Small Media Cabinet in Soul-Patch Asian

[Eric. 8811]

I wish I could take credit for the name, but that's all Mike.  Clever boy.  Hirarious.

Cherry case, legs and doors with bubinga top and pulls.  Solid brass shelf pins.  And a sprinkle of Asian fravor with reverse tapered legs and soul-patch bevels.  Mmmm...dericious, tastes like MSG.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dusty Buddha

 

 

 

 

[Coop 7285]

I was going to ask, who built this, then I saw your youngins! The top is fantastic and the legs give it that little extra. Great job dude!

[Just Bob 691]

Great name beautiful cabinet!

[Coop 7285]

Did you use knife hinges on the doors?

[pkinneb 3357]

That top is amazing! Great job!

[Eric. 8811]

12 minutes ago, K Cooper said:

Did you use knife hinges on the doors?

I used SOSS invisible hinges on this one.

 

 

Here's another picture of the top when it was wet with the first coat...

 

 

And here's what it looked like when I started (obviously I didn't use all this lumber but this is where it came from)...

 

[JosephThomas 870]

B-e-a-utiful.

[Chet 4811]

That came out great Eric.  The top is incredible.   Kids are getting big.

[Coop 7285]

1 minute ago, Mike. said:

I use clever phrases to make up for what I lack in skill.   

You should name that top Delores. 

Beautiful stuff E. 

Ok, help us/me here. So Delores was a gas from the past that had a great looking top and looked best on her back?

[RichardA 4960]

I know I'm old, but what the hell are soul-patch bevels?  Soul-patch used to have something to do with a black guy's puny chin growth. I'm at a loss here!  The cabinet is beautiful, and the top is drop dead! Great work as usual Eric.

[Unknown craftsman 265]

Ya  I like the style too. Did you try to handplane the Bulbinga.

It looks like it has some tough grain.

Aj

[Llama 3765]

Such a sexy piece. Very nice E.

[Gixxerjoe04 416]

Awesome piece and that bubinga is some amazing looking stuff, don't be offended by my pocket hole comment on fb haha

[Eric. 8811]

Thanks fellers.  I worked on this damn thing for way too long.  Life is too busy for woodworking these days.

 

55 minutes ago, Aj3 said:

Did you try to handplane the Bulbinga.

 

Oh hell no.  Some species just aren't friends with hand tools...bubinga is one of 'em.

[Woodenskye 1182]

Very nice E, great work as usual!

[mat60 1061]

Man that top is sweet. Great work as always Eric.

[shaneymack 3468]

That's fantastic, Eric ! That cabinet should have nothing on the top of it ! NOTHING ! Ok maybe that coco box but nothing else. 

The cherry and bubinga really go great together. Nice work bro!

[Eric. 8811]

2 minutes ago, shaneymack said:

That's fantastic, Eric ! That cabinet should have nothing on the top of it ! NOTHING ! Ok maybe that coco box but nothing else.

You know how horizontal surfaces collect tool clutter in the shop...that's what a woman does with picture frames on horizontal surfaces in the house.  And you know this.

Thanks man.

[wnaziri 670]

That is a beautiful.  I particularly love the combination of cherry with waterfall? bubinga.  The colors complement each other well.  Love it.

[Brendon_t 2503]

Not exactly my style but the execution looks about flawless. great job. Bubinga is one of those woods still on my list to try and screw up.  I never find any locally that looks anything near this good.

The kids are getting big man.  

[wtnhighlander 7491]

Woah! That looks awesome, E! Was there no journal to go with this???

[Ronn W 1570]

Nicely done. I like it a lot.

Did you use a filler to get that nice smooth surface on the Bubinga?  If so, what product?

[..Kev 5856]

Super clean work as usual Eric!  

[TerryMcK 1648]

Awesome. I particularly like how you have just used two species.

[Eric. 8811]

Thanks for the kind words, guys.

 

9 hours ago, wnaziri said:

That is a beautiful.  I particularly love the combination of cherry with waterfall? bubinga.  The colors complement each other well.  Love it.

 

Not quite waterfall but it has some intense grain movement with a little bit of figure.  Waterfall is a whole other beast and this doesn't qualify.  I plucked two 8' boards out of a pile of rough sawn bubinga that was moving through the yard because I knew they were crazy looking just judging by the edge grain.  They didn't turn out as spectacular as I'd hoped, to be honest, but they were still very cool.

 

8 hours ago, Brendon_t said:

The kids are getting big man.  

 

No kidding.  Time flies...scary fast.

 

8 hours ago, wtnhighlander said:

Woah! That looks awesome, E! Was there no journal to go with this???

 

Sorry Ross and everyone else, no journal.  I've been so busy lately that I hardly had time to build the thing, let alone document the progress.  I took a few pictures along the way but nothing worth posting.  I have a bed coming up soon...maybe I'll journal that one if I'm feeling relaxed enough.  This is my busiest time of year though.

 

8 hours ago, Ronn W said:

Nicely done. I like it a lot.

Did you use a filler to get that nice smooth surface on the Bubinga?  If so, what product?

 

Nope, I don't pore fill, ever.  Mother nature made bubinga with big open pores and that's the way it's gonna stay.  The finish is just Arm-R-Seal satin, as usual, applied the same way I always do it.

 

4 hours ago, Lester Burnham said:

I'm not old and I'm lost on that term being used in woodworking as well.

 

Soul-Patch Asian just means that generic phony-baloney "Asian-inspired" look.  Genuine Asian furniture design is specific...what guys like me do is add a few curves or tapers in certain ways to give something an Americanized Asian feel and we call it Asian...but it's not.  It's sweet and sour chicken.

If you want to explore true Asian furniture, look into shoji or tansu to start with.  I haven't been able to find much literature on Asian furniture design but it's not what you see in your mind's eye when you think Asian furniture.  And it's certainly not this media cabinet...but that's not gonna stop me describing it that way.