Walnut office furniture

[Spanky]

Curly Oak, was this what you wanted the super good curly cherry for? The walnut has turned out great!

[curlyoak]

Yes Spanky that was me. When I finished a piece of cherry for a sample they changed their mind for walnut. I wanted figured for the panels but money got in the way.

[Coop]

That came out really fine! Congrats on the new order. We want to see it too! 

[BillyJack]

Looks really nice... I always love walnut in its unfinished state.

[curlyoak]

I enjoyed the work. I wish I could have convinced the client not to stain. I would have liked it more.

[Mark J]

It came out great' curlyoak.  Even with the stain--so did you make sure that every drawer lock uses a different key ?

[Chestnut]

So because they made you stain you told them blue drawer pulls are standard anything else is extra? I'm not bashing the blue pulls i used them for about 5 months on one piece I made. Stuff happens when you can't find the perfect knob.

[curlyoak]

This is a better picture taken by the clients new iPhone . The camera is much improved. 

Here are the pulls provided by the client. I will try to get some pics when delivered and in place. In my eye, the stain makes it look like a non stained piece 20 years old. But my guess is the 20year non stained piece will look better. The continuing grain on the drawer faces is almost a non event due to staining. The keys are the same for each drawer.

[drzaius]

1 hour ago, curlyoak said:

Here are the pulls provided by the client

Wow, there's no accounting for taste.

1 hour ago, curlyoak said:

In my eye, the stain makes it look like a non stained piece 20 years old.

But does walnut not lighten with age? I've seen antique walnut furniture that is darn near blonde.

[Chet]

You definitely did a nice job and built a good looking piece.

41 minutes ago, drzaius said:

But does walnut not lighten with age? 

This was my thought.  But the customer is always right. 

[Ronn W]

That is a beautiful piece,even with the stain,. I like it.

[JohnG]

Looks good!

Continuous grain is a big thing to woodworkers, but most non-woodworkers don’t really care. You can point it out to them and they will feign interest (“oh, neat.”), but will then revert their attention to whatever they were looking at before. 
 

You’ll find one here or there that do appreciate it, but they probably won’t want the piece stained either. 

[curlyoak]

2 hours ago, JohnG said:

Continuous grain is a big thing to woodworkers, but most non-woodworkers don’t really care. You can point it out to them and they will feign interest (“oh, neat.”), but will then revert their attention to whatever they were looking at before

You are so right. Sometimes I have a wide board to dress and is wider than my 8" jointer to make the first reference for the thickness planer. Sometimes I take the lumber to a friendly shop that allows me a few minutes on their jointer. Other times I may use a hand plane to clean it up. And to the point of nobody knows, I will rip the wide board, plane it and glue it back together. Can't tell. And so many other things we may be concerned about. But we still persist.

[wtnhighlander]

As hobbyists, aren't we doing this for our own gratification, anyway?

[pkinneb]

3 hours ago, JohnG said:

Looks good!

Continuous grain is a big thing to woodworkers, but most non-woodworkers don’t really care. You can point it out to them and they will feign interest (“oh, neat.”), but will then revert their attention to whatever they were looking at before. 
 

You’ll find one here or there that do appreciate it, but they probably won’t want the piece stained either. 

 I agree to a point but believe most will see a beautiful piece and just may not understand what is different, what makes it stand out...that is for us to educate them on  

[JohnG]

53 minutes ago, pkinneb said:

 I agree to a point but believe most will see a beautiful piece and just may not understand what is different, what makes it stand out...that is for us to educate them on  

Very true. 

 

[curlyoak]

Nice to finally deliver. And several wows were offered. We work for money, but the thanks and comments of appreciation along with the wows are a meaningful part of the pay. Dealing with nice people adds to the pleasure of the work. I had to bring the drawers back to the shop. I did not calculate the plastic that fits on top of the drawer sides to accommodate the hanging folders. It was 40 minutes round trip travel and 20 minutes to cut the sides a half inch. All is well!

[gee-dub]

Very nice indeed.  Happy clients make my day.