jaxenro Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I love campaign furniture. The concept, the creativity, the elegance of line and function. I am starting on this one but expect it to be a long process as I "need" to buy some specialized tools and will be making my own hardware from brass. Anyway this is called a half chest as it is only half the usual size plus a bit smaller. The original had velvet lined drawers fitted for the individual silver serving pieces. Unlike the more typical mahogany, teak, and walnut silver chests were usually oak like this one and had iron fitting although this one is brass. The originals dimenssions are 12 x 16 x 30 inches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Here are the plans I drew the handles are a little large height wise and I will probably trim 1/32" off of them. I also simplified the top and bottom corner braces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 And a start on the wood rough cut out. Each piece is oversize by about 1/8" in length and width to allow for for trimming. These are the top, bottom, ends, drawer fronts, and drawer guides all from 3/32" oak 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Elegant simplicity ... nice, Joel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Mine will be a close copy I made it a scale 15" deep but kept all the other dimensions exact Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Very nice. Over the weekend, I came across this article about an historic miniature furniture builder. I thought of you when i read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 16 minutes ago, Selkie said: Very nice. Over the weekend, I came across this article about an historic miniature furniture builder. I thought of you when i read it. Working locks!! Wish they showed how he does them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Campaign furniture runs the gamut from desks to beds that unfold from chairs or fit in trunks to everything else a person would need to set up house in the middle of nowhere. The chest I show above would fit in a packing case that could also be used. This is what's known as a "Aldershot" chest where the top chest would fit in the bottom one, the feet would unscrew, and then the whole thing would fit in a painted packing case, usually pine with iron strap work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I also love campaign furniture. Another miniature furniture artisan I admire (net to Ferd Sobol, of course) is Bill Studebaker. Joel, you are fast joining some excellent company! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 6 minutes ago, havanaholly said: I also love campaign furniture. Another miniature furniture artisan I admire (net to Ferd Sobol, of course) is Bill Studebaker. Joel, you are fast joining some excellent company! I wish. I have lots of big ideas I will see if I can execute to them. My biggest problem is I rush and don't take the time I should. I won't make that mistake on this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathi17 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 That is going to be beautiful Joel. It's fun watching you make all these beautiful things! Someday, we are all going to be proud to say we knew you before you became a famous miniature artisan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share Posted March 7, 2016 Progress has been slow I have a lot of the pieces sanded to size and square and started cutting the rabbits Also starting to experiment with fuming oak using ammonia I want to get that golden brown look of aged oak not a stained look but an aged look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathi17 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 The color is looking beautiful. This will be a real treasure when you get it done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 Just a few snaps to show some progress along with a burl walnut cigar box I am working on - it will have an opening front and three drawers inside working on the drawers now for the silver chest than starting on the brass hardware laptop fried so I been sorta unconnected 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathi17 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 They look great, as always! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 I got these corner clamps from Micromark last week and used them in the construction they work really well http://www.micromark.com/mini-4-corner-clamps-1and2-inch-x-1and2-inch-to-5-inch-x-5-inch-capacity,7184.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathi17 Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 I'm glad you showed us that. A few weeks ago, I was trying to clamp together the first room in my Japanese house, (it's modular), and my husband remembered that he had some clamps similar to that, but they are much heavier. My father used to use them to make picture frames. Anyway, they worked really well! I need to look at the smaller ones, along with the gluing jig at micromark! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 They take a little fiddling with to get used to but they work really well. The nut portion is plastic I might look to replace it with metal but they are a low profile so I might not. They work best if you tighten opposite corners together (i.e. top right and bottom left) to keep everything square 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 1 hour ago, jaxenro said: They take a little fiddling with to get used to but they work really well. The nut portion is plastic I might look to replace it with metal but they are a low profile so I might not. They work best if you tighten opposite corners together (i.e. top right and bottom left) to keep everything square I would think that the plastic would be gentler on the wood than metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 2 minutes ago, havanaholly said: I would think that the plastic would be gentler on the wood than metal. the metal corner brackets clamp the wood the plastic are the hexagonal pieces that work like nuts to tighten down on the metal pieces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Aha! In the photo the corner clamps and nuts looked the same to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 2 hours ago, havanaholly said: Aha! In the photo the corner clamps and nuts looked the same to me. I thought the same when I ordered them was a little disappointed when they arrived but they seem to work well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 BTW get two at least unless you are doing something small like a picture frame or a drawer. One at the bottom one at the top like the chest in the picture works better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxenro Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 This is the cigar box I am basing my burl version on 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Have you figured out how you're going to reproduce those handles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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