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   daverichards | Apr 02, 2009 12:48am | #1

   I would think it wouldn't be too difficult to design a china cabinet based on the sideboard design. Shorten the legs and adjust the case height to compensate, maybe turn the stretchers into base trim pieces, Add a shallower upper case with the same style side panels and glass doors. It would be a fairly straightforward thing to do if you draw it all out. If you aren't in a rush, I might...

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   anderp1 | Apr 02, 2009 01:04am | #2

   Dave: Thanks for the reply! What I visualize is a unit approx. 72" high by 48" wide and 16" deep. We have a lot of Waterford crystal which needs good display features as well as my wife's good china. As such I envision two distinct display areas. I like your ideas regarding utilizing the stretcher design.Peter

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   daverichards | Apr 04, 2009 08:13pm | #3

   Peter, here's a rough sketch. Upper doors would be tempered glass but built esentially the same as the lowers and the doors on the sideboard. The depth is currently shown the same as the sideboard but can be easily adjusted.

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   Edited 4/5/2009 12:20 pm ET by DaveRichards

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   anderp1 | Apr 05, 2009 07:14pm | #4

   Dave: Thanks for the image. What program are you using to generate the plans? I really like the way you have captured the design features of the sideboard and transferred them to the cabinet.Peter

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   daverichards | Apr 05, 2009 07:19pm | #5

   Peter,

   Thank you.

   That's just a SketchUp drawing. I haven't drawn any construction details there. I just drew enough of the sideboard to get the idea and then made modifications to a copy of it to get the china cabinet.

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   ohiobob | Aug 10, 2009 03:10am | #6

   I built this from plans by David Smith. Is this what you had in mind?

   
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   anderp1 | Aug 10, 2009 08:06pm | #7

   Bob: Great looking design. I am really impressed with what looks like a "curly maple" dining room table. Do you have a picture of the table?Peter

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   ohiobob | Aug 11, 2009 02:25am | #8

   Thanks,  I can't take credit for the table though. It was built at the workshop of

    

   David Smith in Morrow, Ohio.  His book is where i got the plans to build the hutch.

   Sorry, i don't have a better pic than this for you.