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21st December 2010, 10:00 PM #1
WIP Queen Anne Dressing Table
Just started making this Queen Anne Dressing Table or Lowboy as they are called. I'm using the timber I purchased from Mapleman in the market forum so it will be made from Qld Maple. I've never made one of these before so I will test my skills and I'm sure I'll get new ones.
Pick 1 is of the raw maple
the other pics show some prgress on the legs.
I got the plans from Popular Woodworking Mag June 2010 but I'm making some changes as I don't like the apron (thats the fancy bit below the draws) It's just not me if you know what I mean. Enjoy.
SBLast edited by Superbunny; 22nd December 2010 at 09:56 AM. Reason: Fogot the real QA
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21st December 2010, 10:08 PM #2
Ooh! I've got front row.
I like to watch.
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21st December 2010, 10:55 PM #3
The legs look good and I like the trefid feet.
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22nd December 2010, 07:23 AM #4
Superbunny, those legs are excellent. I imagine a lot of work went into those, certainly a lot of skill. I'm curious as to what equipment and techniques were used to shape and finish those curves.
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22nd December 2010, 07:34 AM #5Skwair2rownd
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Looking great so far!!
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22nd December 2010, 09:08 AM #7
Hi SB,
What they all said. Very nice legs. I'll be watching too.
Cheers
Pops
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22nd December 2010, 10:09 AM #8
Well they did take the best part of a week to make as I had never made cabriole legs before. Just used the template I made from paper and tranfered onto some 10mm ply I had. Then shape the plywood template so I had a good design for all four legs. After just transfered the pattern with pencil onto the raw timber (75 x 75 Maple solid piece of wood) after jointing two sides as reference points, then free hand cut on the band saw. After shaping on the lanisher and using a drill attached drum sander to get a good finish and outline of the curvey bits. After used a drawknife to shape the long edges, then finish with a palm sander. For the feet I used a gouge and small attached drill drum sander to form the toes. Alot of wood but what a learning curve. Yes the best legs I've had my hands on for some time.
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22nd December 2010, 12:20 PM #9
I would like a front row seat also
Those legs are just great
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Looking great so far!
I'm really looking forward to seeing this progress.
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Whaat everyone else has said. I am joining the watching brigade.
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29th December 2010, 11:03 AM #12
Well we got some more work done over the xmas period and as you can see I've cut the remaining pieces ready for the next stage and started to clamp up the top in ready for later. Had to use the thicknesser to get the boards all the same and my new Big Boy lanisher came in handy as well. Yep your right there is some nice figure in the top, you just can't see it all yet.
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29th December 2010, 09:37 PM #13
Top looks nice SB, lots of potential for tearout there
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30th December 2010, 12:39 AM #14
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30th December 2010, 07:22 AM #15
It looks beautiful! I look forward to seeing the progress!
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Are the two pieces you put together mirror image about the centre?
I ask because, it looks like there's 4 large knots or eyes mirrored about the centre; two just left of centre and two farther down on the right half. Was that intentional?
Are the knots going to take a lot of finish and get really dark compared to the rest of the counter top when you get to that step?
Skew was teaching me about colour balance and form a little while back. How to think ahead to how the final piece is going to look and I'm trying to picture it here.
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