Oriental Chest of Drawers

Great, I’ve had a similar idea for a project. I love the wedged through tenons.

-- Rogue

Looks great! How stable is it? Are the tenons wedged with a single wedge all down the front? If so, are they all fairly tight? Any way of tightening them individually?

Thanks! You’ve given me some insparation for an upcoming project.

Greg

-- Greg - Vancouver, BC

That’s a great little piece of art. also I like the melted piece.

Very nice! Quite ingenious and I really like the look.

-- Folly ever comes cloaked in opportunity!

Nice job.

It instantly reminded me of another old project posted here a while ago (http://lumberjocks.com/projects/5997).

Was it inspired by it or perhaps by the Jeff Greef’s original (http://www.jeffgreefwoodworking.com/pnc/Boxes/Oriental/index.html)?

In any case, you did a great job with yours, it is a very pleasant little chest.

That’s unusual and very distinctive. You did a fine job on it.

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

Great job, your execution looks very precise, interesting design. Thanks for sharing

-- It's Mic Keep working and sharing

Seeharlez, The wedges in the front are a single piece. It took a ton of sanding and little tweeks here and there to slide them all the way down without being too loose or so tight I couldn’t slide them through. Fortunately the maple was stout enough that they didn’t break pushing them through. With that said they are pretty dang tight.

The piece was created using Jeff Greef’s design. I have a link to his original on my blog. I eventually plan to post the process of the build there as well. He used Mahogany and Teak (teak was a little expensive for my taste). I also opted to make my own pulls. I hardly, if ever, use store bought hardware anymore.

This is very neat project.

-- Abbas, Castro Valley, CA

Nice work, I have Jeff Greef’s book as well and have always wanted to build this, but all that joinery is a little scary. I must say in my humble opinion the pulls you made seem far nicer then the brass ones on the original. If I ever get around to building it I just might have to steal your pull design on the drawers. Nice choice of woods. Good luck in the contest.

-- Paul--- Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. — Scott Adams

Mann I really dig the design on this… great job

-- Wood and Glass they kick (well you know) Have a great day - Dug

Looks great ,love the design.

Sweet design and finish…great job.

I think this will be at some museum some day, you have my vote

fantastic on many levels. I really like exposed structures ?why hide the structural beauty. One quick tip if you would like to expose the true colors of a project in a photo use natural sun light.

-- another tip from cooperedpatterns