Khaya Tool Cabinet

[christopher ding]

Hi,
Just thought id post up pics of my recently finished tool cabinet. In a class and this was one of the first things i actually really liked and bothered to choose my own wood and actually use a finish on. man that khaya is a reactive wood. had to recut and patch pieces constantly because it would ski or bow after planing to thickness. inside door is closed with magnets behind the edge banding on the shelves with a strip of steel in the side. Doors also have magnets at the top and magnets in the stop block. center panel of the door is sapele and the bottoms of the drawers are 1/4" sapele ply. Khaya plywood and solid for the rest

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[Frederick Skelly]

Beautiful cabinet!
Welcome to the Creek. Hope to see more of your work.
Fred

[Bruce Page]

Beautiful Work Christopher! Is the rest of the shop that classy?

Welcome to SawMill Creek

[christopher ding]

haha thanks, its a school shop but it is pretty nice!

[Bill Carey]

wow - beautiful. You're making my shop feel very shabby and self conscious. Nice work. Look forward to seeing more.

[Edwin Santos]

Hi,
That's really beautiful, nice job on everything. I like your choice of pulls.

Help educate me please - is Khaya the same as what is commonly called African Mahogany in many places?
Thanks for sharing,

Edwin

[Joe A Faulkner]

If that cabinet doesn't put a smile on your face every time you walk in the shop then you are carrying way too many troubles. What a beautiful tool cabinet. Enjoy it. Very well done!!!

[Phil Mueller]

Really well done. If I read between the lines and assume your young taking woodworking, good for you! It’s a great skill you will enjoy for a long time. Look forward to more of your posts.

[michael langman]

If I was a tool that is the kind of cabinet I would want to be in. Very nice.

Welcome to the Creek Christopher.

[christopher ding]

Hi,
That's really beautiful, nice job on everything. I like your choice of pulls.

Help educate me please - is Khaya the same as what is commonly called African Mahogany in many places?
Thanks for sharing,

Edwin
yep, this is african mahogany. incredibly reactive lol. dont think ill be using it again on anything less than 1" thick, it just skis and bows wayy too easily.


Really well done. If I read between the lines and assume your young taking woodworking, good for you! It’s a great skill you will enjoy for a long time. Look forward to more of your posts.
thanks! yah i went to college for art and sculpture so im familiar with the tools but never learned any actual fine woodworking or furniture building. its been quite the fun experience.

thanks for all the kind words!

[Charlie Jones]

Beautiful wood and beautiful work.

[glenn bradley]

Very nice; has a majestic feel due to proportions :). Sure to be a joy for life. I have had lively mahogany, as well as some that is better behaved. Don't let one batch sour you on the material. I find sapele very stable but, have had others post that they got a reactive batch. Finding a supplier that processes the material correctly from tree to stock will help you with that.

[Mel Fulks]

Christopher, yes African "mahogany " is fake mahogany. Terrible stuff that is seldom a money saver. But the real stuff is
a real delight to use and own.

[David Utterback]

Very nicely done with the eye of an artist. Looking forward to seeing more products. Thanks for sharing.

[glenn bradley]

Christopher, yes African "mahogany " is fake mahogany. Terrible stuff that is seldom a money saver. But the real stuff is
a real delight to use and own.

Just for clarity:

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[andrew whicker]

What kind of class are you taking?

I've looked into classes on and off. As someone living in the mountain west, it seems I'll have to trek out to the west coast or east coast to take a two week course some time. I have a Studio Furniture book I use for inspiration that covers a really cool furniture class taught to architecture students at University of Washington. Man, it makes me want to quit my job and really learn this stuff from a master...

The cabinet looks great!

Cheers,

[christopher ding]

its a cabinetmaking/furniture building class. a year long thing at like a vocational school near me. i think its absolutely awesome. highly recommend it

[Patrick Kane]

Somewhat similar experiences with African Mahogany. I used it once on a chair project, and probably wont use it again. Sapele is less expensive in my area, has better/richer color(to me, atleast), works better, and is typically more stable.

Great cabinet! Update with photos once you have your tools in it. Im about to redo my tool storage and redo the space under my roubo/workbench to be a cabinet holding my planes, squares, gauges, chisels, and other assorted hand tools.

[Todd Zucker]

Really nice cabinet. What finish schedule did you follow? Did you use anything like Transtint?

[christopher ding]

Really nice cabinet. What finish schedule did you follow? Did you use anything like Transtint?

used 5 coats of teak oil with wet sanding inbetween, then zinnser seal coat, and two coats of wipe on poly

[Arash Korangy]

Looks awesome!