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# 78 |
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Colin Stokes |
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Manheim, PA |
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| Dimensions
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Width:
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20 |
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Height:
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42'' |
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Depth:
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20" c |
| Materials:
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The whole cabinet,,including full height backboards, is constructed from Curly Maple.The wood was finished with analine dyes,Boiled linseed oil,shellac, and wax. The Blind rat tail hinges were hand forged by a local blacksmith and are morticed into the stile.the hinge plates are secured with hand whittled 1/4 inch square hickory pegs,Tradional wooden molding planes were used to make the corince,then scraped by hand. The cabinet does not have a rear spine as this would affect the asthetic of the fishtail shelf. The six back boards are 7/16 solid curly maple and are shiplapped together.The boards are fixed to the inerior shelves and ceiling using hand forged rose head nails.
The cabinet stiles are made from one board and cut to match the grain at the mitred joint which is joined using a hardwood spline the full height of the face frame. The door is joined with hand cut murtice and tenon joinery.The raised panels were firlded using various hand planes
The door is overlaid on the cabinet . |
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this is a 2inch deep by 1 3/4 long and 1/16th inch wide mortice in the door stile to accept the hinge plate.
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The three parts of the hand forged rat-tail hinge
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Here you see the hinge plate being push fit in to the mortice cut in the door stile.
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This is the detail of the split pin that attaches the rat tail pintle being cinched over on the back of the cabinet face frame. It was finished flat with no sharp protrusions, the ends being driven back in to the wood.
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The finished cabinet.
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