This case was commissioned by a customer who wants to display and protect her keepsake quilts.

The case is 29" wide x 19" deep x 21H and is constructed of Red Oak and finished with General Finishes Shaker Maple and the New General Finishes Water-based Urethane. If you havent tried this finish yet I can highly recommend it.

Frame and panel construction (glass on front and both sides, oak ply on the back and bottom). 

The plugs you see on the front are only decorative. 

The beautiful quilts you see in the case for the photos were made by my wife Kathy who is a very accomplished quilter and craftsperson in her own right. 

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another restored display case

 as the work on the jj hapgood store in peru is wrapping up, i felt it was time to finish up the cases that were rescued from the original store that have been resting in the finish room since july.  i must admit i was ignoring them a bit cause i wasnt sure what would be involved in getting them to look good enough to go in the new store, which is going to be spectacular.  the photo above is the closest thing to a before shot i have, but when i say it was an awful looking thing, youll have to believe me.  under the sliding shelf was a half inch of some white powder that might have been baking soda, and under that was some interesting mold.  the rotating shelf had a 1/2" hump in it and, well you can see the case door in the photo above.  click the photos to enlarge them ..

 

 the top of the case had a large, sort of scummy spot, that required us to strip it and restain and refinish it.  in fact, quite a bit of scrubbing and restaining on all the parts was involved.

 

 the wavy glass, however was all there and is unbelievably spectacular. 

 both cases in fact, have fantastic glass.

 this photo shows the hardware that pulls the shelf out as the door is opened .. 

simple, and extremely clever.

 the shelf rides on v grooves and is trapped by the runners (b) below, and drops into an opening in the tracks (a) and there is a stop on the front of the shelf at (c) that stops the door and keeps i level.  although we didnt have to disassemble this one, the whole design is screwed together, i assume for ease of both original construction and later repairs. 

    nice piece!!

and for petes pizza oven at the store, sam made the door below, using a graphic from the website.

all good ... 

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a claro walnut coffee table for sale

well ok, this ones just back from a gallery in great barrington ... theyve had it long enough and now its my turn to try and sell it ... its of a generous size, about 45 x 55 x 18, but in the right space it will be really spectacular.  click the photos to enlarge them ...

 

 crazy figure pretty much everywhere in this slab.

 heres a low angle view so you can see the blackened steel base by sam ...

a filled and butterflied crack on the corner .. give me a call at 

802 867 5541, or send an email to 

dan@com for pricing details ...

subsidized blanket wrapped shipping, depending on your location.

free local delivery

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a pair of reclaimed oak tables

well, after a long wait for the wood to arrive from west virginia, we finally wrapped up this pair of reclaimed oak tables.  they are designed for high stools and to be used both separately and together as a long skinny table, 36 x 96, or squared up at 60 x 48. 

our classic, bethlehem steel bases, made from 2.5" square steel tubing and 2.5" angle iron.

  we tried to line the boards up as best we could, trimming the edge defects as required, and matching the grain.  new man on the job, chris, checks them out before gluing them up.  there were also a few holes that required patching too.  as the saying goes, if they were on the floor, youd trip over them.  we did leave a lot of the natural small knotholes, which add to the reclaimed wood feeling.

before the stain, we burn the oak with a red dragon torch to enhance 

both the grain patterns and the color.

in the shop, and ready for finish ..

as two separate tables

a reclaimed oak coffee table of the same bethlehem steel series, only with tapered legs.

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Senin, 18 Juli 2016

restoring a schwanbeck brothers display case

 i alchoices enjoy a nice restoration project where you make something nice out of something not so nice.  this is an excellent case in point.  i didnt take a before picture, but you can see from the one below that there was some pretty serious mouse damage on some of the rails of the case.  someone must have left a few pies in there when the store closed.  click the photos to enlarge them ..

 the case appears to be from the late 1800s and i give the schwanbeck brothers credit for some good design sense.  the case is entirely held together with screws, no glue, and so, was easy to completely disassemble.

 there was a little groove on the bottom of all four panels that engaged the top lip of the base.  once the panels were assembled on the base and screwed together on the corners, the top was put on like a hat.  screws were added from the top and bottom that went into the edges of the vertical panels and the case was then completely rigid. 

  pattented 1897 ...

the new guy, chris, did most of the work on this one .  sweet little case .. its headed for the store with the new pizza oven ..

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