When I bought my house 10 years ago, the former owners had a Chippendale mirror and I thought it looked cool. So, with my developing woodworking skills and a plan in Fine Woodworking, I made the mirror pictured below (The lines in the mirror are reflections from the beveled glass).
I had used a scrollsaw only once before (to cut the feet for the chest I made), but this was way more challenging. I practiced on some waste areas of the veneer panel and then cut out the patterns (the big curves are much harder to do than the smaller ones!). The veneer is some miscellaneous figured brown wood that came in a grab bag pack from the woodworking shows - the guy said it was in the "Mahogany family" - whatever you say dude :dontknow:.
The construction is basically the scrollsawed Poplar core with veneer on both sides glued to a half lapped Poplar frame with mitered Mahogany molding glued to the front. It's stained to give it a uniform color.
I got the glass from a framed mirror I bought at TJMaxx for $13 (and then donated the frame to the landfill).:icon_thum
At work, this project is now known as just a frame I made after all the jokes about a certain risque dance troupe. :roll:
I had used a scrollsaw only once before (to cut the feet for the chest I made), but this was way more challenging. I practiced on some waste areas of the veneer panel and then cut out the patterns (the big curves are much harder to do than the smaller ones!). The veneer is some miscellaneous figured brown wood that came in a grab bag pack from the woodworking shows - the guy said it was in the "Mahogany family" - whatever you say dude :dontknow:.
The construction is basically the scrollsawed Poplar core with veneer on both sides glued to a half lapped Poplar frame with mitered Mahogany molding glued to the front. It's stained to give it a uniform color.
I got the glass from a framed mirror I bought at TJMaxx for $13 (and then donated the frame to the landfill).:icon_thum
At work, this project is now known as just a frame I made after all the jokes about a certain risque dance troupe. :roll:
