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Third Generation Woodworking Third Generation Woodworking is a design and furniture company, started by James Owens, which focuses

The final big thing to do was to make the holder for the snifters and decanter.This was a blend of white oak and Siberia...
12/18/2023

The final big thing to do was to make the holder for the snifters and decanter.

This was a blend of white oak and Siberian elm.

 

After finishing the top, I decided to incorporate more texture and more elm into the case of the box. In the front I inl...
12/05/2023

After finishing the top, I decided to incorporate more texture and more elm into the case of the box.

In the front I inlayed an overlapping trimmed piece of Siberian elm. To achieve the surface texture on this piece. I split a few boards on it's face and then picked a piece that fit the best into a box of perimeter trim.

This added textural element really helped to break up the front of the box, and also helped with the latching of the two doors.

 

After gluing up the base, I glued the doors/box sides and fitted the top with a live edge cutting of Siberian elm. As th...
11/25/2023

After gluing up the base, I glued the doors/box sides and fitted the top with a live edge cutting of Siberian elm.

As this box is a display piece for a whisky decanter, it doesn't need to functionally close everything up, so I decided to add the live edge as a fun design flair. This also enables me to use different wood species to create some tonal interplay and contrast.

I have not been keeping up. Sorry about that. These past few months have been super busy with work, building a house, an...
10/29/2023

I have not been keeping up. Sorry about that.

These past few months have been super busy with work, building a house, and trying to still have a normal life. So I haven't been keeping up with posting. I also haven't been doing much woodworking of late, so I've been bad about posting my work because I am sad I'm not really doing any.

So I'll try to keep back up and finish what I started.

Here is more on the whiskey box build from a while ago. This series is the sanding and glueing of the box's main body and cutting board slot.

One of the other small features of this piece was a removable cutting board that slid into the base. This was made of Wh...
08/07/2023

One of the other small features of this piece was a removable cutting board that slid into the base. This was made of White Oak with some Siberian Elm inlay, and was finished with cutting board oil. Nothing too fancy.

Here I cut two small dovetails for the box lid. These dovetails join the front of the lid, to match the box door's dovet...
08/04/2023

Here I cut two small dovetails for the box lid. These dovetails join the front of the lid, to match the box door's dovetails (see second photo), and the back of the lid is mitered to match the mitered edges of the doors where they meet the back panel of the box.

Next step, cut a slab of Siberian Elm down for the top. I made a little video about this a little while back, so I won't...
08/01/2023

Next step, cut a slab of Siberian Elm down for the top. I made a little video about this a little while back, so I won't go into much detail here.

The next step was attaching the doors to the box's back using barrel hinges. This proved to be more difficult than envis...
07/23/2023

The next step was attaching the doors to the box's back using barrel hinges. This proved to be more difficult than envisioned...

Originally, I was going to meet these corners at a 45°, but this rendered the hinges useless, so I cut the mitered edges off of the back panel and glued it to the side panels, using this new butt joint as the edge to house the barrel hinges.

After cutting all of the joints, I then test fit and adjusted the base box.
07/10/2023

After cutting all of the joints, I then test fit and adjusted the base box.

After selecting the wood and grain layout, I mapped out and cut dovetails for the base, which also is the housing for a ...
07/05/2023

After selecting the wood and grain layout, I mapped out and cut dovetails for the base, which also is the housing for a cutting board.

The base box is joined together with through dovetail joints and will connect to the back of the box with through tendons that will have wedged pins to hold it in place.

The first thing in making this box was lumber selection. This piece was made from some reclaimed White Oak, which came o...
07/03/2023

The first thing in making this box was lumber selection. This piece was made from some reclaimed White Oak, which came out of a kitchen renovation I was doing for work.

This piece does a continuous grain match, so it was really important to lay out and make each cut as precise as possible.

I thought I would have the photos edited sooner, but I've been dragging my feet, so here we go!This is the major project...
07/01/2023

I thought I would have the photos edited sooner, but I've been dragging my feet, so here we go!

This is the major project I worked on for the first five months of 2023! (And also the last month of 2022).

This is a White Oak and Siberian Elm whiskey box, with solid brass hardware, an integrated cutting board, and an antique I. W. Harper decanter and snifters.

I made this piece for my best friend and best man .kromminga. It is made from reclaimed White Oak and hand sawn Elm. I found the decanter and snifters in Chicago, at an antique store and spent about 110 hours putting it all together. This was definitely the most ambitious piece I have ever made!

Over the next few posts, or more, I'm going to walk through my process of constructing this piece!

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