Brian VanVreede Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Well, here is the finished product. Its a Piston fit drawer made from Wenge and yellow heart. It was used by friends of mine for their wedding. They placed it in the reception hall so that guests could leave them notes. The box was locked that night with the bottle of wine, 2 glasses, and all of the notes people left for them. They will not open the box until their tenth anniversary! Funny story is, my brother was the best man and at the end of his "very short" speech to the bride and groom, he spent about 2 minutes talking up my box, explaining to people that I put almost 100 hours of work into it. I was a little embarassed but felt very honered that my brother (who I look up to very much) said the things he did! Anyway.....here are some of the pics. Enjoy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian VanVreede Posted June 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 More Pics.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian VanVreede Posted June 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 and some more.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fransikaner Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Well done, Brian. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Slack Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Brian, that looks outstanding. Thanks for the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mds2 Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Brian, great looking box! This is a fantastic wedding gift idea. My best friend is getting married next year and he and his fiance LOVE wine, so I might have to steal this idea. What are the dividers made from? Do you like your router plane? I dont have one, but they seem like a very handy tool. Thanks for the photo journal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian VanVreede Posted June 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 The dividers are each made from 2 pieces of yellow heart (3/16") sandwiching 1 piece of wenge (3/16"). The Veritas router plane is awesome. I use it any time I have the chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicks82 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Now that is sexy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Beautiful job indeed-- I love the joinery as well. Lawrence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CessnaPilotBarry Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 The box looks great! No need to be embarrassed by the well deserved attention lauded upon it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Well done, Brian! (null) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian VanVreede Posted June 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 Thanks everyone! I would also like to thank Finewoodworking.com I could not have completed this job at the caliber in which I did with out the many great articles I used. I probably used over 10 different articles. Everything from how to tune the bandsaw (Michael Fortune) to making a shooting board, to get a super tight fit on all the dividers. If you don't have an online membership with them.....GET ONE!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 Agreed. I've been watching the Asian inspired table w/ Tim Rousseau. Nice piece. Lots of curves and angled joinery. (null) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flairwoodworks Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 Fantastic work, Brian! I like the joints, and how they serve as feet too. The only thing that I might change is the pull, or the position of the pull. It seems a little high. Perhaps a pull with a shorter top-to-bottom distance would allow it to be mounted lower. (ullus) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian VanVreede Posted June 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 Thanks Chris! The reason the placement of the pull was so high, was because of the escutcheon. The escutcheon was the "fixed" point on the face of the drawer because of the type of half mortise lock that I purchased. My plan was to have the pull on the same plane as the escutcheon which resulted in the high placement of the pull. If I lowered the pull off of the same plane as the escutcheon do you think it would have looked awkward? But I do agree with you, my original plan was to have everything centered. I was just forced to adapt to the mistake I made in my original purchase of the lock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derwood Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Your brother kicks ass and so does the wine box. Great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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