repost from weekend accomplishments - Bombe' Chest of drawers

[joe maday]

​I posted this in the Weekend Accomplishments section but then after reading some past posts I see I should have posted here. So here it goes.
I recently finished this Bombe Chest of drawers from a 12/4 x 23" x 12' Genuine Mahogany board. The top was a 5/4 x 24" x48" Genuine Mahogany Crotch board. Pine is the secondary wood. All surfaces hand planed, scraped.
Period Joinery and dovetails, done by hand. Top attached by tapered dovetail to the sides. Beads and molded edges are by hand, using gouges and scrapers. Hot hide glue and modified/reformed cut nails used. The drawer sides conform to the Chest's profile/shape. The English extruded brass locks are from Whitechapel LTd. in Wyoming. The brasses are from Optimum Brasses in England, sand cast from originals using the proper period brass alloy. The chest was colored with Walnut crystals. French polished with blond shellac and then waxed. Thanks for taking the time to look.


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[Paul F Franklin]

Absolutely gorgeous Joe!

[Patrick McCarthy]

Joe, if you are not a member of SAPFM, you ought to be. Agree with Paul, absolutely gorgeous. A Bombe chest is on my bucket list and i appreciate the craftsmanship and attention to detail in yours. Well done, sir.
Best, Patrick
Another thought, kind of surprised you got the sides out of 12/4, as i assumed I would have to locate some 16/4 for the sides

[Mark Rainey]

Joe, that is a masterpiece! I am sure that took a lot of work - great job!

[Bill Carey]

Beautiful piece of work Joe.

[Tony Joyce]

Very nice, well executed.

Tony

[Jim Becker]

No harm in mentioning in the "What did you do" thread at all, but I'm very glad you posted a thread about this here in the Woodworking Projects area! That's really outstanding craftsmanship on what is a difficult project to execute. Bravo!

[Frederick Skelly]

Man is that pretty. I sure hope you'll post more of your work!

[Christopher Charles]

Holy smokes -well done! Process pics would be enjoyed in the neander ‘cave’

[Kevin Jenness]

Outstanding work! Did you copy a specific piece? What was the reason for using pine as the secondary wood? How did you hog out the curved profile in the case sides?

[Joe A Faulkner]

Very fine. Well done!!!

[Mel Fulks]

I have always loved that form. This one is superb, with some artful unusual touches . The grain arrangements of the drawers would never
have occurred to me…. but what a show they make ! The top looks like liquid caramel ! And has a face in it ! I hope you
will sign and date it in a number of places.

[Dave Anderson NH]

Excellent work Joe. Outstand choice of wood for the top.

[Mark Hennebury]

Excellent job! Beautiful piece of work!

[Mike Hollingsworth]

Your Great Great Great Grandchildren will love it.

[joe maday]

I want you thank everyone taking the time to look and for all the positive comments.
I will try to gather some additional photos of the process of making the chest, building details, and post them...not sure to post here? or in another forum topic, maybe the "Neanderthal Haven"?....Thanks again to all.

[Christopher Charles]

Yes, Neanderthal Haven would be a great place for build details-folks there would appreciate.

Best,
Chris

[michael langman]

Beautiful work Joe. I will look forward to a how you built it post if you can do that. So much detail and uniqueness in the piece.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Stunning wood and well executed project! Well done Sir!

[Charlie Jones]

incredible craftsmanship.

[glenn bradley]

Stunning. Wonderful material selection and execution. Just beautiful.

[Mike Allen1010]

That’s a lifetime masterpiece! Thanks for sharing – I’m incredibly impressed with the design, execution and attention to detail in matching grain/figure across the project. Absolutely awesome!