Location: Benjamin, Utah

Hobbyist or Pro: Pro

Project Name: Hand Carved Armoire

Wood Species: Alder

Finish Used: I finished it first with a wipe-on stain, then used a dark brown glaze.

Project Description:
A designer in Wyoming, who I have worked with before, contacted me for this custom armoire. The client wanted an Indian and some elk with mountains. The home is in Wilson, Wyoming and they wanted to bring some of the outdoors into their newly remodeled home. The inside accommodates a 50 inch flat screen TV with multiple drawers for storage. The doors are bi-fold, and lay flat against the outside, and are carved from 2″ material. When the doors are closed, the carving on the outside appears to be one seamless image.

Well here it is: the big finale!! This video focuses primarily on finishing techniques and the attachment of the top to the table. I will warn you ahead of time that there are a lot of Wood Whisperer musings in this episode. This End Table series proved to be one of the most challenging and thought-provoking sets of videos I have ever produced. So needless to say, I had a few thoughts and conclusions that I felt I needed to share. Thanks for playing along everyone and enjoy! Oh and one more thing, nothing will prepare you for the first 25 seconds!

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Time for the fun stuff! The legs are routed and then shaped by hand with a cabinet-maker’s rasp. I then show you how you can use card scrapers and sandpaper to achieve the smoothest finish possible. And finally we will glue all the legs to the center pieces. I finish up by requesting suggestions for a top to the table. What would you do? And here is the link for the rasp I used in the show. It’s the 10” Pattern Maker Cabinet Rasp, 2nd Cut, #49.

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