Woodworking Show and Tell

Alan, you suggested I start this a while back...so here goes; and thanks man, you literally saved this one for me!

This is the project I was working on when I got his good advice on glass cutting. It's a concert memorabilia case Amy asked me to make, and it will soon be full of keepsakes from Donna the Buffalo and Railroad Earth shows. The case is 31x21 and is brazilian cherry and soft maple. The purple cloth is over cork for pins.
I wish I was a better with a camera...the richer color is actual.

first you show off your orange masterpiece, now this, do you want a picture of me for your frame? lol

skicat wrote: I need new teak strips for my step pads on the BFN made. When can I drop off the teak?

Thanks cat, anytime you like with a day's notice. A CCFan would also be welcome to use my shop some saturday morning if he wanted...

tullfooter wrote: BTW, are those bands Country, or Western?

Thanks Lefty, and they have a touch of both but are americana. DTB does everything from rock to zydeco with reggae and cajun mixed in. RRE is bluegrass mostly...maybe a sort of rock-bluegrass.

81nautique wrote: I'm sure you've got plenty more, let's see um.

Thanks Alan, I do have some more, but I got it started. Let's see if any of your 'closet woodworkers' care to share.

Man some guys on here are talented.

Don't mention "coming outa the closet"...no telling what CQ will post.

john

Hollywood wrote: Since this is a "family" site, I probably shouldn't post the pictures of the work I do with my wood.

What's wrong Hollywood, don't you have a zoom lens?

nates78ski wrote: Here's my woodworking project from a couple winters ago...Kayak Album Hopefully more wood(boat especially) projects to come... Nate

Nate you F...g sandbagger you been holdin out on us, That is freakin awesome. nice job I am genuinely impressed.

haha, well...in reference to getting it wet...im not completely sure which direction youre going with that...but in case youre not going where i think youre going...Kayak Launch

& Thanks again for the compliments guys, sorry for the thread hijack. I'll start another thread for it with the links to all the pics maybe later.

Nate

jbear, Rossford's right around the Toledo area..just a couple mins south of it...near Perrysburg, Maumee, etc. where are you from?

Nate

Greg, Your occupation as a custom woodworker isn't a understatement! Very nice. Of coarse your engine isn't bad ether!!! I knew from some of yur posts that you had wood in your blood. How about some more pictures?

I'll have to see what I can dig up too!

This is my Grandfather's burial flag. The pic in the corner is him in the captain's seat of a 747. He logged over 35,000 hours with 7+ years in the Navy and 32 years with Eastern AL. Yes, he was my hero and man does he have some signatures on his short-sn-order(he wasn't a drinker, so he pronounced it differently). The case is bloodwood and bird's eye maple; some laminated and some inlayed. Alan, the 'glass' on this one is UV lexan...easy to cut.

Ok Greg, Here's my first one but you'll have to suffer along as I need to tell the story behind this piece. Although the styling is my least favorite it is the most treasured item in our home.

The date on the back of the picture is 1994, a few months prior to building it I came home from work one day to find my wife and 2 very young children were on a plane 1000 miles away never to return. We'll leave that as it lays but being blindsided and without knowing a single soul in Chicago except the people I worked with I fell into a pretty deep hole.

Luckily one of my counterparts at work saw what was going on and knowing I did a little woodworking challenged me to get myself busy and make her something. I asked her what she wanted and she said "I don't know, maybe a box to keep trinkets in or something, surprise me"

I went to Raindogs dreaded Fine Woodworking Magazine and saw this item that caught my eye and decided to give it a shot. It is a reproduction of an 18th century spice cabinet, in those days many spices were so rare and valuable that the elite owned cabinets designed specifically to store them. Many had secret compartments to hide their most valuable items.

It is white oak and has no mechanical fasteners except for the hinge screws.




There are three hidden comparments behind the front drawers.


There is also a hidden drawer for documents in the back, you have to trip a little slide latch and the back panel drops down to expose the hidden drawer.



I put this together in one week as I was on a mission and nothing else to do with my time anyway. I presented it to my friend and she was awestruck. I really hated to give it away but I was happy she was the one recieving it.

Less than one year later she moved in along with her prized Spice Cabinet and the two have never left.

Alan, Well I must say that you have wood in your blood as well! I enjoyed your story and especially the outcome as much as seeing your projects. Very nice.

Bad ass projects alan...