Wall Cabinet

[Woodbloke]

This job has been on-going for a while and was finally done n’dusted yesterday when I got hold of some non-reflective ‘Clarity’ glass for the door. Made in Pippy Oak, shovetailed construction, all panels (where possible) book matched;









Three doors, one handle so the two on the left and right are opened by cunning little hidden catches on the underside:



Held on the wall with boxwood ‘French cleats’:



There’s a couple of little drawers made and fitted. Quarter saw oak fronts, apple sides (thanks Bob ) and Lacewood bottoms. Finished with a few coats of Osmo with a slathering of wax over the top - Rob

 

[Blackswanwood]

That is superb Rob.

 

[AndyT]

Very Krenovian and the construction looks absolutely superb, as we have come to expect. I am particularly impressed by the perfectly aligned doors on those fiddly hinges.
But although I can admire the way you have tamed that crazy wood, I'm not sure if I would want to live with it. I guess it depends on the context of the room and what else is around it. But that's a comment about my dodgy taste, not your woodworking!

 

[Woodbloke]

That is superb Rob.

Very Krenovian and the construction looks absolutely superb, as we have come to expect. I am particularly impressed by the perfectly aligned doors on those fiddly hinges.
But although I can admire the way you have tamed that crazy wood, I'm not sure if I would want to live with it. I guess it depends on the context of the room and what else is around it. But that's a comment about my dodgy taste, not your woodworking!

Thanks chaps. It is actually a direct JK clone but I didn’t like to mention it as I thought you might be fed up with my current affliction with the bloke but as I’m currently ploughing through his biography (‘Leave Fingerprints’) I’ve been freshly inspired to make some of his pieces (and there will be a few more to come )

Once you’ve done a some of those doors using the Brusso knife hinges, you find a ‘routine’ to make them fit relatively easily so they’re not too bad, but they do require a bit of faffing. The most fiddly things were the secret, hidden openers which took a lot of head scratching to work out! The pippy oak (some of Steve M’s ’quercus characterfulles’) was surprisingly easy to plane with very little nasty tear out. Some bits though, did require the attention of a sharp card scraper after a high pitched cutter on the Veritas Low Angle smoother. I have to agree that there is a lot of ‘pip’ in that piece which does require a bit of getting used to, but as I’ve hung it on a plain painted green wall, it does appear to sit quite well - Rob

 

[Malc2098]

Nice.

 

[Phil]

Nice.

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[droogs]

:text-+1: :text-+1: :text-+1: :text-bravo: :text-bravo:

 

[RogerM]

Another cracking piece Rob. I don't follow how those hidden catches work though. And what is that longer black piece on the bottom LH opening for the centre door please?

 

[Woodbloke]

Another cracking piece Rob. I don't follow how those hidden catches work though. And what is that longer black piece on the bottom LH opening for the centre door please?

Thanks Roger. If you go to Krenov Archive >Pieces>Wall Cabinets and then scroll down to see the Spalted Wall Display Cabinet, there are some detailed pics of that hidden catch…but not how to make it! I had to draw out a double size section in cardboard and use a pin as a pivot point. It was only when I’d done that could I see how JK had made them, but they were still very tricky.
The long elongated black thingie is a sprung loaded door catch. JK used biro springs and I’ve got to replace that it tomorrow as it’s a bit weak. Essentially there’s a spring underneath which pushes the black thingie up onto the underside of the door as it closes and keeps it in place - Rob

 

[Cabinetman]

Super workmanship Rob, I for one like the catspaw markings, it’s the two centre quartersawn rails that are a bit of a mismatch to my eye.

 

[Woodbloke]

Super workmanship Rob, I for one like the catspaw markings, it’s the two centre quartersawn rails that are a bit of a mismatch to my eye.

Thanks; rails and styles were ‘as found’ as I didn’t have a vast amount of pippy stuff to play with - Rob

 

[AndyP]

You really are getting quite good at this woodworking malarky Rob

I still find the drawer at the top of a wall cabinet a little odd, but what do I know.

 

[Woodbloke]

You really are getting quite good at this woodworking malarky Rob

I still find the drawer at the top of a wall cabinet a little odd, but what do I know.

Thanks Andy; it’s taken long enough but I’m making steady progress (good teacher speak ) The drawers do look odd, but that’s where JK placed them in the original, so now the cabinet in on the wall, they’re now at over my head height! - Rob