Hall Cabinet

That is one beautiful cabinet. The attention to detail is perfect. Great job.

-- Don Solomon, New Castle, IN; Quality is not an act, it is a habit. Aristotle

This is a very delicate and gorgeous piece of heirloom.
Bravo, keep on making sawdust, you are good at it.

-- andrek

beautiful piece, well proportioned, love your choice of book match for the doors and outstanding inlay. A+!

-- The optimist says "the glass is half full". The pessimist says "the glass is half empty". The engineer says "the glass is twice as big as it needs to be"

Wow, this is really nice. The inlay looks perfect, what process did you use?

-- Allen, Colorado (Instagram @bobasaurus_woodworking)

Magnificant marquetry – first of all! Also other design elements are more than usual – the table top is quite interesting with those angled ends.

-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted

Absolutely stunning!!

-- God created wood that we may create. Trevor East Yorkshire UK

Beautiful design and execution. Definitely one to be proud of. Congrats.

-- --Zach

This project is very beautiful and so nicely done. It displays a lot of fine details and craftsmanship.

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-- helluvawreck aka Charles, http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com

A first class cabinet – well done!

-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive

Gorgeous cabinet! Really like the flow of the oak leaf motif. Did you do that as Marquetry or inlay into solid wood?

-- Aim high. Ride easy. Trust God. Neale Donald Walsch

This beautiful both from a carpentry and artistic standpoint.

-- Rocco D, Vermont

wow just a gorgeous cabinet,love your design and the inlay work is just beautifluly done.ive been wanting to do a cabinet in this style for some time now and this is giving me the inspiration to put it closer to the top of my to do list.thanks for sharing jay.

-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

The pattern is inlayed into solid wood. Not sure the name of the process. I draw the design on tracing paper. I resaw the inlay wood to about 1/8” thick. Using carbon paper, I trace the shapes onto the inlay wood and then cut them out on a scroll saw. I then clean up the piece and spray adhesive on the underside, locate the piece on the background wood and stick it. I then scribe the outline of the piece onto the background wood. I remove the piece and use a 1/16” dia router bit to remove the wood to a depth that leaves the inlay piece proud of the surface by about .030”. I file a slight taper onto the inlay piece and clean up the cavity in the background wood. Once I get the piece to fit the cavity, I add glue and pound it in. It makes a good tight fit. I usually use a small block plane and scraper to flush the piece to the background wood.

-- JayDee from Woodstock, GA

Beautiful design. Great craftsmanship.

-- Bondo Gaposis

JayDee, another fantastic design. Stop it, you’re killing me!!! :D The craftsmanship is outstanding as well.

-- Art