I have a small unfinished wall cabinet in pine my master bathroom that no one sees. It was a experimental in a couple ways:
>it was my first attempt at mitered dovetails (maybe my only attempt come to think of it)
>I created a veneered back panel which i thought was very clean
>it was pine, i never finished it, but planted a seed
I have a mixed relationship with curly maple. I love the idea. I want to follow methods for "popping the grain" and really accentuate the curl but I usually hate the look of any type of dye on the white areas of the curl. I've come to the conclusion that I like a penetrating oil or poly, sand it back and then finish with a semi gloss poly. Then wait and let UV and oxidation help with the contrast.
both of those intros lead me into this project. the details:
>solid wood core, quartersawn (or close to it) maple
>douglas fir shop sawn veneer on the interior
>curly maple show sawn veneer on the exterior
>back panel has some sort of non-traditional veneered back panel (google: cracked ice veneer tim coleman)
-also solid core quartersawn maple
>thru tenons made on my multi-router
cross section of the panels:
first dry assembly
unrelated pics of the wife's paper craft area that i've been slowly working on since covid lockdowns.
>it was my first attempt at mitered dovetails (maybe my only attempt come to think of it)
>I created a veneered back panel which i thought was very clean
>it was pine, i never finished it, but planted a seed
I have a mixed relationship with curly maple. I love the idea. I want to follow methods for "popping the grain" and really accentuate the curl but I usually hate the look of any type of dye on the white areas of the curl. I've come to the conclusion that I like a penetrating oil or poly, sand it back and then finish with a semi gloss poly. Then wait and let UV and oxidation help with the contrast.
both of those intros lead me into this project. the details:
>solid wood core, quartersawn (or close to it) maple
>douglas fir shop sawn veneer on the interior
>curly maple show sawn veneer on the exterior
>back panel has some sort of non-traditional veneered back panel (google: cracked ice veneer tim coleman)
-also solid core quartersawn maple
>thru tenons made on my multi-router
cross section of the panels:
first dry assembly
unrelated pics of the wife's paper craft area that i've been slowly working on since covid lockdowns.
