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[Dave R]

Thankee, Doug.

[HornOxx]

and evan in the render it still looks like from the early 1900s which is perfect!
(I had zoom in the picture first to see the clear model)
I love the material change on to a cheaper(?) wood in the drawer...

[cotty]

[Dave R]

Thank you.

@hornoxx said:

I love the material change on to a cheaper(?) wood in the drawer...

It is common to use a cheaper wood for interior parts in furniture. Save the expensive stuff for where it'll show.

[slbaumgartner]

@dave r said:

It is common to use a cheaper wood for interior parts in furniture. Save the expensive stuff for where it'll show.

Yup, normal practice dating back at least several hundred years maybe thousands!

[pilou]

Solid!

Curious the natural crease sides!

[Dave R]

@pilou said:

Curious the natural crease sides!

Language thing? What do you mean?

[ntxdave]

Once again........nice work Dave

[jtri]

Secondary woods where always a less costly wood in the day but drawers with out runners need very dimensional stable wood. I think the old guys used pine for a reason. Very stable and easy to work. It turns out that Eastern white pine is one of the most stable woods around. Radial movement is 2.1% and tangential movement is 6.1%. As a comparison White oak is 5.6 and 10.5%, Maple 4.8 and 9.9%, cherry 3.7 and 7.1% (quartered cherry is my wood of choice for drawer sides) and for the curious Mesquite is the most dimensionally stable wood around. 2.2 and 2.6%. http://www.srww.com/ Swamp roads wood working has a great plug in tool for sketch up for calculating wood expansion and contraction.
Great work Dave!

[pilou]

@unknownuser said:

Language thing? What do you mean?

Dust's nest, breadcrumbs, fluids, etc...

[Dave R]

Don't you start, Pilou. That's the way the piece was made. Take it up with the designer.