulations.

And Darrell, thanks for checking in, welcome to the FOG.

Regards,

John

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Yes,  [welcome] Darrell and thanks for responding!

 

[woodguy7]

Stunning work.  Any pics of the drawer open ?

Woodguy.

 

[Kev]

I'm looking forward to the progressive build shots for the birth of number two.

Kev

 

[Vindingo]

Beautiful work, the top notch photography definitely lets us enjoy the details.

Did you sign and date the piece anywhere?  Something like this will surely never make the trash and it would be cool for future generations.

I don't think I have created anything worthy of signing, but this would be for sure.     

 

[fshanno]

Long slender straight legs can sometimes look like they are getting fatter at the bottom.  Yours don't at all.  The proportions look good without a taper, just the curve at the bottom.  Excellent.  Are these pieces for yourself?  If so then your kids will be fighting over them like hungry wolves in a Yukon blizzard after you're gone.

No stationary power tools?  No table saw?  No band saw?  No jointer?  No stationary drum, belt or disk sanders?  Amazing.

So, how did you get the top and the shelf flat?  They look great.  Just bench planes?  What's the last thing you did on the top and straight side pieces before finishing?  Hand plane?  Scraper?  Sandpaper? 

How did you get the radius so good on the curved bottoms of the legs?  Did you carve it or shape it with a handheld sander or what?

How did you do the insets on the stretchers beneath the drawer without some sort of stationary power tool? 

I have to agree with you on not using Dominoes. Especially where the stretchers meet the legs.

What kind of chisels and bench planes do you have and how do you sharpen them?  If you don't mind my asking.

 

[tiralie]

A Canon 5DII was used with a 100mm Macro and  24-105mm L lenses. Natural and shop lights with a fill flash was used for the lighting.

Yep, thanks Brian.
Tim

 

[btracey1]

fshanno,
I do own some stationary power tools. I have a 6" Joiner, a lunch box planer, a drill press, and an osscilating sander. And as of a week ago I now have a band saw. But this project was done using my Festools and hand tools. With the one exception of re-sawing a piece of mahogany for the drawer bottom! (hey, I had to try out the new band saw....). The main core, or top pieces (two)and bottom shelf, and all of the legs,  sides, back, drawer parts, and other components were  were ripped using my MFT and 75 track saw, then jointed and flattened and squared, with hand planes which were used all the way to finish on everything, The cloud lifts and lower leg details were done using the jig saw and jigs, as per Darrell Peart's book.
My hand tools are a combination of Lie-Nielsen and Refurbished Stanley hand planes, and my chisels are Lie-Nielsens and Barr Quarton's sharpened on Shapton glass-ceramic stones.
Brian

 

[BrianP]

Great work and super attention to detail.  Always liked the Craftsman style but was never crazy about the Greene and Greene style.

Thank you for opening my eyes...further, I googled Darrell Peart and his interpretation is top-shelf.  Further looking and...low and behold - he is offering a 2 day Greene and Greene Details class in April at the local Seattle Woodcraft store.  He follows it up with another class a month later.  I am in the process of registering for the class...this just may be the best $300 I have spent in a while.

Again, thank you, eyes are wide open now.

Brian

 

[dustpup]

I had the great pleasure of taking one of Darrell's classes in Connecticut this month. Compared to the other projects I've seen on these forums, my skills are moderate at best, but Darrell is one of the best instructors I've ever had the pleasure of taking. Enjoy the class! You will not be disappointed!