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Quilted Maze

comments (2) December 30th, 2009 in Reader's Gallery

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While the base cabinet was made by a professional cabinet maker, the countertop is my own design and making. The countertop is made of mostly Oak, Poplar and some Purpleheart. The maze starts by following the Poplar trail in the bottom right hand corner, working your way to the first intrique maze. After zig-zagging your way through the first Waffle Maze you find yourself trying to get to the Texas Ts, followed by the Road Map of Texas, then the Crossroads and finally the Dunsmuir pattern. You finally exit the countertop through the far right bottom corner.
This is called the Waffle maze, made of Poplar, Purpleheart and Card Stock.
The Texas Ts puzzle was actually one of the simplest to assemble but one of the more difficult to migrate through the maze.
The Road Map of Texas begins in El Paso at the far west end and exits through Texarkana on the far east side of the state. The most difficult to cut out of Oak and Poplar 1/4 Scant.
This pattern is based off of a floor design of the Dunsmuir House in San Francisco. Made with Oak, Poplar, Purpleheart and black Card Stock. This is not actually a maze, but just a pattern I really like. I actually produced this pattern as a floor in a previous house, the room size was 7 x 10.
While the base cabinet was made by a professional cabinet maker, the countertop is my own design and making. The countertop is made of mostly Oak, Poplar and some Purpleheart. The maze starts by following the Poplar trail in the bottom right hand corner, working your way to the first intrique maze. After zig-zagging your way through the first Waffle Maze you find yourself trying to get to the Texas Ts, followed by the Road Map of Texas, then the Crossroads and finally the Dunsmuir pattern. You finally exit the countertop through the far right bottom corner. - CLICK TO ENLARGE

While the base cabinet was made by a professional cabinet maker, the countertop is my own design and making. The countertop is made of mostly Oak, Poplar and some Purpleheart. The maze starts by following the Poplar trail in the bottom right hand corner, working your way to the first intrique maze. After zig-zagging your way through the first "Waffle Maze" you find yourself trying to get to the "Texas Ts", followed by the "Road Map of Texas", then the "Crossroads" and finally the "Dunsmuir" pattern. You finally exit the countertop through the far right bottom corner.
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This countertop is for an 8 foot long cabinet in my home office. This project took 14 months to complete. I used mostly 1/4" square dowels of Poplar and Oak, with 1/4" Scant in both Oak and Poplar. There are also pieces of Purpleheart mixed into the quilted pattern. I used regular Paper Card Stock as a divider between the adjacent Poplar traces. Card Stock is a consistent 0.010" thick, which made easier assembly and holding of tolerances during fabrication and assembly. There is one more puzzle that is not shown due to the limits of this site.


Design or Plan used: My own design
posted in: Reader's Gallery, cabinet, white oak, inlay, poplar, red oak, purpleheart
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bduffin104 bduffin104 writes: You have more patience than I. I admire the thought that you must have put into the intricate design. My desk top is not nearly as involved. I have about three days into the parquet work.
Posted: 10:46 am on January 10th

nykyou nykyou writes: just beautyful. i guess that the satisfaction in doing something this extravagant is personal.the time it took may justify my thought.
Posted: 6:15 pm on December 30th

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