The Roentgens' Berlin Secretary Cabinet
Made with hand tools
http://www.youtube.com/embed/MKikHxKeodA?rel=0
Made with hand tools
http://www.youtube.com/embed/MKikHxKeodA?rel=0
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That rates not just a wow but also an OMG! Brilliant.Donate to my Tour de Cure
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A simple OMG is sufficient. I guess I need a little more practice. Like a lifetimes worth.
TomComment
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there's some amazing craftsmanship in that cabinet.
Loring in Katy, TX USA
If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
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It's absolutely beautiful. I'm betting there's no pocket screws or biscuits.
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Loring in Katy, TX USA
If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
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OK I was thinking that such a piece would be the culmination of a craftsman's lifetime of work and that the piece would have been the commission of some royalty as few in the apparent period of the piece could have employed a skilled craftsman for what I'm guessing might have been a year or more project.
This article sheds some more light on the suject and provides some historical background of the times:
http://gowood.blogspot.com/2013/06/g...roentgens.html
The Roentgen's were apparently father and son (my guess), born thirty years apart. living to the ripe ages of 83 (Died 1793 ) and 64 (died 1807). The desk is a commision for King William Frederick II of Prussia who ruled from 1786 to 1797. It doesn't say what the date of the desk is or how long it took to build but judging from the dates I'm guessing the mid to late 1790s.
WF II was also famous for commissioning the Brandenburg Gate so he knew and desired beautiful art objetcs but was otherwise apparently a failure as a leader.Last edited by LCHIEN; 07-22-2013, 11:17 PM.Loring in Katy, TX USA
If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
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I'm speechless (almost). Brilliant!!
EdDo you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained
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"There is no dovetail that I could see either. "
That's because they used nail and staple guns ?
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Wasn't Roentgen the X-ray guy?
g.Smit
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Amazing ingenuity and creativity. I wonder if they know for sure if they have discovered all the hidden compartments!I think in straight lines, but dream in curves
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