Black & White Wide-screen TV Stand..

[SARGE..g-47]

Good use for the cutouts - clamp matching pads. I think I've done that before without thinking about it.

I learned it long ago when I got to a glue-up similar and suddenly the reality struck.. ugh ooh! haha... I probably destroyed enough wood in the early days to have built two houses full of furniture Loring. The beauty of catching tips like this on the inter-net which didn't exist back then.

Regards...

[SARGE..g-47]

Cool! You were able to use less expensive wood as your core and wrap
it in something fancy. Definitely a worthwhile "waste" of wood.

I haven't tried this technique in something that I've used as a structural
component like you did for the legs. I'm going to have to try this at some
point. Thanks for the idea.

Paul

I do it all the time making quad-linear legs from QSWO for A & C Paul. Why not with the exorbitant price of wood these days. They aren't giving finish supplies.. etc. away either as you know. Gotta do what ya gotta do. Good luck when you get to it.

Regards...

[SARGE..g-47]

The only thing I see wrong with this piece is location; it's not in MY living room! I think this is your best piece yet.

Thanks Larry. I myself do like this piece and my wife's freinds love it. Already getting can you do me a coffee table like thwithout the shelves from two of them. Time to run hide in the shop after telling them I joined the French Foreign Legion.

Regards...

[gsmittle]

Very nice work, Sarge. I love the clean lines and sense of the top almost floating in mid-air. Wonderful contrast between the ebonized poplar and maple, too.

I like the sexy curved legs. That means the stand, not you bub.

You're getting there with the lighting. Try your key (main) light from about 45° off one corner and a white card or two opposite to control the shadow. If you're getting a hot spot or two, shift the camera, the light, or add a grey card to tone down the highlight. Sometimes a light positioned low behind the piece can help separate it from the background. Tough to do with a piece that open, though. The nice thing about photography nowadays is you don't burn any film taking a couple hundred shots, plus you get immediate feedback. The bad thing about photography nowadays is you don't burn any film taking a couple hundred shots…

g.

[Pappy]

Definetly not your normal style but......

WOW!!!

[SHADOWFOX]

Amazing work, Sarge! Showed it to my wife and she loves the design and it definitely is an awesome looking piece of furniture. I got the "Why can't you build something like that for our TV?" question. Thanks for sharing!

Kindest Regards,

[garymuto]

Amazing work on the design and execution. Thanks for sharing. I'm not sure if this is inspiration or a nudge for me to hang up my tools..... Ok, I'm inspired.

[Knottscott]

That's really cool Sarge! Very unique, and very nicely done!

[SARGE..g-47]

Thanks to Pappy.. Chris.. Gary and Scott for the more than kind comments. I really enjoyed the change of pace on this piece but it required a lot of patience as I rarely work with water base (and I don't have a sprayer as mentioned) and... I have never ebonized that kind of volume before. That was an extra couple of days work testing on scrap before I found a winning approach. Then is was simply extra days getting the water base and ink to the point I was satisfied. But.. worth it IMO as you won't find the piece at IKEA with Made in China stamped on it.

[SARGE..g-47]

Very nice work, Sarge. I love the clean lines and sense of the top almost floating in mid-air. Wonderful contrast between the ebonized poplar and maple, too.

I like the sexy curved legs. That means the stand, not you bub.

You're getting there with the lighting. Try your key (main) light from about 45° off one corner and a white card or two opposite to control the shadow. If you're getting a hot spot or two, shift the camera, the light, or add a grey card to tone down the highlight. Sometimes a light positioned low behind the piece can help separate it from the background. Tough to do with a piece that open, though. The nice thing about photography nowadays is you don't burn any film taking a couple hundred shots, plus you get immediate feedback. The bad thing about photography nowadays is you don't burn any film taking a couple hundred shots…

g.

Interesting you brought up the lighting and camera GS... This was done at the studio of friends (Terry and Sue Ann Burton) who do wedding.. class re-uniouns.. etc.) professionally. They however do not do still photo-graphy though so we got to play. The studio is on their 30 acre farm in a barn and I restored a round Federal table for Sue Ann that her grand-mom gave her that was missing a drawer and the old hide glue had gone south on the leg joints.

They turned me loose with the studio and their high dollar digital as a courtesy as they are dear friends to the point as we think of each other as brothers and sisters. I spent sevaral hours arranging and re-arranging lights. Terry told me from the git-go that the black and white with the interior shelves would be a bear. I must have taken 70-80 shots on his camera messing with trying to get that radiant curl to show but to no avail. Finally I decided to go with what I had taken and he burned all the pictures on a disc which my wife entered on my computer when I got home.

I'm a dummy with camera's and computers but I did learn a lot getting turned loose in that studio. He ask if I would like for him to shoot the pics but I adamantly wanted to do them. Kind of like building a piece and sending it out to a professional finisher then taking credit for the work. I'm old fashioned in the sense of what you see is what you get and you hold me responsible for the whole thing as I prefer working alone as a "one-man-band". haha

Thanks for the tips and kind comments... regards!

[jabe]

Sarge, GOOD JOB, EXCELLENT DESIGN. I like the contrast of the blk & white and what a score on the curly maple.

[SARGE..g-47]

Sarge, GOOD JOB, EXCELLENT DESIGN. I like the contrast of the blk & white and what a score on the curly maple.

Thanks Jabe.. I enjoyed the process from start to finish. My supplier has the curly in an econony bin constantly. It gets picked through but they cull the curly from the regular soft maple about every 3 months and the bin fills again. I have a friend that works there and informed me the day they will be going through bins. I head up the next day to take a look.

Regards...

[billwmeyer]

Excellent! I love the design and the great craftsmanship. I would hate to try and put a retail dollar amount on that piece! Beautiful!

Bill

[SARGE..g-47]

Thanks so much Bill.. couldn't put a $$ figure on it either as my wife simply isn't giving it up. I could build another as I keep templates but I have a feelin' she will pop up with another build for her in the next few days.