Finished today, a little bow fronted cabinet made from a very unlikely looking board of London plane, cut right from the top of the log. As such there was very little decent, usable heartwood, but just enough to find the material for this job. The core is in mr mdf, accent details in Indian ebony and the drawer sides in quarter sawn oak.
The upper back panel is solid piece in a frame, the lower is made from some oddments of plane, veneered over a thin bit of birch ply:
There's a single small drawer at the bottom, lapped dovetails, plane base and ebony pull:
The tension on the door is provided by a sprung loaded, ebony pressure catch, which can be regulated by adjusting the small No.4 brass screw:
The door pull set into the side is turned from a tiny oddment of ebony, with a finger recess made on the lathe with files and sandpaper (once the chuck had been locked in place)
Construction by 5mm doms and biscuits, finished with a couple of thin coats of Osmo and wax over the top - Rob