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I was surprised that the plane outperformed the sander on this small project. Gives me a reason to tune-up the seven old users on my shelf.

The design is simple, captivating, timeless. Lovely proportions, contrast and symmetry. Form following function. Beautiful. But for the use of piano hinge and magnetic catches this would have been my vote.

Norm has a long and positive influence on woodworking. Those of us who watched him from the very beginning were privileged to watch a carpenter transform into a furniture maker as he and Russell Morash developed and improved New Yankee Workshop. That cumulative perspective is what I think is valuable -- we watched Norm improve over time, moving from being a very good carpenter into a very competent craftsman. It made us believe, "If he can do it, so can I."

Love to have this book

My imagination -- all the power tools and hand tools serve the imagination.

Got my cup of tea -- bring on the cookies.

Sign me up also.

I have several old squares that need to be made square! Put my name in.

Sign me up!

I really like how you have matched the grain pattern, yet provided some contrast on the top. Well done.

Very nice. Well done.

No, you are not the only one.

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Very nice piece, thanks for sharing it here. The top actually looks like figured maple.

Thanks, Gina, for posting the link to construction photos. When I first saw the opening frames of the video I thought it was a cabinet in Asian style with opaque rice paper or thin wood sides. It is a lovely piece that obviously took a lot of skill to craft.

Aesthetics is more a philosophy than a mechanical skill, but for purely subjective and personal aesthetic reasons, this is not something that captures my imagination. But others are obviously appreciative of even the most unusual aspect of the cabinet. I like the piece, but it is a little unusual in its affect for my taste. Just proves again that in some cases functionality and aesthetic effect are both in the eye and imagination of the maker.

Quote from blkryder: "Given the first comment the point is apparently to seperate the intellectuals from the simpletons. Keep on making beatiful thought provoking pieces."

Of course, an actual intellectual would be able to spell "separate" and
"beautiful". Most of the videos in finewoodworking focus on skill levels combined with pleasing aesthetics. While skill level is apparent in this video, breathing associated with singing paired with woodworking is rather esoteric. The general observation "Form follows function" begs for the question, "So what?" Oddities do not fine woodworking make.

Sorry, but this is one of the few videos on finewoodworking that has little practical value. What is the point?