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12th February 2013, 08:46 AM #1
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Amazing 300 year old Cabinet work
Last night at our monthly Fine Wood Working Association of WA meeting we were shown this short video clip of a desk made in Germany about 300 years ago.
Where Is This Mind-Blowing Antique Transforming Desk Hiding Its Autobot Logo?
Definitely worth a look
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12th February 2013, 09:46 AM #2
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mind blowing!
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12th February 2013, 10:00 AM #3
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The person who never made a mistake never made anything
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12th February 2013, 11:20 AM #4
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RE: Amazing 300 year old Cabinet work
Is there such a price tag on excellence?
cheers stevo.
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12th February 2013, 11:36 AM #5
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That is stunning and beautiful at the same time. I do think that whoever made it was on some sort of paranoid, mind bending trip to engineer it as well
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12th February 2013, 01:07 PM #6
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12th February 2013, 01:32 PM #7
The prize lies beneath - hidden in full view
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There was a thread a little while ago asking "what is Fine Woodwork?". Reckon that this one prolly qualifies.
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12th February 2013, 03:24 PM #8
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That video goes with a touring exhibit of Roentgen furniture. There are more.
I just can't imagine, in a lapse of attention, getting beaten to death by my own desk. Even 300 years ago.
WHAM! What will they carve in my headstone?
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12th February 2013, 04:49 PM #9
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What can be said that wouldn't sound banal??? Brilliant!!
I'm gunna make one when I grow up!!!
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14th February 2013, 10:47 PM #10
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15th February 2013, 01:30 PM #11
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Amazing 300 year old Cabinet work
Man, and here was I feeling self satisfied with a neat dovetail.
If you left a fountain pen in the wrong spot though it would end up buried in the wall....I'll just make the other bits smaller.
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16th February 2013, 08:28 AM #12
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I wonder what else it does that hasn't been discovered yet.
And I hope it came with an operators manual.
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16th February 2013, 04:10 PM #13
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Masterpiece.
They don't make 'em like that anymore.
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21st February 2013, 02:45 PM #14
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Certainly a remarkable piece,There's a piece in a similar style at Chatswoth house in England made by David Roentgen.
Just think how many workers died as a result of making the ormoulo mounts !
Gold leaf was ground up and mixed with mercury and heated until the mercury vapourised,it makes you think about these pieces in a whole different way.
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