Drawer Bottom Question

[millcrek]

I can't seem to post the pictures so never mind.

[rchampagne]

Where was it made?

[millcrek]

I'm not sure where it was made, but it's made of cherry, pine and a third wood that may be poplar, it has ball turned legs. I would call it a vernacular work or sewing table.

[msiemsen]

are the dovetails in the back of the drawer going  the wrong way?

[Jack Plane]

The entire drawer looks like it was made by someone who didn't have a grasp of traditional cabinetmaking.

[millcrek]

Boy, you guys are being tough. There's lots wrong with this piece, I was being kind when I said it was vernacular. It does however have the type of drawer bottom in discussion. I will take more complete pictures latter so you can see the entire piece. It is the type of country interpretation one finds when you escape from the east coast of the states.

[Peter Storey Pentz]

Well, I guess we know who is NOT getting a Cartouche Award.   PSP

[msiemsen]

Maybe that is how the Experienced Woodworker does it?

[millcrek]

Here are the pictures I promised. The dovetails running the wrong way on the back of the drawers are not the strangest features of the piece. Notice the 1/4" cherry lamination on the drawer fronts. People bring in pieces and I fix them, I try not to judge what a family cherishes as an heirloom, usually quality of construction has nothing to do with what they love. This is not the best piece I have ever worked on but it is far from the worst. People will spend thousands of dollars to restore that strange table that uncle Bill made.

[Jeff L Headley]

Drawer bottom blocking. Here is the blocked drawer bottom I tried to post earlier. We had an employee that found a signed piece under the drawer. It was made by Bo Hom. A very famous cabinetmaker. He worked everywhere. True story!

[zdillinger]

Drawer bottom blocking. Here is the blocked drawer bottom I tried to post earlier. We had an eympolyee that found a signed piece under the drawer. It was made by Bo Hom. A very famous cabinetmaker. He worked everywhere. True story!

Bo Hom!?!? He was really at the top of the trade, wasn't he?

[John Walkowiak]

Drawer bottom blocking. Here is the blocked drawer bottom I tried to post earlier. We had an employee that found a signed piece under the drawer. It was made by Bo Hom. A very famous cabinetmaker. He worked everywhere. True story!

I believe his cousin was the wide ranging famous toolmaker, Pat Pending.

[msiemsen]

Bo Hom spent a lot of time working in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Many of his pieces are also marked UP.