Irwin Chests

 Beautiful VERY quilted Black Cherry from Pa...

Irwin Chests

Drawing out the details of the second chest....full scale allows me to get the true proportions and work out issues on paper....

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All the parts for the mahogany chest complete....ready for joinery and construction...

doesnt look like much yet!

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Hand planing a cedar panel milled from the clients own back yard!

Amazing veneers arrive for both chests...

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A classic ogee bracket foot....complete!

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Shaping the feet...

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Shaping a piece of mahogany for the ogee bracket feet....

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Looking at the wood beneath...

Rough chalk layout....

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Full scale layout the first step to constructing this chest...as they say "if you cant draw it .....you cant build it!"

From this drawing a cutlist can be produced....

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Massive old mahogany board...what a find!!! This board is at least 50 years old....

Table restoration

I really liked this table....the tiger maple pedistal base makes the piece a real find...

Table restoration

This top had a large split right down the middle....incedently half the top is maple half is pine..the underlying apron was carefully removed, the two halves where cut, handplaned and glued back together in this jig...

Is suprising how many pieces are are "married" a term we use to explain a piece with parts that are not original to the piece....

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Massive slab of very old mahogany....may not look like much right now but its a spectacular board. Its very hard to find quality mahogany these days so this little secret find was worth the effort........This board is AT LEAST 50 years old!!!