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  1. 31st May 2009, 10:29 PM #1
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    Default Embroidery cabinet.

    I am a very amateur woodworker so please dont flame me for this attempt.
    I made this cabinet for my wife's birthday. I designed it to hold a total of 640 embroidery threads in ten drawers. The cabinet is made from Oak (Oz and Indonesian) courtesy of Bunnings.
    The top is made from Oak and pieced together and then inlaid and glass coated.
    The cabinet was mortice/tenon jointed and the drawers dovetailed. Each drawer had to have a total of 64 slots to hold the thread formers. This was tedious work with the router table.
    The doors feel like an after thought and I may have to change them.

    I look forward to your comments...
    p.s The pen holder was made by my 16yr old son as a present to my wife for the same birthday.

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  3. 31st May 2009, 11:26 PM #2
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    Another photo. This shows the inside of the drawer lined with blue felt.
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    Ha, looks like a fantastic job from what I can see, lucky lady. There's an awfull lot of work in that with all those doevetails, draws etc. Great job.
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    I think you've done a very good job and you should be very happy with it.
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    Just 2 comments:

    Job well done looks fantastic. (That's the good one)

    NOW: Good onya my wife's seen it and SHE WANTS ME TO MAKE ONE!

    Keep up the good work, what are you getting make in return for your birthday


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    You should be very happy with it, it looks great and it's obviously got a lot of work in it. Perhaps you might have used slightly smaller cup pulls or drops on the drawers.

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    Very nice cabinet indeed.
    If you do decide to re-do the doors, you could perhaps reduce the width of the rails and stiles. As Mic-d says, smaller pulls could be more suitable if it can be done without leaving screw holes.
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    She should be very happy with this. Good work. I support Alex's coment re the doors.
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    LOML got to see it also now have to think about one much bigger for her Loom rovings its a floor loom
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  11. 1st June 2009, 12:18 PM #10
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    I agree about the drawer pulls. The problem was I live in Perth and the range of handles was very poor. I tried Timbercon and Bunnings. Timbercon had 4 smaller pulls and said they could order the rest. After a month of waiting they told me they could'nt get them anymore and I only had a week untill the wife's Birthday. I would have used drop pulls but LOML didnt like these.
    On a more technical side, I have another issue with the top. I used 2 coats of glass coat sealer to seal and prime the top prior to glass coating. After completion it looked perfect then about a month later the colour in the inlay banding started to pull into the glasscoat. Any ideas why this would happen. I have never used glass coat before and I followed the instructions to the lertter.
    Can Glass coat be removed?
    As to the question 'what am I getting for my Birthday'. It has to be an electric planer as I have never owned one.
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    [quote=hahnice;966023]I am a very amateur woodworker so please dont flame me for this attempt.
    I look forward to your comments...
    p.s The pen holder was made by my 16yr old son as a present to my wife for the same birthday.

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    Don't know about the amateur comment . Looks quite professional and if I had managaed to do something like that I would be very happy.You would have received lots of brownie points I'm sure
    I've just become an optimist . Iv'e made a 25 year plan -oopps I've had a few birthdays - better make that a 20 year plan
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    Quote Originally Posted by toolbagsPLUS View Post
    Just 2 comments:

    Job well done looks fantastic. (That's the good one)

    NOW: Good onya my wife's seen it and SHE WANTS ME TO MAKE ONE!

    Keep up the good work, what are you getting make in return for your birthday


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    Yes! Hahnice, your cabinet looks bloody marvellous but if my wife sees it, I'm afraid I'll have to kill you!

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    Looks very nice.

    Well done

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    Well I am very impressed - I would love to have something like that for my threads!!! Well done you and what a lucky wife! Re the doors - I think that maybe a bit more attention to matching colours might get a better result. Otherwise they look fine to me!!
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