Wife,s Birthday

[Michael Anthony]

Something I have been working on for my wifes birthday19640

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[Kenm810]

Michael,

A really great looking project so far
Is that bending birch, or did veneer the
front corner radiuses.
Please keep us up to date with more Photos

[Michael Anthony]

Thanks Ken, the radius corners are made from two layers of bending ply and veneered over with birdseye maple veneer, why do the pictures here look washed out they looked good before I sent them.?:confused:

[Kenm810]

.jpg's -- to much compression I guess

A lot of the photos don't do the projects justice,
I'm sure most look much, much better in person.

[ChrisAlb]

Now that's really nice!!! Are you going to back the sides with something or will they remain open?

Great Job!! http://forum.carvewright.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

[Ike]

Very nice, show your design and enter it in the contest!

Ike

[DocWheeler]

Michael,

That is very nicely done, I would guess that you have done things like that before!

[Michael Anthony]

Hi Guys and thank you very much for your positive feedback Ken, in answer to9 your question yes it looks better when you are standing next to it. Chris, the side and front panels will have a polished brass backer plate otherwise the blankets would poke through the holes (wife wouldnt like ythat) Ike, unfortunetly very little design was done on the carve wright machine, And Doc, yes I have been doing this for 45 years I better know what I am doing by now:mrgreen: Now I just Have to catch up to you guys on this design thing , but its going to be a long hard road this computer and I dont exactly get along:confused:

[Michael Anthony]

P.S. Whoever made those patterns, take a bow the really came out nice:)

[supershingler]

stunning is the best word that comes to my mind

great job

cant wait to see the pictures of this finished

kendall

[mtylerfl]

Wow - that is a showstopper for sure! Great craftsmanship and design - I love the radius front corners and the pierced carvings. Can't wait to see it with the final finish and polished brass behind the carves. Very upscale!

[www.go3d.us]

Look promising. Can't wait to see the final product.
HT

[Michael Anthony]

Wow you guys know how to make a guy fell like he is doing something worthwhile Thank you for the nice comments, I am supposed to have this done by the 29 th and then I have to get busy on a design for the contest, I am going to have to start burning the candle at both ends:mrgreen:

[CraigBrownDesigns]

Very NICE!

[Michael Anthony]

Some more progress on the chest, Made the bottom and installed the aromatic cedar right away, will not install it till after the finish goes on that way I can spray the inside much better

[ChrisAlb]

Hi Guys and thank you very much for your positive feedback Ken, in answer to9 your question yes it looks better when you are standing next to it. Chris, the side and front panels will have a polished brass backer plate otherwise the blankets would poke through the holes (wife wouldnt like ythat) Ike, unfortunetly very little design was done on the carve wright machine, And Doc, yes I have been doing this for 45 years I better know what I am doing by now:mrgreen: Now I just Have to catch up to you guys on this design thing , but its going to be a long hard road this computer and I dont exactly get along:confused:

Michael,

Yea I though you'd back the openings with something...LOL

I was just curious as to what you had in mind. The brass will be a killer look!!

I did a coffee and end table set many years ago for a customer with the same concept. I wish I had pictures of it but it was a dark walnut wood and I used a light colored marble pattern Formica slid into grooves as the backers. The cut outs were on the top and under glass.

Of course that was long before the CW so the cut outs and carvings were done by hand.

Very Nice Michael!! http://forum.carvewright.com/images/icons/icon14.gif Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

[Michael Anthony]

Well not quite finished, I chose lacewood veneer for the top and it had a few crinckles, I need about 4 more coats of laquer befor it goes to glasslike but heres a few pictures19852

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[DocWheeler]

Beautiful work Michael!

[Michael Anthony]

Thanks Doc: I forgot to say if anyone want to make one of these let me know and I will give you all the info I have!:)

[HelpBot3000]

Michael,

Top notch work! I know your wife is going to love it. Looking forward to seeing the final results.

[Kenm810]

First Class Project Michael,

Beautiful Job - Well Done.
Thanks For the photos

[Azbear]

Well not quite finished, I chose lacewood veneer for the top and it had a few crinckles, I need about 4 more coats of laquer befor it goes to glasslike but heres a few pictures19852

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So Michael, if you were to sell just like this one, what would you take?

It's very creative and such a skill to think this design up and make it as we see it. WOW!

Just to cool for more words. Thanks for the pics!

[supershingler]

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that has got to be the best looking blanket chest that ive seen

i might just have to give the curved corners and such a try

the final results look great

i will be waiting to see more in the future

kendall

[Hexe SA]

beautiful, creative, WOW. Let me know when you need a second wife to give a birthday present to.

Eva

[SeaCapt97]

Today's the 29th. Hope you made your deadline. Absolutely gorgeous work. You should be very proud!

Bill

[Michael Anthony]

Thank you very much for all the nice comments, just got back from dinner with my wife, she liked the chest. My neighbor want one but said he can only afford 250$LOL.Now I have to get started on the valentines day contest all you people have a huge head start on me:)

[mtylerfl]

Words cannot express how impressive and beautiful that is! Fantastic!

That's a $1000 piece if I ever saw one! Edit: I just looked at the pics again...$2500 or more!

[Ike]

Thank you very much for all the nice comments, just got back from dinner with my wife, she liked the chest. My neighbor want one but said he can only afford 250$LOL.Now I have to get started on the valentines day contest all you people have a huge head start on me:)

With your talent I am ashame to show what I came up with!

Ike

[sewpeck]

WOWEEEEEE, simply beautiful.

[Eagle Hollow]

Michael,

Absolutely gorgeous! That kind of project (in my humble opinion) should always be "ONE-OF-A-KIND". If it were to come out of my shop, the price tag would be at least $2500 but probably more.
Keep up the great work. You've created an incredible heirloom that has a higher value than the price tag, no matter what that might be.

Thanks for sharing!

[RayTrek]

Michael,
Thank you very much with sharing your mastered skills
Viewing your project reminds me why I keep striving to learn more
And you have helped in that process.
Down write beautiful though words cannot explain how impressed I am
Ray