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    Default Craft Cabinet WIP

    My sister wants a craft cabinet ... something to hold all her crafty bits and pieces but which will look nice in her living room. The timber furniture in her house is mostly light in colour, and she opted for camphor laurel.

    First I made the legs, here they are, ready for final sanding.
    Judy's Legs.jpg

    Did not have a lot of camphor laurel, so the sides, top and drawer fronts will all be veneered. Sides and top will be veneered over MDF. Drawer fronts over NG rosewood. The new band saw makes cutting these veneers a breeze.

    Have fun!

    John

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    An impressive start
    Experienced in removing the tree from the furniture

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    Thumbs up

    Nice legs!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by artme View Post
    Nice legs!!!
    Thanks, artme,

    That's what my wife told me as I stepped out of the shower this morning ...

    Wait ... wrong legs ...

    Thanks anyway.

    John

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    Nice work


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    Default nice legs

    That photo of the legs back to back is a great demonstration of the relative proportions of their profile. Something that's not immediately obvious to my eye when they are viewed individually.

    Thank for posting it - they look great

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    Quote Originally Posted by jcge View Post
    That photo of the legs back to back is a great demonstration of the relative proportions of their profile. Something that's not immediately obvious to my eye when they are viewed individually.

    Thank for posting it - thay look great

    Regards
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    John,

    When I made my first set of cabriole legs I set them on the table like that pretty much by chance. Then I noticed that if I walked around them I could more easily see any imperfections in shape/proportions, so I have done it ever since. If you walk around them when they are stacked as shown in the pic and they look proportional and pretty, you are likely in pretty good shape.

    Cheerio!

    John

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    Default Progress

    The base is now made and ready for final sanding.
    Judy's Base.jpg

    And here is the carcass, freshly glued up in it's clamp farm. Ends, top and drawer fronts are all veneered. Top and ends use MDF as substrate. Drawer fronts will have a timber substrate. The ends are an almost prefect match, but other than me, nobody will notice that.
    Judy's Carcass.jpg

    The drawers are next on the agenda.

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    And here it is with the top resting in place, yet to be routed.
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    Nice legs on a nice body!! It just gets better!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by artme View Post
    Nice legs on a nice body!! It just gets better!!!
    Ohhhhh ... you silver tongued devil you ...

    Darn ... I think he meant the cabinet ...

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    Everybody is saying how good this build is John and I can't disagree, very nice so far.
    Looking forward to seeing the finished item.
    You certainly aren't wasting any time getting it done. You must be loving using that new Laguna

    Cheers, Ian
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    If you deal with the lowest bidder it is well to add something for the risk you run.
    And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better"

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    very impressive
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    Thanks Nick and Ian.

    Yes, The Laguna is a delight to use.

    I am developing a fondness for camphor laurel timber. It is pretty as well as good to work. Also, it is a stable timber.

    Cheerio!

    John

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    Default Progressing ... slowly

    The drawer fronts are just sitting in the frame in this shot ... yet to make the drawers.
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