It took just over 120 hours to complete both stands. In it I had a few firsts: cloud lifts, square pegs, breadboard, knuckled finger joints and creating a cool drawer pull. Favourite feature is the knuckled finger joint. It actually feels like my knuckles. But then again, I liked alot more of the other details too. The thicker breadboard ends are really nice visually. And the pull feels good. It works well.
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I made two exact copies. Cherry was used accented by walnut. The finish is danish oil.
Knuckled finger joints are seated 1/8" proud. The breadboard stands 1/8" higher than the top and is glued to the middle tenon...to allow for the top to breathe. Here we also see cloud lifts where the smaller one is 1/16" thinner than the bigger one allowing for another subtle detail to touch.
The side panels have mouldings of 1/4" thick running North/South and 3/16" thick East/West. We can see the curved handle routed to a 12' radius with two waves routed and shaped on the ends.
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