Thread: Lingerie Chest

Thanks for the kind words, Ian.

I used SikaBond, which is a high strength spray contact adhesive. It was possible to lay on a thin coat. I was concerned about bleed through, although I first waxed the upper side of the leather. I was more interested in gaining purchase than a permanent bond since the leather is held down by the edge beading and the dividers. These were attached with hide glue.

I tell you what - let's wait a several decades and get together over a beer to assess the result What a review that would make!

Regards from Perth

Derek

Originally Posted by derekcohen

......... I tell you what - let's wait a several decades and get together over a beer to assess the result What a review that would make! .........

Derek, I'm not sure I'll still be around "several decades" from now, that would mean cracking the ton, and even if I do, it's more than likely neither of us will be able to remember what we were going to discuss. However, as long as we can still drink a beer or two, I'll keep the date. Actually, I was thinking well past my (or your) lifetime. Unless you used an inferior leather, it should be a century or two before the leather needs replacing.

To be truthful, I've never had to lay leather, so it's not something I'm at all familiar with. I was going to put some on my desk flap, but decided against it for a couple of reasons, the main one being that I was desperately short of primary wood & couldn't make up a single panel for the writing surface. I had to include a centre rail, which complicated including a leather insert too much for me at the time, so I went with setting the panels flush with the writing surface and working on wood instead. From the 'research' I did at the time, I understand starch glue was the stuff they used way back. I also have a dim recollection of some old geezer showing how it was done in an early FWW). Although cheap, starch glue isn't nasty, apparently, and lasts a very long time (so long as you keep the cockroaches at bay). And when it comes to replacement time, it's not too hard to soak off.

So for all I know, your spray adhesive may be superior to starch anyway....

Cheers,

Really fantastic, Derek. It must feel great to wrap something like that up after so long.

It really is a great, original design. So many subtleties that really come together to make something truly unique. I think that being able to understand that kind of thing and execute it this well is something to aspire to.

Excited to see what comes next!

Cheers,
Luke

Thanks Derek for bringing this to a close. Like you say the devil is in the detail. Exceedingly well executed and done in good time, in my view. I have done a bed previously, with hardly a straight line and that took me 14 months to complete, with 35 weeks of working away from home. Regardless of how detailed your working drawings are there are still always things that need to be nutted out in the workshop rather than on paper.

It seems to me your methodology in resolving detail showed no compromise. The finished piece is subtle, soft and exceedingly pleasing to eye.

Truely an heirloom piece that would stand muster with the best of work from the best of makers.

Champion effort.
Thanks again.
Bevan

Well done on the completion of the chest.

I would be in the same mind set in regards to the draw handles and I would have done the same thing in order to get them sitting flat against the draw.

That's such a lovely piece of work! What a wonderful result!