JasonT

Well done. I think this is an amazing first piece and effort. I bet your construction will hold up better than the store bought equivalnet.

Thanks for your comments. I think what you are referring to is pretty much done with a jig made by incra or leigh. I did these dovetails by hand and I have only done through and half blind dovetails myself.

On this piece specifically, the half blind dovetails were easier to make. Using a softer wood (primavera in this case) that allows for compression of the wood fibers is much more fogiving than putting two pieces of very hard material together like the through dovetails on this carcase construction.

I was too confident when I put those through dovetails together and did not even dry fit them. It was my first time doing dovetails with rock hard wood. I ended up using a ball peen hammer to drive those dovetails home and sanded the marks off later.

I think this is why when you see all the demonstrations by master craftsmen they always seem to use pine or poplar sides...I'd like to see one of those masters do the same thing with Chechen!

pick me please

In what way does this unit disassemble to get into the room? I like the idea and am thinking of doing something similiar one day.

Thanks for your comment. He loves the tools. I cannot wait til he is old enough to take his first shaving!

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That is alot of work effort! What made you decide to louver versus a simple frame and panel design?

In any case a vast improvement over the old door.

I am excited at the opportunity to win!

Thanks for your comment Samwise :-) It will be a gift for my sister's wedding. Hopefully she will think the same. i checked out your efforts and you have some impressive pieces yourself!

another piece of incredible craftmanship! Keep it up

Thanks for your comment. Yes the door is chechen too, but the panel is slightly figured and the rails and styles are quasi-quartersawn.

If you look at the carcase with the door open and keep your eye away from the door you will see it is fairly straight, but that door will play mind games with you!

I probably should have the left style facing inward on the grain direction, but the mistake grows on you....I think it draws you to open it up.

I will win this time!

nice show of joinery and wood selection

I looked over your works in your profile and your woodworking is extremely impressive for such a short period doing it. I would appreciate if maybe you could update your profile how you went about learning these things. Your joints appear all very perfect and tight and your finish appears extremely well done. In any case I am humbled and inspired.

I have recommended this contest with a Thumbs Up! Having struggled with some original "clunky" pieces I could use the help!

Geez I wish I remembered. I borrowed over a 100 Wood magazines from a friend when I was getting started and I have no idea which one it was now. The magazine did have templates for the bottom rocker and that was very helpful at the time.

I am looking at the drawers and it appears to be an applied front on top of through dovetails..is that correct?

It would be nice to see more than one picture.

Did you have plans for this rocker? I like it but it is hard to see some of the details. Any laminations...it looks all solid and shaped.

Interesting we both like and mentioned a windsor chair course. I took a couple courses at the local woodcraft and I guess maybe I would have gotten something out of it if I knew nothing at all about woodworking.
I then took a course at significant time and expense through Conover's Workshop and I guess that completely soured me on classes. The instructor spent most of the time doing his own project rather than helping elevate the students level of work. I learned more from other students. Classes are definitely a personal experience and I think the quality of instruction has alot to do with it.
For the time and money I am learning alot in the books

I like the design. The size of the legs and how the joinery is chamfered off makes it look stout, but not chunky. Well done!

what a tremendous amount of work to use such narrow glued up material for the cover. Beyond that well done!

Very detailed. If I made this I would be both excited and scared of my child playing with it (due to potential damage). Thumbs up!

i like how you worked the grain pattern on the front

very nice

this looks classic and original all at the same time

I like the top...it looks like it has a carved texture to it.

that is a kingly gift for some lucky child

It is projects like this that make me wish you could add more than 5 pictures. Selection of wood types worked out very well. The design stands out but does not look like "forced uniqueness".

well done!

What made you decide to use sapele?

I like it alot. How do you insure the door stays closed? I don't see any hardware in that regard.

The design is very krenov, except I think he would have put a handle on the door. I can see the reasons why you didn't.

how big is this dimensionally?

is that bent part on top a lamination? How did you attach it?