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24th January 2015, 01:31 AM #1Member
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Large jarrah Queen Anne book cabinet
So there was this night where I was hanging out in the bar with my mates, this half drunk friend of my mate suddenly approached me, asking me that, "I heard you can build things from wood", I was like... Yes~~... Then he's like " can you build me this large book cabinet to store my precious book? It has to be 2400 x 1900. " then my next question is what's your budget, he gave me an answer that all woodworker will love it to the death.. "No budget, chuck the best bits you can in there and give me the price, here's $2000 deposit." So I began drawing him the rough design of it, with another hand holding a pint of Carlton draught.
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24th January 2015, 01:52 AM #2Member
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So I started the next day morning, with a terrible hang over, I picked out those highly figured Lacey 60x60 jarrah post and begin laminating 4 per post together( regret afterward and I'll run you through it). As you can see in there I free hand drew the queen Anne legs' shape out and ran it through my table saw with different thickness in there as I've got the smallest carbatec band saw that is impossible to cut the shape out. Then I chizel out the extra bits in there, it will be the ugliest Queen Anne leg for the moment. Then I began grinding it to shape
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24th January 2015, 02:04 AM #3Member
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And so I began to cutting this 3000 x 1200 jarrah slab into halves, planned and sanded, then shape the edge with a makita jigsaw. This little jigsaw cut this 50mm thick jarrah like a champ. But noises are ridiculous though. Sealed it with jarrah saw dust epoxy resin mix.
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24th January 2015, 02:26 AM #4Member
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I have always been working with slabs, or big traditional joint furniture, but never build anything like that, I'm not making furniture for a living, only build one or two pieces for friends and family occasionally. So there's no point for me to get something too good ( in terms of tools and machine). Also, I have never ever carve, but now because of this piece, I've to buy a set of carving chisel. As I mention in the 1st post, I'm regretted that I used lace jarrah for the legs, now.. Because lace timber the grains are curly, if you try to carve into it, it will make your life heaps harder, plus jarrah is not the best timber to carve, it chips a lot. Best way is to have extremely sharp Chisel, shaves it slowly. The carvings on the legs are not superb though.. Hopefully I'll get better down the road.
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24th January 2015, 02:39 AM #5Member
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These some some photos of the legs slowly coming into shape
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24th January 2015, 02:42 AM #6Member
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These are the handles I found online, top quality but very pricey.. Love it though
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24th January 2015, 03:13 AM #7Member
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While I was carving the legs, I've managed to done quite a bit of things. Because of noise restriction, I run my machines and tools on days and quietly sitting inside carving those legs at night. I've joint up the two slabs and managed to get those panels up.
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24th January 2015, 03:22 AM #8Member
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More images of the drawer part of the book cabinet
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24th January 2015, 03:55 AM #9
Keep it coming Jovian! I amazed at what you are doing as a first project. Lovely work and, if I was a mate, I would certainly be hiding at delivery time!
flettya rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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24th January 2015, 07:34 AM #10SENIOR MEMBER
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Awesome wip! Looking spectacular.
it's amazing how some of the greatest ideas are born after a few quiet ones..."All the gear and no idea"
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24th January 2015, 07:53 AM #11
Nice work. Looking pretty special.
This things gonna need a forklift to move it around, thats some heavy duty timber there.
Keep them photo's coming.
Steven.
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24th January 2015, 08:39 AM #12
Looks sensational. Book that crane now in preparation for moving day. That puppy is gonna weigh a bit !
Glenn Visca
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24th January 2015, 10:40 AM #13Member
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Because of how impatient I was for now.. So I decided to give it some 2 coats of scandanavian oil rubbed on it. 1st is to look at the color, second is to protect it from the direct sunlight in the morning. Because of the scale of it, I always build up to 6 coats of scandanavian oil on it, then sanded down to 600g, then another coat, then wet sanded up to 1000g with pure tung oil. Then wax it. That's always my preferred method for large light traffic furniture.
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24th January 2015, 10:53 AM #14Member
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Now that I got the drawer completed.. (Finger joint) Oo... It's jarrah burl veneer front, laminated on jarrah ... Then I cut the sides off, added panels of wood to gives it an antique drawer look. The back panels are lace Marri board, machined to flat tongue and groove. Also as you can see, all the sides curvy parts are in place, that's what the owner asked for, over designed large queen anne. I also managed to get the door pre-fit. Then removed to finish separately for ease of transport. Shelves are also done. No photos taken as it's only panels of jarrah
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24th January 2015, 10:59 AM #15Member
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And then.... dalalala... It's completed and sitting it the guy's house. 1st it's 2 different of removal company turned and turned away because of the size and weight of it in the morning. Then I managed to get another group of 6 in. They still complaining though... After close to 4 hours of crazy moving task for them, and cost me $1k! It finally sits peacefully in this beautiful client's house. Well worth the time...
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