Thanks, Dave. I can always count on you.

Not much on TV tonight, so I did a quick model that's based on hexagonal end tables for sale on the One Kings Lane web site. Fair warning: I joined the uprights to the top and bottom pieces with mortise-and-tenon joints, but didn't do any joinery for the hexagons. I also didn't take the time to change the axis orientation on some of the components. Maybe, once I finish digesting dinner, I'll add some splines to the miter joints on the hexagons.
Let me know what you think.
Best,
dh

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The numbers are fine. You even have them in the correct order.

Very nice. I especially like the two sizes of number on the dial.
dh

Now that's a secretary!

Thanks, Andy

I have no idea how the actual secretary was constructed (for Pete, who had something else in mind, I can say that this secretary is stacked.) Dovetailing the carcase is a time-honored way to build a piece like this. In some instances, the cabinetmaker would use through dovetails; here, though, I opted for half-blinds so that the joinery wouldn't show on the sides.
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dh

Jim: Thank you for the nice words. As for the Easter egg, you'll have to look again on March 31.

jpalm: I've seen other pieces of Swedish furniture that were painted, so I guess it's a common style. However, there's a lot that I don't know about Swedish antiques. Whether through age or design, the paint that I've seen always looks like multiple thin coats of milk paint. Gives the pieces a nice patina.

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dh

I'd rather just eat cake.

Eighteenth Century French furniture is too much froufrou for my taste.

And I probably should have named the post "The Desk with the Dragon Tattoo."

swedish secretary.skp[/attachment]Here's another model based on a piece being sold on the One King's Lane web site. The big crown molding and curved doors were irresistible.

Dave Richards was his usual helpful self, finding a couple of misaligned pieces. But let me know what you think.

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dh

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Thank you, sir.
Yes, the One King's Lane site does have some interesting stuff. Decent photos, too, for those who want to try to model some of the furniture.

As for my model, I couldn't decide how to handle that one shelf; I thought a rounded-over edge would look odd, so I left it square. But I may change my mind again. Truth be told, once I got the cutouts in the sides looking right and did the rounded-corner molding, the rest of the piece wasn't that interesting. A shelf is a shelf is a shelf; not much one can do with that.
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dh

I came across this piece in the One King's Lane web site. It's a small (4-ft. high) bookcase. The cutouts on the side pieces were a bit of a challenge. So were the curved corners on the base and crown moldings. All I had were overall dimensions, so I imported one of the images and used it to estimate other dimensions.
I think I came close. Gave me something to do between plays during today's football games.
Let me know what you think.
dh

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Awesome doodle. Are you going to model the gnome in SketchUp, too?

Dave,
Thanks for the kind words (and belated thanks for spotting all the things that needed cleaning up in the first place).

I have a big hunk of mahogany up in the shop. I'd have to surface it, though, and that means hand-planing. It's too wide for my jointer and probably too heavy to run through the planer. (It's 12/4 thick, a foot wide, and now about 3-1/2 feet long). Maybe someday, unless I cut it up for bowl blanks.

dh

Pbacot,
Thank you for the kind words. The size is as in the original, which is smallish. I pirated the brasses from other models, but they're pretty close to the size shown on the original.
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dh

All,
My latest model, a kneehole desk. The original dates from the last quarter of the 18th Century, and is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is a bit small for people today, and may have been a lady's desk back in the day. The original is made from mahogany, with some secondary woods in the drawers and dust panels. I created the model from plans in "American Furniture Treasures," by Lester Margon.

The block-front drawers were something of a challenge, particularly the long drawer at the top, which spans the full width of the desk. It involved a lot of copying of curves from the dust panels and pasting in place.

Let me know what you think.
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Dave,
Just curious: Did you use native SU tools to model the curved seat and back, or did you use Shape Bender or some other plugin?
dh

Nice work. Thanks for sharing.
dh

Thanks, Dave.
I'd love to get out to the shop, but . . .
I'd have to shovel a path through the six inches of snow that fell yesterday,
Then, I'd have to finish the shelving unit that my wife wants in an upstairs room,
Then, I'd have to sweep up all the shavings from my last turning project,
Then, I'd have to put away all the tools I left out from previous projects,
Then, I'd have to sharpen my turning tools,
Then, I'd have to go find some new wood to put on the lathe,
Then, I'd have to figure out what I wanted to turn.

So I think I'll just take a nap instead.
dh

pennsylvania spice box.skpI think I have too much free time on my hands. I spent most of the day modeling a classic spice box, based on one made by Pennsylvania cabinetmaker Doug Mooberry for the May 1997 issue of Fine Woodworking. Lots of dovetails--for the carcase as well as for the nine drawers. Plus a tombstone-style raised-panel door. I added Brusso hinges and an escutcheon from Whitechapel, Ltd.
Let me know what you think.

All best for the New Year,
dh

Happy New Year, everyone.
I recently finished modeling a Sheraton side chair, working from plans in "Heirloom Furniture," by Franklin Gottschall. Like most chairs, this one comes with a number of challenges: angled tenons, flutes carved in a tapered leg, an elaborately carved back splat (which I greatly simplified for the model), and some egg-and-dart molding.
Thanks, as always, to Dave Richards for finding little things to fix with the original model.
Let me know what you think.
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dh

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