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Arts and Crafts Credenza

comments (2) February 14th, 2009 in Reader's Gallery

hogy Jason Hogan, member
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While working in a kitchen cabinet manufacturer I found that offcuts of up to 1 3/4 inch were being cut to fireplace length.  So instead of wasting all this wood I decided to build a credenza with all the offcuts I could save glued up like a butcher block.  It turned out really well.  I used maple, birch and cherry to form the core of the box.  I calculated that I saved over $400 in wood.  Note: that it is not all recycled, I wanted the curved front (12 foot radius) to be one piece so I substituted a 4 inch piece of maple in the front, both top and bottom.

The front doors are bookmatched walnut veneer on wiggle board and mdf.  Finished in shellac.  Total time: 178 hours 


Design or Plan used: My Own Design - Arts and Craft Credenza
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Paulcc Paulcc writes: Hogy,

Great job of recycling and, more importantly, really nice design! So much of the stuff here is early American red oak schlock, seeing such nice design is very unusual. Great work!
Posted: 8:55 pm on February 14th

Paulcc Paulcc writes: Hogy,

Great job of recycling and, more importantly, really nice design! So much of the stuff here is early American red oak schlock, seeing such nice design is very unusual. Great work!
Posted: 8:54 pm on February 14th

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