It is currently 28 Mar 2024, 20:55

Greene and Greene media cabinet - ebony detail added

This forum is for any general questions, queries or plain old chinwaggery on Woody stuff in general.

Re: Greene and Greene media cabinet - ebony detail added

Postby fiveeyes » 26 Apr 2015, 14:25

Having returned from our trip a week ago, I am just getting caught up with all that I neglected. :o Looking very smart David. I will have to get time to read all the WIP, so I can learn a thing or two. SoCal was wonderful! bill
fiveeyes
Sapling
 
Posts: 352
Joined: 28 Dec 2014, 02:56
Name:

Re: Greene and Greene media cabinet - ebony detail added

Postby chataigner » 26 Apr 2015, 16:52

I decided to put small plugs (6mm) in the doors for now, I can always add more, but you cant take them off if you overdo it.

Image

Made some handles from the spare ebony today. I felt screwing into something as brittle as ebony from the back was too risky, so they are made by drilling and fixing from the front with the screws counterbored and plugged. I turned the 6mm tapered plugs on the lathe, interesting challenge !

The catches are rare earth magnets in the top of the doors and the underside of the face frame, they hold the door without it actually touching anything, so there is no click when they pull closed.

Image

The obscured glazing was left over from another project and fitted temporarily as I plan to use stained glass eventually, but have to learn how to do it first.
Cheers !
Chataigner in Périgord-Limousin National park
http://www.rue-darnet.fr
User avatar
chataigner
Old Oak
 
Posts: 1063
Joined: 23 Jul 2014, 08:02
Location: Périgord-Limousin National Park, SW France
Name: David

Re: Greene and Greene media cabinet - ebony detail added

Postby chataigner » 26 Apr 2015, 17:01

fiveeyes wrote:Having returned from our trip a week ago, I am just getting caught up with all that I neglected. :o Looking very smart David. I will have to get time to read all the WIP, so I can learn a thing or two. SoCal was wonderful! bill


Did you get as far as San Diego ? That's my favourite bit of S. Cal.
Cheers !
Chataigner in Périgord-Limousin National park
http://www.rue-darnet.fr
User avatar
chataigner
Old Oak
 
Posts: 1063
Joined: 23 Jul 2014, 08:02
Location: Périgord-Limousin National Park, SW France
Name: David

Re: Greene and Greene media cabinet - ebony detail added

Postby Robert » 26 Apr 2015, 17:56

It has been good to follow this project.

Certainly very well made and an obvious degree of difficulty in some of the components.

Wish I could say I liked it but not to my taste. Maybe it would be better in a room full of similar style. Are you planning this to be the start of a theme?
Robert
Old Oak
 
Posts: 2490
Joined: 21 Jul 2014, 19:31
Location: Woodford Green
Name: Robert

Re: Greene and Greene media cabinet - ebony detail added

Postby Mike G » 26 Apr 2015, 19:52

This is a really excellent little project. I love the joints and the ebony details...... I know it's of the era and all that, but I really dislike that glass. There's just something about patterned glass that rubs me up the wrong way. That aside, this is a really nice piece of furniture.
User avatar
Mike G
Sequoia
 
Posts: 9834
Joined: 30 Jul 2014, 22:36
Location: Suffolk
Name:

Re: Greene and Greene media cabinet - ebony detail added

Postby Andyp » 27 Apr 2015, 10:13

I like it, and the smaller pegs in the door look about right to me. Very nice
I do not think therefore I do not am.

cheers
Andy
User avatar
Andyp
Petrified Pine
 
Posts: 11718
Joined: 22 Jul 2014, 07:05
Location: 14860 Normandy, France
Name: Andy

Re: Greene and Greene media cabinet - ebony detail added

Postby TrimTheKing » 27 Apr 2015, 10:26

Peg size looks perfect to me. :eusa-clap:

Cheers
Mark
Cheers
Mark
TrimTheKing
Site Admin
 
Posts: 7567
Joined: 16 Jun 2014, 13:27
Location: Grappenhall, Cheshire
Name: Mark

Re: Greene and Greene media cabinet - ebony detail added

Postby fiveeyes » 29 Apr 2015, 00:28

chataigner wrote:
fiveeyes wrote:Having returned from our trip a week ago, I am just getting caught up with all that I neglected. :o Looking very smart David. I will have to get time to read all the WIP, so I can learn a thing or two. SoCal was wonderful! bill


Did you get as far as San Diego ? That's my favourite bit of S. Cal.

Yes, yes we did, Seaport Village I believe it was called, had a great day there with family. Can't ask for more than that eh'. Reading your thread now. 5
fiveeyes
Sapling
 
Posts: 352
Joined: 28 Dec 2014, 02:56
Name:

Re: Greene and Greene media cabinet - ebony detail added

Postby Wizard9999 » 29 Apr 2015, 09:54

TrimTheKing wrote:Peg size looks perfect to me. :eusa-clap:

Cheers
Mark


:text-+1:

But please get the glass changed ASAP.
Wizard9999
Old Oak
 
Posts: 1409
Joined: 08 Aug 2014, 11:51
Location: Eversley, Hampshire
Name: Lord Radford

Re: Greene and Greene media cabinet - ebony detail added

Postby fiveeyes » 02 May 2015, 01:26

David, the ebony detail in the doors is spot on. Like it.
fiveeyes
Sapling
 
Posts: 352
Joined: 28 Dec 2014, 02:56
Name:

Re: Greene and Greene media cabinet - ebony detail added

Postby billybuntus » 04 May 2015, 10:10

Lovely cabinet but please change the glass. That particular pattern also doesn't agree with me.
billybuntus
New Shoots
 
Posts: 80
Joined: 01 Dec 2014, 22:35
Name:

Re: Greene and Greene media cabinet - ebony detail added

Postby Commander » 05 May 2015, 22:35

Very nicely made! :text-bravo:
Commander
Sapling
 
Posts: 471
Joined: 29 Apr 2015, 15:11
Location: Pretoria, RSA
Name: Erich

Previous

Return to General Woodworking

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Blackswanwood, Steve Maskery and 11 guests