watch cabinet for 60 watches

[Chet]

Great work Dave.  I do like that round over on the dovetails, nice.

On a totally worthless not, I have almost that same stool sitting in my shop that is in the background your second to last picture .

[treeslayer]

Thanks Chet, rounding the dovetails over just softens up the case a little, it just didn't look right with square corners IMO.

[mat60]

Your doing some great work Dave  What is this junk dado set you speak about? 

[RichardA]

Those rounded over dovetails look beautiful. And matched with that white walnut, it just pops. Damn well done.

[treeslayer]

32 minutes ago, mat60 said:

What is this junk dado set you speak about? 

Thanks mat. Well i've had that set for so long i can't even remember where i got it, probably HF 20 years ago. every time i look at good sets the money goes somewhere else. its not real bad for what it is but a new set is on my Christmas list, right at the top.

[Coop]

That thing’s so pertty it could stop a watch! Looking good bud! 

[treeslayer]

Thanks Coop, spending a lot of time in the shop waiting for the new granddaughter to make her first appearance, more ARS tomorrow then some drawer installation.

[treeslayer]

My apologies for the long absence, life gets in the way sometimes.

this is the third and maybe the last coat of ARS, we'll see, i'm happy with where its at now but a long road lies ahead.

i installed the drawers with the dividers, the drawer bottoms are a suede like material in dark brown, sorry for the poor picture of that. the small white pillow is what the watches will wrap around when in the compartments, 60 of them!

no fronts on the drawers yet and i have to install the top drawer yet that will hold watch parts and his collection of fancy writing instruments. you may have noticed the drawers set back a ways, this is because the door and pulls are going to need that space. hopefully things will slow down and i can stay in the shop and get this thing done.

[Chet]

Its really looking great Dave.  New granddaughter yet?

[pkinneb]

Looks great Dave!! I have made a note that I have to do a project where I can round over the box joint corners like that,  that is just too cool!

[treeslayer]

33 minutes ago, Chet said:

 New granddaughter yet?

Thanks Chet, it's coming along as time allows. no granddaughter yet, it the wife gets wrapped any tighter i may have to dart gun her to get some rest

 

16 minutes ago, pkinneb said:

I can round over the box joint corners like that,

thanks @pkinneb, i may have mentioned i did a walnut hope chest for daughter #3 that has rounded dovetails on the top and all four corners, i really liked the effect.

[RichardA]

You're keeping a smile on my face.  Looks great young'un.

[Coop]

Looking real good bud! What will the door(s) be made of? 

[ROK]

Looks beautiful so far! Can’t wait to see how you tie it together with the drawer fronts. 

[Brendon_t]

I really like the roundover on those dt's. I'm not sure I've ever seen that done. (And probably won't since half of my hand cut dovetails are pva glue and saw dust gaps anyways.)

[Cliff]

That's an incredible build. I wish I could steal your inlay templates. I want to make some coasters with those same sorts of inlays, but I'm apprehensive about making the templates because I am not very artistic.

[treeslayer]

On 10/28/2017 at 3:58 PM, K Cooper said:

Looking real good bud! What will the door(s) be made of?

Thanks Coop, take a look at http://www.gerstnerusa.com. they have some great chests for everything from tools to guns. i bought their hardware for the single door that goes on the front and pivots down on pins and slides under the bottom drawer, a picture is worth a thousand words so check them out. i think i found their site on here, maybe not. the door on mine will be butternut center with breadboard walnut on the vertical sides only, same width as the walnut on the top and bottom with similar inlay

[treeslayer]

22 minutes ago, Cliff said:

I am not very artistic.

i'm not very artistic at all, just drew a line with french curves and cut it out on the bandsaw. tried it on a scrap piece and i thought what the heck, if it don't work its only wood, the stuff grows on trees

 

4 hours ago, Brendon_t said:

I really like the roundover on those dt's

thanks brendon, here's that hope chest i made for daughter #3, thats the first time i rounded over dovetails.

[bushwacked]

On 10/23/2017 at 4:49 PM, treeslayer said:

Thanks Chet, rounding the dovetails over just softens up the case a little, it just didn't look right with square corners IMO.

great decision ... I think it looks way better than with square edges!! 

Was it any tougher rounding them over than normal corners without dovetails in them?

[treeslayer]

19 minutes ago, bushwacked said:

Was it any tougher rounding them over than normal corners without dovetails in them?

I took lighter passes and used a scrap on each end to prevent blow-out but otherwise no problems at all.

[woodbutcher74]

Beautiful work as usual. Do you round those corners with a large roundover bit in the router?

[treeslayer]

Yep Lyle, i think the watch case i used a 3/4 round-over in the router, on the hope chest i borrowed a friends 1" bit that was a monster but worked well at slow speed, also in the hand held router.

[treeslayer]

I finally started the interior of the 5th drawer that holds watch parts and trays for his collection of pens

found some i don't know what wood and routed out for the pens

made a frame for the trays out of butternut, the small lip will cover up the edge of the material i used for a lining.

the bottom tray can be removed if need be, the top one can not be taken out. i routed a 1/4 X 1/4 inch groove on the top part of the drawer front and back and a similar groove in the front and back of the top tray  and glued in a 1/4" X 1/2" X 6" spline that rides in the groove i created in the front and back

both trays installed, the idea was to double the room for the pens in half the space as the top tray slides side to side.

case full of drawers, did i mention i hate installing hardware?  now back to the lumber yard for more butternut for the front door and the back. 

[Chet]

That is some really nice work Dave.  Are you going to make the drawer pulls?

[treeslayer]

9 minutes ago, Chet said:

Are you going to make the drawer pulls?

Thanks Chet, i made a couple of different pulls and i don't like either one, i have some time before i think about the pulls and will probably give it another shot at making them.