Well, after many a month of enjoying other people’s projects, I finally did one I thought some of you might enjoy. This is yet another piece for our flat ordered by the boss. We had some nasty Ikea business before and I’m happy to get this as a replacement! I’ve been getting into some dovetail boxes (Leigh jig) and this was the culmination of an idea which was possible thanks to some really nice 500 mm wide quarter sawn boards I tripped over the other day.
I had wanted to do some sliding doors for a while and after finding the materials, I made a few scale models to aid me in design. You can see the version I was thinking about doing, possibly with a maple frame to suspend the boxes from. But,in the end simplicity won out and I went for the version you see here.
The whole process took about 6 days. I had just finished an art project making flight cases which inspired the black doors and recessed back panels. (The doors are made from 9 mm flight case ply). It’s a bit different and had loads of off cuts which I was happy to get rid of! At first I considered just drilling a hole in the doors, but happily I decided some nice stainless handles looked more professional. I routed 2×10 mm channels all around the interior front edge and planed all the edges of the doors so they slide nice and don’t jam in their fully closed positions. I finished with three coats of danish oil rubbed down in between with 0000 grade steel wool.
Very cool idea. We make flight cases for a range of people but i’ve never seen them used like this before. :)
Beautiful work. Love the design. I really like things that I haven’t seen before when they are done well. Nice job!
Simple. Elegant. Well executed. Can’t ask for more than that. And it’s always best to keep the “boss” happy. Happy boss = happy house.
Very cool design!
Greetings from the north pole – awsome, Charlie! I won’t pretend I know anything about your craft so I will abstain from making comments on choice of techniques and material. But I do know these look absolutely beautiful! Hope to see you in BXL or anywhere else soon!
They’re perfect!!!
Simply awesome. Great mix between the fligh case material and the oak.
Those are great. I too like the flight case material, and would like to know where you got that particular pattern.
Nice! Love the flight case material…
Wow, great looking wood. Such a cool project and serves such a functional purpose. Does that hold all of your boss’ shoes? Where did you get the flight case?
Thanks very much for your comments. When I say boss i mean my wife, alas it could never hold all her shoes…. not nearly big enough. The flight case ply came from a german supplier called Adam Hall, but if you’re in the us the supplier is called Penn Elcom here’s a link to it.
http://www.penn-elcom.com/prod.....7113/1675/
They had a cool one there with a diamond pattern too. Nice