Kingwood Writing Slope, built by Pete Michelinie of South Pomfret, Vermont. February 10, 2020.
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2020
- For more details on this piece visit my website at:
www.michelinie.com
This is an overview of a reproduction writing slope built over the course of 170 hours in the Winter of 2019/2020 by me, Pete Michelinie, of South Pomfret, VT.
The song is "Stay A While" by Lyle Brewer:
open.spotify.com/track/6RQ0SZ...
Leather tooling on the slope done by Lizzie Curran. Hardware sourced from Whitechapel and Horton Brasses.
A masterpiece of woodworking!
I try my best. Thank you.
A timeless masterpiece. Congratulations.
What a beautiful piece. Your craftsmanship is stunning. As a fountain pen, paper and ink enthusiast, I was drooling. Also, love your workshop.
Absolutely magnificent
That is actually the best writing slope/campaign thingy I have ever seen in my life. Honestly
That is just exquisite
Pete, I could watch this all day.. so proud of you, and in awe of your giftedness.. ❤️
Aw, thanks Ma
Very nice! ❤❤❤💪💪💪👍👍👍👏👏👏
I absolutely love these puzzle-box-writing-slopes. I aspire to this level of craftsmanship. If anything could have been added it would have been the gold embossing around the edges of the leather writing surface - purely optional. The one thing I would have canceled? those cheesy lions head drawer pulls. The scalloped brass drawer pulls - flush with little fingernail nicks like a pocket knife blade. But, I'm not that guy so don't listen to me. Absolutely amazing project.
Thanks William. My bookbinder friend who did the line embossing around the perimeter of the leather tried a gold leaf, but it didn't stick too well to the leather the client chose. I would have liked to see that too- next time I'll try to find leather more suitable. The piece is very British, and of course the lion is one of their proud symbols. I think it fits well historically (plus this was a close copy of an existing design), though from a purely design standpoint I see what you mean.
@@petemichelinie3286 Thanks for the reply
Beautiful writing slope. Amazing work.
How beautiful
Lovely!
A work of art. Beautiful in every way. 👏👏
Thank you Ray
Gorgeous!
Nice design and beautiful craftsmanship!
Beautifully done. Wow.
My god that is gorgeous!!
Beautiful craftsmanship! 😍👏
Very kind of you. Thanks.
Major jaw drop. Great work.
Great job, Pete! Very beautiful.
Thanks Steve!
How stunning is that! OMG!
Thank you!
I love it 💕
Wonderful craftsmanship, I will looking to order this item. Looks greta for military retirement gift.
This is incredible. Wow.
Thank you.
Absolutely stunning
Thank you.
Beautiful!
I have an old one just like this with the split top. When it opens there are six drawers. I came across yours trying to research.
That is absolutely beautiful. You definitely earned a new subscriber in me. Very, very nice.
Thank you Ian. I hope to make more videos like this when these special projects come my way.
Pete
amazing
Wow 🤩
wow
You will have the measurements of each compartment
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Abraham Röntgen would be proud
Nice. Where's the secret compartiment?
Wow……
When might you produce more videos?
Can you tell me about the “L” shaped hinges? I would very much appreciate knowing where to get some like that (or how to make some myself)! Thanks in advance.
Pete, that is beautiful and well made. I am planning to make one, and I admired the one in the video from Christopher Clarke Antiques. Good job! how are the corners of the case put together? Are they dovetails?
Hi Paul, thank you for the kind words. The joinery of the carcass is all splined miters. The grain orientation of the splines is the same as the case in order to keep the joint strong. I thought about dovetails, but this would mean having to veneer after gluing the carcass up, whereas the way I did it allowed me to veneer first, then cut the miter and the spline grooves. A dovetail would also mean you would be veneering onto end grain, which might eventually telegraph through the veneer- unless you did a secret mitered dovetail (which would be incredibly tedious and unnecessary.)
You can find photos of the piece in the build process here: photos.app.goo.gl/NKPtnJteRU9fMPbA9 They might help along the way, and also feel free to email me with questions if you have them.
@@petemichelinie3286 I am watching a video series of a man in Britain making one with secret mitred dovetails in rosewood, no veneers on the sides, just the top.
The photos will be a huge help.
WHAT! You only have one video.
Where did you get the brass edges? I have had a tough time finding a similar hardware for a piece of campaign-style furniture I am making
Hi Ryan,
I bought them from a website called OnlineMetals. Here's the link to the corners: www.onlinemetals.com/en/buy/brass/0-5-x-0-5-x-0-0625-brass-angle-385/pid/18190
They didn't have 3/8" corner, so I used a non-ferrous metal blade on the tablesaw and cut the corners from 1/2" x 1/2" to 3/8" x 3/8". You can find photos of the build process here: photos.app.goo.gl/NKPtnJteRU9fMPbA9
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I'm assuming the work involved would make a commission in the four figure range. I wish I could afford this for my partner. She has become so excited by these kind of writing desks and this is the most beautiful, fantastic thing I've ever seen. But sadly, I'm sure its beyond my reach.
Thank you for the kind words Yes- the materials alone cost me roughly $1,200. Then it's about 170 hours of labor on top of that. My shop rate fluctuates, but right now with my wife in nursing school it is $38/hr.
Wow this has inspired me. How long roughly did it take you? What power tools did you use and did you finish with french polish
Hey, thanks. This was a 170 hour project for me. I used the standard furniture shop tools for this- table saw, bandsaw, joiner, planer, lathe, plunge router. I did finish with shellac, but not a true French polish with pumice and rotten stone. The Kingwood takes a nice polish with a dozen or so coats of shellac.
Pete
@@petemichelinie3286 great stuff. My mother would love something like this. She’s always dreamed of one as she loves stuff like Jane Austen etc. I’ve got 2 mahogany shelves and I’m planning to buy some sapele as it’s a bit cheaper than mahogany but still looks very similar and is hard wearing. Where did you get your brass parts (inlays, hinges, handles, locks etc) from? And which parts of the build did you find most challenging?
Thanks for the feedback
Francis
@@fraforgt-350r2 I took a bunch of photos of the build process and have them available here:
photos.app.goo.gl/NKPtnJteRU9fMPbA9
I think the mahogany and sapele would work great together. The hardware came from all over- onlinemetals.com for the corner stock (which was 1/2" x 1/2" x 1/16" thick and I sawed it down using a non ferrous metal blade on the table saw to 3/8" x 3/8") the ink wells I found on ebay and based the well holder dimensions on them, the lion pulls came from White Chapel, the quadrant hinges, campaign pulls, slide bolt locks and key lock from Horton Brasses, and the scallop pulls I made my self by carving wax and having it cast by Carerra Casting in NYC.
There wasn't one part that was the most challenging- though figuring out the mechanism for the secret drawer panel was pretty tricky. I made sure to draw this project out full scale before cutting any lumber. It was absolutely necessary.
Thanks Pete, those pictures are great.
One last question - how did you go about designing and making the two part sloping mechanism. Did you make a box first and then cut half of it in the shape? How did you know which size if had to be to line up perfectly both when closed and when sloped.
Thanks
Francis
@@fraforgt-350r2 As long as your hinge point is located at the half-way point on that front face (when viewing from the side) your slope can be whatever angle you like. The lid wants to rest in the same plane as the case bottom when it is all opened up. I drew this all out and then was very careful to match everything to the drawing. The slope was cut out of the sides before the case was all glued together. I wanted the grain of the case to look complete when it was all closed, so I had to go this route.
Where did you get the ink pots?
Those were Victorian era inkwells I found from a seller in England on Ebay. I sized the inkwell cavties on the slope to fit those specific inkwells.
Are these available for sale?
what's is the purpose of the leather?? is it to keep a book from sliding?? (it seems a hard surface would be better for writing...)
These were originally intended for writing on with a quill. I believe the leather was an ideal surface for that- sometimes wool baize would be used instead.
@@petemichelinie3286 thanks
Please do a tutorial build for a piece like this
I don't have that kind of time right now, but here's the next best thing- these are the progress photos from the build: photos.app.goo.gl/NKPtnJteRU9fMPbA9
That is amazing!!! Do you have a pattern that you care to share?
Thank you Cindy. I drew the slope out full scale before I started on the project. I wouldn't mind taking a photo of it for you, but if you would like a proper scale copy I'd have to spend some time going to the printers and having a scan done, and would charge for that time. E-mail me if you'd like.
Thanks,
Pete
@@petemichelinie3286 I am interested in that, but I can’t figure out how to email you. How can I find your email address? I’m on Facebook, if you can message it to me.
Fine enough to have belonged to Thomas Jefferson or Benjamin Franklin!
you could keep your weed in there
Gorgeous!