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sister's wedding gift

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AlexSutula AlexSutula, member
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This is the first time I tried my hand at laminating.  The middle panel is laminated brazilian cherry and tiger maple.  The panels are glued to a sub-straight and then framed with paduak.  There are also paduak splines in the miters for strength
Another first for me, hand-cut dovetails.  They are not with out error but turned out well.
The wood burning and inlay are 2 more things that I attempted for the first time on this piece.  The quote is from my sisters wedding invitation.  I decided to include this after it was glued up.  So i had to burn it on a seperate piece of wood and then inlay it in the side panel.   I practiced the wood burning 8 times before I got one good enough.  
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This was my sister's wedding gift back in May.  This is by far one of my favorite pieces of work.  I attempted many things i have never done before on this piece.  Before this trunk I have never hand-cut a dovetail, re-sawn and laminate pieces of wood (the top), inlay, and wood burn.  I was very pleased with the end result.  I gotta stop giving away my furniture


Design or Plan used: My own design
posted in: Reader's Gallery, modern, maple, dovetail, paduak, Contemporary, curly maple, brazilian cherry, laminated
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