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11th December 2011, 09:00 AM #1Intermediate Member
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Jewellery Cabinet
As mentioned in another post the Woodturners of the Hunter have constructed this Jewellery Cabinet to raise money for the John Hunter Kids Hospital. Money raised will go towards the purchse of much needed specislised equipment for the Hospital. Tickets are now on sale at the Woodturners during the farmers markets on the following dates: 11th Dec, 18th Dec and 22nd Dec. Additional ticket outlets will be advised in the near future. For those of you in or visiting the Newcastle area we would appreciate your support. Some cabinet details:
- 500mm high 300mm wide 270mm deep,
- Made from Jarrah and Qld Silver Ash,
- Leather lined,
- Necklace and chain tray,
- Earing tray,
- Carved drawer pulls.
Greg
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11th December 2011, 09:26 AM #2
Beautiful creation Greg.
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12th December 2011, 04:15 AM #3
That's beautiful, I only see one problem - the cost of filling it with jewellery!
I hope the raffle (ticket sales) goes well.Dragonfly
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12th December 2011, 07:17 AM #4Skwair2rownd
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Now that's an eye catching piece! Beauifully done!!
A great cause and all the best with the ticket sales!
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12th December 2011, 10:33 AM #5GOLD MEMBER
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Very nice
Bob
"If a man is after money, he's money mad; if he keeps it, he's a capitalist; if he spends it, he's a playboy; if he doesn't get it, he's a never-do-well; if he doesn't try to get it, he lacks ambition. If he gets it without working for it; he's a parasite; and if he accumulates it after a life time of hard work, people call him a fool who never got anything out of life."
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12th December 2011, 11:45 AM #6
Very well done. Great design.
And my head I'd be a scratchin'
While my thoughts were busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain.
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12th December 2011, 04:11 PM #7
Very nice indeed.
Reality is no background music.
Cheers John
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14th December 2011, 04:30 PM #8
This cabinet is SPECTACULAR
For more details go to Woodturners of the Hunter: Jewellery Cabinet Raffle
Check out the rest of our website to see what Woodturners of the Hunter is up to
cheers
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14th December 2011, 06:22 PM #9
Wow, that is one beautiful piece of woodwork Greg. I have all the machines and tools to create something like that, but lack the skill and knowledge to achieve a result like you have attained. Congrats on a true heirloom item.
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14th December 2011, 08:46 PM #10
Well done. I suspect the journey, how it came to be designed and made is an interesting story?
Good luck with your fund raising effort, another great idea!
Happy ChristmasTony Ward
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21st December 2011, 08:27 AM #11Intermediate Member
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Thanks for all the kind words. In response to some of your posts, I can't take all the credit for this piece. Whilst I was responsible for the design I had a lot of help with the construction from Ron Taylor. Ron is one of the best fine joinery exponents I have seen in many years of association with some of Australias best.
As for the story from conception and design through to the construction process, I have written an article which I hope to have published in the new year. I would however like to briefly talk about Design tools. This piece is totally original from the ground up. (except for the carved drawer pulls which were influenced by some of Neil Scobies work). In order to achieve the high quality we were after it was necessary to completely model each component and produce detailed dimensioned drawings. This was achieved using Google Sketchup ( 3d design software available from Google). By doing this Ron and I were able to resolve all construction and joinery issues prior to putting a saw to any timber. Below is a photo of the model of the cabinet and one of the dimensioned drawings. The only change from the original design to finished product was the size of the fingers in the drawer fronts. Thanks again for the interest.
Greg
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21st December 2011, 09:09 AM #12
Google sketchup, u gotta love it, especially since its free!
I do all my designing with it, i'll tinker with different models at night when theres rubbish on the TV. I never bother with the fine details in the model as you have done Greg, just the basic shape & design. Curves can be difficult to get just right & i usually end up changing them a bit anyways.
Thumbs up to both of you, mighty fine job you've done there!
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7th January 2012, 06:29 PM #13Novice
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Great work the scarfing (or dovetails its hard to see form the picture above) on the draws ads an interesting design feature that you font see every day nice Sketchup drawing as well
Sketchup has designed and built full homes for me. By far the best software out there for free.
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