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cole reeves |
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fairmount, IN |
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| Dimensions
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Width:
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18 |
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Height:
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35 |
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Depth:
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12 |
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Cabinet body is of oak, part of the crown is poplar,as is one of the interior shelves. |
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I have a little furniature repair shop,dealing mostly with antique restorations. A friend brought me a picture of this wall cabinet that had sold at auction in November of 04 for the amazing sum of $960,000. He said I'd be the only guy in town with a million dollar cabinet, if I could build it. Along with the picture were basic height, width and depth measurments, the rest I had to guess at. The original was missing it's original door and drawer pulls, so I guessed at these also
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All of the lumber was removed from a circa 1880's barn that I am removing from my property. The body is of red oak taken from the old horse stalls. I hated to paint good oak, but all I had to do was remove it and plane it down, so the price was right. Primary joinery was done with that most wonderful invention, the bisquit jointer, the drawer is dowled together. The back is 1/4 inch oak slats with ship lap edges and they are nailed on. The door panel I cut on the table saw at a 15 degree angle. The corner insets on the front were accomplished using a drawknife,)so much for power tools).
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The crown is four pieces, the dentil is oak cut by hand ( why didn't I use a mortising chisel). Next came an ogee turned upside down. Then an old piece of door casing that I converted to crown by sawing the bottom at a 45 degree angle. It is poplar and also came from the barn. Then the very top is more 3/4 oak flat stock. Then last but certainly not least came a very tedious paint job. Acrilic paints, artificially aged with walnut stain and then a clear sealant overall.
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