Hope Chest with Chris's Curly Maple

[Willemjm]

Hope chest with Curly Maple and Cherry.

Breadboards with pins showing and slight round overlap, allowing expansion or contraction to look natural to the non craftsman.

Joinery with blind dovetails and dados, no screws or fasteners other than for hardware.

Employs a till box, with lid which opens and serves as chest lid support. Hinges custom made by a blacksmith. Drawers sliding dovetail holding front face with through dovetails for drawer backs.

Till box has suprise, with Shedua (East Africa) hardwood inlay.

 

[Acelectric]

Oooo very nice! Maybe one day I can create something that looks this good.

 

[llucas]

That is an absolute inspiration! Great combination of woods and excellent execution. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Canuck]

Very nice work and excellent craftsmanship!

Looks like a 2014 NCWW calendar entry to me.

Thanks for sharing!

Wayne

 

[Jeremy Scuteri]

Looks great. Is this your own design?

 

[Willemjm]

Looks great. Is this your own design?

I did the design in Solidworks, using parametric modeling, meaning each part is designed in 3D and then assembled. I must admit though, that I had something else in mind, then I saw a picture similar to this and used that as inspiration.

 

[golfdad]

Awesome chest.....where did you get the hinges If I may ask...:icon_thum

 

[Sealeveler]

Beautiful,a piece to be proud of.
Tony

 

[NC_Horn]

Absolutely beautiful! Great job all around. Love the figure in the wood, the inlay, dovetails,.....I love it all.

Congratulations on a wonderful project.

Duane

 

[James Anderson Jr]

Very nice; that maple is stunning!

 

[tonyps]

Wow, that is just down right great!!

 

[MarkE]

Beautiful work!

 

[Bill Clemmons]

Beautiful work, as always, Willem. :eusa_clap

Bill

 

[srhardwoods]

Bweautiful!!!! only thing better than the figured wood is the craftsmanship. Can't wait to see more.

Chris

 

[Joe Scharle]

Very nice :thumbs_up

 

[Willemjm]

Awesome chest.....where did you get the hinges If I may ask...:icon_thum

The hinges were custom made by a blacksmith, Nick Vincent in Maryland.

 

[SeanStuart]

Willem your work is truly top caliber. Not just the craftsmanship but the proportions and simplicity of the overall look. The inlay is beautiful, have you considered doing a video or instructional slide show of some sort on inlay? I love the piper that you've done a few variations of.

Thanks for posting.

 

[Willemjm]

Willem your work is truly top caliber. Not just the craftsmanship but the proportions and simplicity of the overall look. The inlay is beautiful, have you considered doing a video or instructional slide show of some sort on inlay? I love the piper that you've done a few variations of.

Thanks for posting.

Thx Sean. The inlay process I do is not difficult, I use a scroll saw with stacked board cutting and don't regard myself as good on the scroll saw. There are a lot of folks now using lasers, with high precision and they will do inlays at reasonable pricing. The inlay on this project probably took about 1/2 hour to do on an old Dremel scroll saw.

If enough folks are interested, we can organize a demo, or a class in the triangle, but preferably adding someone who is good at intarsia, or has a lot of scroll saw experience which will be way above my skill level.

Anyone post up here if interested, we can perhaps organize at my shop and throw some other stuff in. Will have to be in May though, I am booked out with work for March and April. We can also consult with Kevin to see if he will offer his shop closer to Raleigh/Durham (Jazzflute) he loves all of us drooling over his sliding table saw.

 

[kooshball]

Excellent job!