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Well to talk about this particular project I think you have to know what the intention was. I have a Leigh Dovetail Jig the D1600 model and as you may or may not know that is a pretty expensive jig. In my small shop I found myself moving the jig from one place or another depending on what area I was working in. So last week I decided to make a shelf for it so I could place it on the wall out of the way. I cut a piece of Baltic Birch to serve as the shelf but decided I really don’t like looking at the edge of plywood so I created a molding from some Wenge that I had and covered the edge. Then I got to thinking that I would like a drawer or two underneath it so I could put all the stuff that goes with the jig in the same spot. After that I thought well, it would be nice to have a place to put the book and the little setup cheat sheets I have made so I raised the shelf off of the drawer carcass with turned Ebony columns.
So this is how my simple little shelf ended up turning out. It is made from Baltic Birch, Wenge, Poplar, Walnut and Ebony. All the wood used was scrap falloffs from other projects. The design ended up being rather contemporary I think and was defiantly a “Design on the Fly” kind of project. The main carcass is mitered and joined with biscuits then edged in 1/8” Wenge.
The top is Baltic Birch surrounded with a custom molding made from Wenge. It is mitered and joined to the top with splines. I am going to attach some clear rubber dots to the top to protect it and also keep the jig from sliding around due to the slickness of the finish.
The design is kind of based on the dovetail look so the columns are turned bow ties of Ebony. The drawers are joined with through dovetails and the knobs were turned with the dovetail tail look in mind out of Ebony.
My wife is kind of having fun with me on this one. She says that I will now have to redo all the cabinets in my shop as they will look terrible to me now! She says I am a bit “Out of control”.
Thanks for having a look at a project gone wild!
Ken
So this is how my simple little shelf ended up turning out. It is made from Baltic Birch, Wenge, Poplar, Walnut and Ebony. All the wood used was scrap falloffs from other projects. The design ended up being rather contemporary I think and was defiantly a “Design on the Fly” kind of project. The main carcass is mitered and joined with biscuits then edged in 1/8” Wenge.
The top is Baltic Birch surrounded with a custom molding made from Wenge. It is mitered and joined to the top with splines. I am going to attach some clear rubber dots to the top to protect it and also keep the jig from sliding around due to the slickness of the finish.
The design is kind of based on the dovetail look so the columns are turned bow ties of Ebony. The drawers are joined with through dovetails and the knobs were turned with the dovetail tail look in mind out of Ebony.
My wife is kind of having fun with me on this one. She says that I will now have to redo all the cabinets in my shop as they will look terrible to me now! She says I am a bit “Out of control”.
Thanks for having a look at a project gone wild!
Ken
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