Thread: Chest of drawers

An absolute stunner Alex I have to confess I thought the back was a second cupboard you were showing

cheers
Wendy

That's an heirloom that your grand daughter can pass on Alex and with a finished back like that it could be free standing . The handles look great . Do they have a finger recess at the bottom ?

Regards
Peter

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

If you wouldn't mind, how many coats of hard shellac did you use and how did you apply it?

cheers,

P

I put 2 coats of hard shellac over a coat of ordinary white shellac on the top, applied with a wad of cotton wool inside a cotton hanky. The rest is 3 coats of white shellac.

Originally Posted by Peter36

The handles look great . Do they have a finger recess at the bottom ?

Yes, I coved them out on the tablesaw in one long piece, before I shaped them, then separated them.

Even though I wouldn't expect much less from you Alex, it is tops.

Absolutely beautiful! Something that will be handed down for generations. I hope you signed it somewhere.

Originally Posted by AlexS

I put 2 coats of hard shellac over a coat of ordinary white shellac on the top, applied with a wad of cotton wool inside a cotton hanky. The rest is 3 coats of white shellac.


Yes, I coved them out on the tablesaw in one long piece, before I shaped them, then separated them.

Wife and I had our first home built in Canberra, and by chance all the kitchen cupboards' handles were angled down a little.

Little kids never figured how to open them, but the angle was purrfect for adults

Yes John, I designed them so that a small child couldn't stand on them.

Originally Posted by AlexS

Yes John, I designed them so that a small child couldn't stand on them.

I was wondering how you engineered a cupboard so small children couldn't stand on them, and was thinking of telling about the time Mrs walked into the kitchen to see Twin 2 aka Michelle standing on a barstool (fortunately, not one that swivels) reaching into the pantry, with Twin 1 safely on the floor encouraging, "Higher, 'Chelle, higher."

Then the penny dropped, so I won't

Beautiful work Alex.

Oh if only I could get hold of some hard shellac here in Toyama.

Des