A With A Little Walnut

[Richard in Smithville]

Earlier this year, I was given a few board feet of black walnut. It finished at three 1/2" boards and two 3/4" boards. There was just enough for me to make a wall mounted baby quilt display rack. The main dimensions are 12" high by 24"wide by six" deep. The top shelf spans 27".



The two stretcher/holder bars are morticed into the sides and they match with faux tenons on the outside.



The top is attached with brass screws. After pre-drilling, I threaded the holes with steel screws and then inserted the brass screws leaving the heads proud. I then snipped off the heads and sanded the screws flush with the top. This gives the look of brass pins.



The entire shelf was sanded to 220 before assembly and finished with three coats of tung oil which was lightly sanded with XXXX steel wool between coats.

Thanks for having a look.

[phrog]

Beautiful wood, nice design, and great execution. Congrats on a very nice work.

[Pappy]

Beautiful! I like the sapwood showing in the stretchers. Most people avoid the sapwood, I think it adds character to the piece.

[gerti]

Sweet! I like the idea with the screws, and the finish looks great.

[atgcpaul]

Yes, that is a very nice piece. I like the sap wood inclusion, too. I generally avoid it but this adds more visual interest. To me, it looks like the light o the sun as it rises in the morning.

Questions about the brass screws. How high off the shelf did you snip them? Sanding them down is trivial?

[Ken Massingale]

Beautiful work, Richard. You made the Walnut proud.

Ken

[Black wallnut]

Beautiful work. Quite the creative use of mechanical fasteners. I think the quilt will have to be spectacular to not be outclassed by the shelf.

[cork58]

What a piece of work, you have done a very good job. I really like everything about it, should be around allot of generations.

[Bruce Cohen]

Richard,
That is really cool, best rack I've seen in years!! A really nifty piece.
Thanks for the tip about using brass screws, and all thewe years I've been using real brass rod, that is one sneaky treat.
Again, great job.

Bruce

[Richard in Smithville]

Thank you for all the compliments. It's hard to stay humble with such woodworking friends. There is no final destination for this yet as I built it on a whim. Rest assured it will go to a special baby.

[Whaler]

Beautiful job!

[Richard in Smithville]

Questions about the brass screws. How high off the shelf did you snip them? Sanding them down is trivial?

I used round headed screws so I kept them proud enough so I could get underneath the head with out damaging the wood and also keep enough "meat" on the screw so the whole shaft is flush with the surface. Another way that I have done this is to use countersink screws and drive them in until the head is just proud and use a belt sander to take the heads down.

[BadeMillsap]

Really nice execution!

[Ed62]

That is real eye candy, Richard. Excellent job!

Rest assured it will go to a special baby.

It just so happens we have a very special baby in the family. I'll send my address.

Ed

[Richard in Smithville]

Once again, I thank you for the kind words.



Oh, and Ed.......LOL!