Not finished yet but getting close enough I can show some photos. I posted a few earlier photos in my introduction but won't repeat them here. The posts and legs are mahogany. The box sides and top are made from a piece of New Zealand alder I got from a recycle lumber company. The mirror frame is also mahogany. The pegs that attach the mirror frame to the posts I turned from a piece of white oak I had (my thinking was I wanted good, solid, strong pegs.
This is just a dry fit-up after figuring out where the holes needed to be drilled for the mirror pegs. I was sweating this step because I don't have enough mahogany to remake the posts if I screwed it up.
http://i.Rule #2/OaGvc4A.jpg
The mirror frame is roughly 16 inches high by 14 inches wide and is made from 7/8 inch thick mahogany. I put a bevel on the inside radius using a panel cutting bit on my router table. It came out pretty nice if I d say so.
http://i.Rule #2/Q0th6jc.jpg
Next steps are to cut the lid for the base (box); attach some cleats on the inside of the box to support a plywood bottom; cut rabbits in the posts for the lid; decide whether to pocket drill the back part of the lid; cut some mahogany strips to frame the lid and decide on the outer shape; and get the hardware (hinges and coat hooks)
This is just a dry fit-up after figuring out where the holes needed to be drilled for the mirror pegs. I was sweating this step because I don't have enough mahogany to remake the posts if I screwed it up.
http://i.Rule #2/OaGvc4A.jpg
The mirror frame is roughly 16 inches high by 14 inches wide and is made from 7/8 inch thick mahogany. I put a bevel on the inside radius using a panel cutting bit on my router table. It came out pretty nice if I d say so.
http://i.Rule #2/Q0th6jc.jpg
Next steps are to cut the lid for the base (box); attach some cleats on the inside of the box to support a plywood bottom; cut rabbits in the posts for the lid; decide whether to pocket drill the back part of the lid; cut some mahogany strips to frame the lid and decide on the outer shape; and get the hardware (hinges and coat hooks)
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