Display case in cherry

[Gene Davis]

I liked this design when I first saw it in an Ethan Allen showroom almost 20 years ago. I measured it and detailed it out in 3D CAD, bought the cherry, and blanked out all the parts.

A couple years went by, and I got around to making subassemblies. Still a collection of parts.

Finally, after moving this stuff with me into two different houses and shop setups, I finished it. Four 1/4" glass shelves inside, and two 2-1/8" dia. puck lights in the head. A rotating on-off dimmer is accessed on the head soffit when opening a door, for controlling the lights.

The Sketchup model is up on the 3D Warehouse.

[Yonak Hawkins]

Gene, it's definitely prize worthy. It's just so attractive .. has a bit of an Oriental feel and a great stance. Congratulations on a fine build.

[Terry Beadle]

Superb!
Well designed and I agree with Mr. Hawkins...definitely has a Oriental feel.

Very beautiful!

[Bruce Page]

Beautiful work Gene. We often see the CAD models, rarely see the finished project.

[Hoang N Nguyen]

Looks awesome, I love it!

[Glenn Clabo]

A perfect example of "Persistence overcomes resistance"! The journey is as good as the result. Sweet.

[Phil Thien]

Beautiful work. What are you going to display in it?

[julian abram]

Very nice! I would have lost the pieces after a couple of moves.

[Steve Kinnaird]

That looks great!!!!
Please DO NOT let my wife it LOL

[Gene Davis]

What to put in it? Darned if I know. Should have thought about that first. I liked the look of it, empty, in the furniture store, so I blindly forged ahead.

Doodads. I thought some of my old tools, all shined up, might look nice in there, but DW said no.

For now, we have some family photos in frames, a few nice bird carvings, and two ceramic pieces from a potter we know and like.

[Bryce Adams]

Very well done. What did you use for the finish?

[Gene Davis]

Dyed the cherry, then sealed it with GF Seal A Cell, then finished with four coats of GF Arm R Seal satin. Everything wiped.

[Pat Barry]

Really nice project Gene!. Are the doors overlay style? Also, what did you do for the back? Is it cherry veneer plywood?

[Gene Davis]

Everything is solid wood. The back is frame and panel, two panels actually, with a wide center stile. Stiles and rails are 3/4 thick, the panels are 1/2, rebated all four sides so the 1/4 tongue engages the grooves in the frame. A 1/8 x 1/8 reveal perimeter. Panels glued to top and bottom centerpoint only so they can float when the wood moves. I tried to get the panel stock as close to quartered as I could find.

[Brian Holcombe]

Nice work Gene!

[Michelle Rich]

you should be mighty proud of this ! A gorgeous piece of furniture. Now all you have left is to make some very nice wood objects to display inside!