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Ep 1: Building a Cabinet on Stand with Tim Coleman—Introduction

This cabinet is highlighted with circle inlay that reflects light differently depending on its grain orientation.

By Tim Coleman May 23, 2025

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Videos in the Series

Ep 1: Building a Cabinet on Stand with Tim Coleman—Introduction
May 23, 2025

This cabinet is highlighted with circle inlay that reflects light differently depending on its grain orientation.
Ep 2: Lumbercore
May 23, 2025

TIm Coleman shows how he makes lumbercore, a super stable substrate.
Ep 3: Gunstock Miter
June 6, 2025

Tim creates elegantly shaped legs with a gunstock miter, and also shows his method for creating riftsawn material.
Ep 4: Mortising the Legs
June 20, 2025

Tim Coleman lays out and mortises the legs with a hollow chisel mortiser.
Ep 5: Cutting the Shoulders and Cheeks
July 4, 2025

Tim uses several setups on the table saw to accurately cut tenons.
Ep 6: Cutting the Double Tenons
July 18, 2025

Tim trims tenons on the table saw and bandsaw, cuts a gunstock miter on the table saw, and cleans up tenon shoulders with chisels.
Ep 7: Shaping the Legs
August 1, 2025

Tim uses a bandsaw, a spindle sander, and a series of hand tools to shape the elegantly curved legs.
Ep 8: Gluing up the Cabinet Side Panels
August 15, 2025

Tim uses splines to add edge banding to side panels.
Ep 9: Creating the Dowel Joinery for the Cabinet
August 29, 2025

Tim uses a Krenov doweling jig to assemble the sides of the cabinet.
Ep 10: Fitting the Bottom Into the Cabinet
September 12, 2025

In a test of patience and accuracy, Tim trims the bottom to size and installs it in the stand. It only has to be perfect.
Ep 11: Installing the Knife Hinges
September 26, 2025

Tim carefully mortises for offset knife hinges, which require careful layout and precision.
Ep 12: Applying the Edge Banding to the Door Panels
October 10, 2025

Careful layout and measuring allow Tim to create hardwood plugs to accept screws for a knife hinge before applying shopmade edge banding.
Ep 13: Creating the Marquetry Panels
October 24, 2025

Tim adds decorative marquetry panels on the cabinet doors, utilizing grain direction for contrast.

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About This Video Workshop

This intimate video series follows legendary woodworker Tim Coleman as he designs and builds a cabinet on stand—a timeless form made famous by his teacher, James Krenov. Filmed over the course of four months, the series captures the making of a career-defining piece that embodies both tradition and innovation. Crafted from quartersawn curly cherry sourced from the personal stash of Jere Osgood, the cabinet features lumber core construction and intricately veneered marquetry panels. The elegant… More about this Video Workshop

Comments

james_bkf | May 31, 2025 02:36am | #1
Tim, that is a Beautiful piece. I will try making the lumbercore ply. What type of vacuume system do you use? I’ve been wanting to try veneering.
Thanks James from Bakersfield.

colemant | Jun 01, 2025 10:08pm | #2
Thank you, Jim! I have an old vacuum pump from Mercury Vacuum Systems, but they are no longer in business. Vacuum Pressing Systems in Maine make some nice units, as well as other companies. You don't need a vacuum pump for smaller scale projects. For a number of years I used clamps and cauls, and it worked fine.

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