Cabinet-gallery – going to pieces

Blue Jay Cigar Box

This box is made with curly maple wood. It was a birthday gift for my friend and business partner, Jay. The outside carvings are inspired by those old, antique cigar boxes. The copper stamped detail on the top right of the door is a tribute to his birth year. There are lots of details inside – wooden rulers as drawer backs and peg backs; vintage war posters are lining the bottom of the drawers; a removable watch rack; slide-by doors with a cut out and trimmed square as a grip; another container is enclosed with a door that opens down and is detailed with a red “handmade” thumbprint stamp. Inside the door on the lower, right corner is my signature initials carved in. The door is held securely shut with magnets in the corners.
With all of the compartments and the watch holding rack this is a design suited for a man to store his jewelry and other small treasures.

Sliding Door Entertainment Stand

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I created this entertainment stand to hold our living room electronics, DVDs, and PlayStation games. I’d previously made a bookshelf (I’ll have to add a picture soon) and my wife wanted it to coordinate.

Since the doors needed to slide past each other I created the hardware using skateboard wheel bearings and a narrow track. And to brace the bottom of the doors and keep things sliding evenly I added bearings from a router bit to hold the doors plumb.

Wooden Locker

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Bent wood cabinet

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Wooden Toolbox – a new design

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My new toolbox I made over the last few months.
I was inspired to make this toolbox/ briefcase type thing after viewing Henry O. Studley‘s 1900’s tool box. I fell in love with it and wanted to make my own interpretation of his classic.
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Made of all solid hardwood construction with hand cut/ chiseled dove tailed joinery. Materials used include maple, sycamore, walnut, sheet copper – thicker gauged.

When starting this project I believed the case and drawers would have been the lion’s share of the build.
I was wrong.
After constructing the case and drawers I found myself at a loss with what to do with the 2 large open areas and how to fill every single square inch of all the dead space. Sounds simple, keep in mind I wanted a look and a flow to how everything would be housed in the cabinet. All the while when fully closed and latched I wanted to be able to roll this thing down the stairs and nothing would move out of place.The trickiest parts of the projects are often unseen before you start.
I’m glad I started.
Enjoy!

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