LazarusDB Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Hi all, I’ve picked out this cabinet from Fine Woodworking as my next project. In the plan, they use beech which looks nice. The problem is it’s only available in 4/4 rough from my local hardwoods dealer. I know I can do glueups for the legs. The top and drawer front call for 13/16” thickness which hopefully I can do if very careful with jointing and planing. I’ve done a lot of walnut projects lately but don’t know this cabinet would look as nice in walnut. I’ve thought about soft maple with birdseye maple top and/or drawerfront. Any thoughts on other wood choices you think would look nice? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatCharlieDude Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Looking at the picture their beech almost looks like cherry. If you have cherry available in the sizes you want and it's not too expensive I would try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 I think that could look just fine in walnut. Any thing looks just fine in walnut in my honest opinion. My personal favorite wood is cherry though, this would also look good in cherry. Someone did something similar to this recently in ribbon stripe sepele (sp?) and that looked fantastic as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 That design could work well in white oak, also. Almost any specieas, actually. One lovely thing about the 'shaker-ish' design is that the simplicity of form makes it highly adaptable to ornamentation with different colors and grain patterns. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazarusDB Posted February 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Thanks for the input. I took today off work so went to Highland Hardwoods. I was still undecided when I arrived but went straight to the beech. Selection of boards wasn’t great so I started looking around and decided on soft maple and got a nice piece of curly soft maple for the top. I’ll need to let the wood acclimate to the shop for a few days so I’ll need to find another project for the weekend. Thanks again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 5 hours ago, LazarusDB said: ...decided on soft maple and got a nice piece of curly soft maple for the top... That should look awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmize Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 I was looking at that same project the other day for my next one. I'll do it out of either walnut or white oak. I don't venture out much in different species. But the more I look at all the different ones on here I may have try to get out of the comfort zone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 Let me narrow it down for you. Cherry, white oak, pecan, Walnut, Peruvian walnut, Birch, alder, soft maple, figured maple, figured walnut, the design is so clean and classic you could do almost anything except throw A combination of spalted Maple and Bubinga at it and come out a winner. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfitz Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 On 2/16/2018 at 10:55 AM, LazarusDB said: soft maple with birdseye maple top and/or drawerfront That would be sharp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyoak Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 Chances are you will get your 13/16" for drawer front and top. But if you don't, so what? You should be able to do it with 3/4 or 7/8". Good luck and keep us posted... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepDad Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 I know sometimes we can over complicate decisions with wood types and over contrast the design. But I like the idea of a Birds eye or tiger maple top and a walnut (my favorite) body. But just my $.02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevans Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 I agree with JeepDad, Maple and walnut would look awesome together. My favorite combination is white oak and walnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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