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Big Squam

comments (0) July 29th, 2010 in blogs, Reader's Gallery

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Big Squam Sideboard. Solid teak frame and legs, shop-sawn teak veneer panels. Slip tenon construction. Oil and wax finish (exterior), shellac and wax polish (interior).

Alaskan Yellow Cedar interior. The shelves are adjustable, and the back panels are pressed in on feather splines.

The square holes in the back of the cabinet are for wires (the piece will eventually be an entertainment center.) My hope was to build a piece that would be useful for many years, but would outlast the need for having hundreds of wires running in and out of machines (and furniture.)

The half-blind dovetails in the middle two drawers are cut with extra-deep sockets to hide the middle drawer divider.

The hinges, as well as posts for the door and drawer pulls, were milled from solid brass stock. The hinges are two different sizes (one set for the middle double-doors, and one set for the outside doors) to account for the different throws the doors required to open fully.

Big Squam Sideboard. Solid teak frame and legs, shop-sawn teak veneer panels. Slip tenon construction. Oil and wax finish (exterior), shellac and wax polish (interior).

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This piece is the second half of a commission to build a sideboard and a small end table. The veneer for this piece all came from one amazing plank of curly teak. (The cabinet was actually designed and built around that board.) You can read more about the design process on FW.com's The Woodworking Life, or at my own site (more pictures! more words! more fabulous prizes!): Kellogg Furniture Design

The sideboard's little (although technically older) brother, Little Squam, was built as a sort of prototype to work out many of the construction details. (You can see pictures of it here.)

Design or Plan used: My own design - Clark Kellogg