How Would You Make This?

[cabinetman]

http://officemagz.com/original-woode...d-johnson.html

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[atgcpaul]

I wouldn't. Not my personal taste.

Looks like Photoshop to me and that description reads like a MadLib.

[chopnhack]

Its a very interesting project! Its out of my league, but I would think that the rails and stiles where created by bandsawing from larger stock then ripping. Off-setting the curves gives it a more natural and non-repeating flow. The author mentions laminating, so I imagine the door panels where made in a form with plies laid up and glued over "bumps". Just my opinion. :-)

[cabinetman]

Hers's a better image...
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http://officemagz.com/original-woode...d-johnson.html

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[leehljp]

Paul hit on it - via photoshop!

One of a kind - for the purpose of being "one of a kind" doesn't get me excited. Aesthetics should play part of the role.

[cabinetman]

I wouldn't. Not my personal taste.

You don't have to like it, and don't have to make it. But, in the custom end of woodworking, we are presented with this type of challenge (not this one in particular). I don't have to like it to make it, but it's a matter of making a living or not.


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[Stytooner]

Looks like it was designed by sketching fast on a napkin. Then carried out realistically.

I think it is both challenging and cool looking. I'd absolutely give it a shot if I had the time. Imagine all the furniture in a house done in a similar fashion.

If you are tired of doing straight lines or traditional designs, there are always other avenues to venture down.

You guys remember Dave down under? He traveled his own path for sure.

To make it I think there would be lots of laminating as has been mentioned.

[jking]

I would build it square, then put it in a tank of water for a while, pull it out & let it warp on its own.

[sailor55330]

build it straight and drink heavily

[Pappy]

build it straight and drink heavily

Been a long day, and I am sitting here having a long talk with my psychologist, W. L. Weller.

Are you saying that dresser isn't straight?

[Sweet Willy]

Most of my stuff turns out looking like that. What's the big deal?

[Bill in Buena Park]

Band saw box.

[ivwshane]

Been a long day, and I am sitting here having a long talk with my psychologist, W. L. Weller.

Are you saying that dresser isn't straight?

Is it possible to do vacuum forming with layers of veneer sheets?

[chopnhack]

Is it possible to do vacuum forming with layers of veneer sheets?

Absolutely, that is what I mentioned earlier on. --> "door panels where made in a form with plies laid up and glued over "bumps"."

Form could be clamped or vacuum clamped, no difference in end result. Vacuum bag if big enough would be faster than setting up all the cauls necessary to do something like that... if it is real

[cabinetman]

Absolutely, that is what I mentioned earlier on. --> "door panels where made in a form with plies laid up and glued over "bumps"."

Form could be clamped or vacuum clamped, no difference in end result. Vacuum bag if big enough would be faster than setting up all the cauls necessary to do something like that... if it is real

I have my doubts that it was done that way. Even with the veneer soaking wet, it doesn't seem likely that it would fit the biases (that much contour).

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