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Fossil Cabinet II

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Some years ago I made a Krenov style cabinet in Elm for SWIMBO's collection of fossils and my daughter 'oop narth' in Carlisle recently requested something similar from the WoD in a dark brown wood. I gave her the option of either English Walnut or Brown Oak and she opted for the latter.
I had just enough from some boards purchased at Yandles two or three years ago and for the design I went for something pretty straight forward...

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Nothing too fancy here with no curves, but I did go for my usual through mortice n'tenons on the stand which were then wedged with Bog Oak, left proud and then rounded over; a proper 'pita' to do but quite effective once complete:

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As with most of these JK cabinets, the stand is separate and in this one, the display case just drops into a recess at each corner of the legs:

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The door is pretty standard with some Brusso knife hinges from CHT to hang it and a shadow gap of around .6mm (the thickness of a bit of veneer). I used a traditional JK sprung door catch and used on oddment of Bog Oak to carve a handle:

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I had just enough Brown Oak to make a twin panelled back which was glued into a small rebate in the case:

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The display case itself is made from MRmdf, veneered over the top with 2mm thick Brown Oak Veneers. Dominos were used for the side frame construction and 6mm ply tongues were used to join the frames to the top and bottom.

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This is as far as I'm able to go with this project, bearing in mind the current restrictions, so it looks like the display case glazing and six ground and polished glass shelves may have to wait for another day. I'll give the glass people a tinkle on the dog n'bone tomorrow to see what the situation is, but I'm not hopeful.
Finished with a few coats of satin Osmo and a goodly application of CHT organic Swedish wax applied with a grey Webrax pad, then buffed with a soft cloth - Rob
 
Woodbloke":33ba4t21 said:
Some years ago I made a Krenov style cabinet in Elm for SWIMBO's collection of fossils and my daughter 'oop narth' in Carlisle recently requested something similar from the WoD in a dark brown wood. I gave her the option of either English Walnut or Brown Oak and she opted for the latter.
I had just enough from some boards purchased at Yandles two or three years ago and for the design I went for something pretty straight forward...

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Nothing too fancy here with no curves, but I did go for my usual through mortice n'tenons on the stand which were then wedged with Bog Oak, left proud and then rounded over; a proper 'pita' to do but quite effective once complete:

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As with most of these JK cabinets, the stand is separate and in this one, the display case just drops into a recess at each corner of the legs:

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The door is pretty standard with some Brusso knife hinges from CHT to hang it and a shadow gap of around .6mm (the thickness of a bit of veneer). I used a traditional JK sprung door catch and used on oddment of Bog Oak to carve a handle:

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I had just enough Brown Oak to make a twin panelled back which was glued into a small rebate in the case:

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The display case itself is made from MRmdf, veneered over the top with 2mm thick Brown Oak Veneers. Dominos were used for the side frame construction and 6mm ply tongues were used to join the frames to the top and bottom.

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This is as far as I'm able to go with this project, bearing in mind the current restrictions, so it looks like the display case glazing and six ground and polished glass shelves may have to wait for another day. I'll give the glass people a tinkle on the dog n'bone tomorrow to see what the situation is, but I'm not hopeful.
Finished with a few coats of satin Osmo and a goodly application of CHT organic Swedish wax applied with a grey Webrax pad, then buffed with a soft cloth - Rob
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Very nice indeed, Sir!
Just love that finish
 
That brown oak is really pretty. I'm not a fan of the Krenov style ordinarily, but this one is simpler (stylistically) than most, and less obviously box-on-a-frame. This should make your daughter very pleased.
 
Mike G":2w56wkrx said:
That brown oak is really pretty. I'm not a fan of the Krenov style ordinarily, but this one is simpler (stylistically) than most, and less obviously box-on-a-frame. This should make your daughter very pleased.
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Thanks Mike; this style of cabinet is now pretty dated but it's what the 'customer' wanted :lol: The Brown Oak used here was really good stuff and somewhat softer to use than the normal Euro stuff - Rob
 
Another lovely heirloom piece Rob. I like the more simplistic style you've adopted here, and as usual, the more simple the lines, the fewer places there are to hide. Beautifully executed as always.

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RogerM":rk6rwh7e said:
Another lovely heirloom piece Rob. I like the more simplistic style you've adopted here, and as usual, the more simple the lines, the fewer places there are to hide. Beautifully executed as always.

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Thanks Rog and others. There are one or two of the usual cock-ups in this but you'd have to look bloody hard to find them. The most obvious is at the bottom where the cross rail spans the two side frames; the wedges are only 18mm long and did't squish out the tenon quite enough thus leaving a gap at each end of the joint. Once they were filled with a bit of wax and then polished you can't spot it. I know it's there though :cry: - Rob
 
Can I just say that it is nice(!) to see that even vastly more experienced woodwrights still have 'bad hair days'?
Gives me a bit of condfidence to struggle on when I want to just axe it and burn it.

And, it gives credence to the adage: "it's not that craftsmen never b*gg*r up, it's how they recover/rejig/refinish so that it doesn't show, that matters"

Cheers Rob! Sam
 
Now that 'lockdown' restrictions are finally easing I've been able to get the glaziers in town and get this bad badger dun n'dusted:

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Next stop for this one is for my daughter 'oop Narth' in Carlisle when HMG gives us the 'green light' - Rob
 
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