Planing a twist out

[bugbear]

Can anyone advise how to do this?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/05/garde ... .html?_r=2

Or is it more valuable with the twist left in... ?

BugBear

 

[Dangermouse]

Looks like reaction timber to me, totally useless. Send it to me, i need some firewood. :mrgreen:

 

[David C]

Like it a lot, but surely shelf thickness is not 3" against wall? 3/4 maybe?

David

 

[AndyT]

For that price, I think I'd want all the (very expensive) shavings too!

 

[Harbo]

I've missed my vocation ?

Rod

 

[János]

Hello,

"after modeling it using 3-D software": so It required such advanced technology.... I am not that impressed. The twist is elegant, but this kind of minimalist furniture is not the "non plus ultra" of cabinetmaking. A John Makepeace, Ruhlmann or Dunand piece is much more (awe) inspiring for me. A side view would be really interesting, tough... 300 mm deep, 75 millimetres at the back, 9 millimetres at the front edge :?

Have a nice day,

János

 

[custard]

Hello,

"after modeling it using 3-D software": so It required such advanced technology.... I am not that impressed. The twist is elegant, but this kind of minimalist furniture is not the "non plus ultra" of cabinetmaking. A John Makepeace, Ruhlmann or Dunand piece is much more (awe) inspiring for me. A side view would be really interesting, tough... 300 mm deep, 75 millimetres at the back, 9 millimetres at the front edge :?

Have a nice day,

János

I'm really impressed at the skill needed to extract that amount money for a shelf! A blind dovetail is child's play by comparison.

 

[Karl]

I'd like to see it from different angles - some of the mystique may disappear when you see the rear dimension. It's been deliberately photo'd to give the slim lines of the frontal view.

$12k is a lot of wonga. No doubt there's a fair bit of work in it, but $12k?

 

[Eric The Viking]

Her interiors are very 1960s, particularly the wallpaper.
Some I like, some set my teeth on edge.

My guess is if you can afford her, $12k isn't going to worry you too much for a single shelf. An awful lot of the furniture looks bespoke.

Someone has to design those spaces - do I begrudge the success? I'm not sure. She certainly has an eye for detail and proportion.

But I could never live with a staircase of purpleheart, partly because it would fade to a horrid mud colour, and partly because of the smell of the stuff!

E.