Curly Mahogany Armoire-Just Finished...

[Phil Winn]

Just finished this project-a Curly Mahogany Armoire. It is all solid wood with the exception of the back which is plywood covered with my own hand cut Curly Mahogany veneer; the two shelves are 3/4" plywood covered with my hand-cut Curly Mahogany veneer on the tops and the front edges;
and the drawer bottoms which are also plywood. The drawer fronts are Curly Mahogany and the back three sides are poplar. The drawers are half blind dovetailed; the door fronts are frame and panel. The finish is Waterlox Sealer/finish-eight brushed coats; then rubbed with 0000 steel wool and then rubbed with Butcher Wax. The hinges are Blum 170 degree; and the drawer do not have slides---near perfect fitting!
The wood has a beautiful iridescence and glow; wonderful light play. Sorry about the pictures…used a spot light and my cellphone camera.
Phil

[Phil Winn]

Another pic...
Phil

[Ted Calver]

Whoa!! Absoutely beautiful!!

[Chris Barton]

What a great piece Phil! Where did you find that mahogany?

[Rick de Roque]

Great job. Love the curly Mahogany.

Rick

[Steve Wargo]

Great piece. I love the materials. The drawer layout turned out excellent as well. You should be proud. Nicely done. But I've got to say it................... EURO HINGES?:eek:

[jeremy levine]

WOW, great wood. Great work

[Ron Blaise]

Beautiful grain, finish and workmanship. Awsome piece of work there Phil!

[Jim O'Dell]

Very nice, Phil!! Man, the color and grain don't look anything like the mahogony I used for a phone stand back in the 70's!!! Beautiful wood you've got there! Jim.

[Rennie Heuer]

It looks great! Very well executed. I bet it looks even better in person!

[John Fry]

WOW!

Thats pretty wild Phil, and very impressive work. The effort on your finish job really shows.

[Al Willits]

Beautiful, showed it to the wife, and I think she's added another project to the list.....:)

Thanks for showing us it.

You make it out of plans or just wing it?

Al

[Russ Massery]

Yet Another Most Excellent Project! Love the Curly Mohogany. Well Done!:D

[Dan Oliphant]

Great job, well done.

[Alain Tellier]

Wow!!!! That is some awsome work. That Mahogany is almost glowing!

You did excellent job there!

[Rob Russell]

Beautiful work, Phil. That's something that will be proudly passed on for generations to come.

[Bruce Page]

Beautiful job! The curly mahogany is spectacular!
I wish I could find wood like that around here..:(

[Sam Chambers]

WOW!!! Very nice, Phil. I love how you kept the design simple and let that extraordinary wood speak!

[glenn bradley]

WOW. That wodd looks like its moving while its holding still. Very nice to look at. As to the quality of the pictures; your's look better than what I can take with my Fuji and I can't call anybody on it

[Mike Spanbauer]

Gorgeous. Excellent use of extremely beautiful stock.

I don't know if I want to show my wife this one... :)

mike

[Vaughn McMillan]

Super job. Phil. That's some of the nicest mahogany I can recall seeing, and you did a great job with it.

[Corey Hallagan]

Super Duper job. Wow that is some spectacular wood for sure!

corey

[lou sansone]

great job.. those large pieces are a real pain to rub out. what type of mahogany did you use?

Lou

[Jim Becker]

Bit 'o action in that there mahogany!! Nice!!!

[scott spencer]

Sharp looking piece Phil...nice work!

[Phil Winn]

;) Supplier: I have no issue writing
where I bought the wood; bought it at Gilmer Wood (they have a website); a few years ago. I bought 300 bf
of 4/4 and 200 bf of 5/4. Unfortunately it was relatively expensive even back then. Paid $16.50 bf for the 4/4 and $17.50 bf for the 5/4
stock. Plus truck to So. CA. Three months ago, I traded some of it for some spectacular Curly Koa--stuff I have paid.....let's say way too much money for in the past! (Not over paid...just very expensive!) I have enough left to do either a matching unit, or a small bench for the bedroom and a small side table.
Dimensions: I did not use any plans.....The outside dimensions are:
width: 37"
Height: 72"
Top part: 38 1/2"
Bottom part: 33 1/2"
Depth: 18"
Height of Drawers: each approximately: 8 1/2"
The shelves are fully adjustable.
Hinges: I used the Blum Hinges because I liked the adjustability options especially with wood movement during various seasons...heating & cooling.
Phil

[Mark Singer]

Phil,
I nice well executed piece! Very nice work and beautiful wood.

[Mark Rios]

Very, very nice Phil. That mahogany looks like the stuff I'm using now on a console that I finishing.

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=40553

The colors in my pic aren't very good but I've got BLO on my project right now and they look the same. Well, yours looks much better but the grain looks the same. :D

[Carl Eyman]

Beautiful! Grteat grain use.

[Bob Reda]

Phil,
Excellent work on that !