Well… partly because I was being a little overly ambitious to start with, and partly because we had some kind of biblical storm front immediately followed by a dry front last night, the components for the table are not ready to milled to final thickness. Realistically, they need to just chill for about a week, which works out well cause I will be out of the shop for the rest of the week. So, for now the table is on hold.

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So instead I spent the morning working on a few other things. The first is a small concept piece that I finished up. This is a prototype box I built for KB to use as a temporary jewelry box until the planets align and I can build her the real one. Idea being that after I rough out the pieces for a furniture project, I have a lot of small random scrap pieces. This is one of several designs I have come up with to make use of these small cutoffs and leftovers. More to come in the future…

Here’s the box closed…



and open…



The box is a solid piece of cherry, and the dovetailed lid is zebrawood. Another reason I used these specific woods, is to see how they interact visually, as they are the woods I am using on another project that I am (finally) getting back around to. I started this desk back in late October, and unfortunately it got put on the back burner during the holidays. I will be working on this project along with the hall table, and hope to complete both projects by the first or second week of March. The desk is cherry, and I plan to do a solid zebrawood top. Some of the assemblies have been glued up in these pictures, and the rest is just loosely dry fitted. The ‘box’ component on the end will have a panel in the front, and a drawer and door in the back. Here’s a quick walk around the piece…









I’ll be out of the shop for the rest of the day, and week, so look for an update on Sunday or Monday…