My shopmate Don Jensen of Synergies Renovations is also doing a chaboo.  He is a general contractor who specializes in high end remodels.  I met him on a job site years ago and we started to work together here and there.   He often curses at the difficulty of my designs to build- but hey, it looks good doesn’t it?  Here is a vanity that I designed and he built.  More examples here. 

His chaboo is titled Cantileaver Chaboo.  Its a one-legged chaboo which has molten lead embedded in it for stability.  He got the idea for it from ehem, ME!  I built a coat rack and melted down lead to pour into holes in the legs.  See the blog post here.

The legs are filled with lead and then veneered over to hide it.

Check out the detail in this joint!  The man uses dental tools.  Ive seen it myself!

photo by Anna Campbell

Don explains the secrets behind cantilever chaboo~

Don Jensen interview from Ken Tomita on Vimeo.

A great example of someone going all out on their chaboo.  There is something to be said for doing the best you possibly can.

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