tigerwood cabinet

[Seamus Day]

Here are some pictures of a cabinet I made from some tiger wood I bought cheap as reject decking. The material was pretty bent up and cracked in several places, but I was able to be selctive with it and had enough material to build the cabinet, even though I had to use butterfly's to cover some major dings. It was a pig to machine, even with shelix cutter heads on planers and jointer, but I feel the effort worthwhile.

The drawer boxes are dovetailed QSWO

The cabinet is finished with 3 coats of waterlox applied with a rag.

Also attached is a door I made from Ipe, using an old port hole that came from a wreck close to my house reputed to be over 100 years old. The door is finished with 3 coats of watco teak oil and is too heavy to lift; I am currently looking for some hinges man enough to hold it!

[Bill Edwards(2)]

Really, really classy.

Did you consider car door hinges?

[Seamus Day]

Had not considered car door hinges, but it may work; thanks! We have worked out the door weighs around 280 pounds.

[Wally Alexander]

Not to ignore the cabinet, but that door is awsome. Wally

[Seamus Day]

Thanks for the kind words. I am currently making two window frames which go either side of the door, and I am hoping to have it all up and finished for when my daughter gets back from university for Christmas break next week.

The frames are made out of the odd bits of tigerwood left over from the cabinet, which will set the ipe door and frame off nicely.

[gary Zimmel]

Real nice wood in that cabinet. Nice work Seamus.

[Bill Wyko]

Exquisite!! That's all I can say.

[Rick Peek]

Very nice. I love the tigerwood!

[Julian Nicks]

You'll definitely need some ball bearing hinges for that beast.

I love the cabinet too.

[Clarence Miller]

I love the bowtie on the tiger wood.
How much does the door weigh. I work in a door factory and me make the lead lined doors for hospitals (450lbs +) I would recommend using offset pivots. The link below is to a Hager template. There are plenty of other companies that produce and sell pivots but this template gives you the idea of what it does. They are pricey but what worth having isn't.http://www.hagerco.com/Documents/Pro...lates/T353.pdf

[Seamus Day]

Thanks for the nice comments and I really appreciate the advice on the hinges, I will follow up on this. We have worked out the door weighs about 280 pounds.

[Greg Dekeyser]

both excellent pieces.....but yea I really like the door!!!!

have you considered just doubling or tripling the number of normal hinges?

otherwise there are several at McMaster Carr that would likely fit the bill

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Seamus,

Very nice work on both projects!

[Carl Babel]

Both pieces, just stunning!

[Seamus Day]

Thanks for all your kind words, it is really nice to be able to share your work with other like minded and appreciative people; especially when you live on an island that is only 7 miles long by 1 mile wide, and which seems to have more wild donkeys and horses than people!

I have also solved the hinge problem and found some very heavy duty 316 stainless steel ones which came off a heavy wooden boat that was wrecked a while back, and I assume originally carried a similar type of door.