Leif- thank you for your comments and confirmation that my piece is Aasbjerg. Hopefully my pics and the knowledge that Aasbjerg did not use dovetails exclusively can help others identify his incredible work. My hunch is there are still a lot of his pieces out there in the wild.....
Leif - we picked up another Aasbjerg EX 600 wall system today. It is teak, and there are components enough to build a 4 bay system complete with drawers, desk, upper and lower sliding door cabinets.
HOWEVER- some of the hardware is missing. We may have a source near us for someone who can custom re-create the missing bits. I thought I would check with you to see if you are familiar with these pieces and if perhaps you are aware of a source where we could purchase replacements. Please forgive my lack of knowledge regarding the proper names for these hardware pieces...I am at a loss for the correct words. They remind me of a modern day cam system, but that still doesn't properly describe them.
The system is joined together by inserting an interesting machine screw into the vertical teak side panel- that screw goes through the side panel and into a horizontal shelf. The shelf has a little brass wheel located either on the top or underside of each outer edge. The wheel is turned repeatedly to fasten it to the screw. In the instance where two shelves intersect the side panel at the same height, a double version of this machine screw is used.
It's a very interesting system and unsurprisingly holds all of the components together solidly.
Any direction would be appreciated.
Thank You- Sandy
Yes - A bit of further description. The wheel is really the female end of the fastening system. It accepts the machine screw. The wheel itself has circular holes located at regular intervals across its surface. To turn the wheel, a small object such as a nail is inserted into one of the circular holes, then leverage is used to spin the wheel until the NEXT circular hole is exposed. Move the nail to the next hole, leverage again, spin the wheel ... Repeat... Repeat... Repeat... Until the connection is tight.
It is an ingenious system, albeit tedious to assemble. Photos following:
Hi Leif!
Been lurking on this website for the last 6 years and have never posted. Always loved the content you post and particularly this thread. I've been a huge fan of Aasbjerg's work and thought I'd share a few pieces of my own with the forum.
A credenza I haven't seen before and a cutting tray I recently acquired. Also have one of the nesting tables with the familiar asterisk symbols.
Nice table. I need a pair of them. And that pine support on the underside has to be a later addition. I am impressed, though, that they did it right with slotted screw holes.
I am guessing that something somewhere on that table must have broken, and that is how it got those pine supports.
A day late and a dollar short.....
Just missed this Excellent furniture teak tray on Ebay....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TEAK-WOOD-CUTTING-BOARD-QUISTGAARD-IHQ-DENMARK-M...
Design EX 61 from the catelog, and mistakenly attributed to JHQ. Was at like $26, when I found it, was hoping to get in the action, but someone obviously knew what it is, and had they max bid well over $100. I bid it up to $100, but was not willing to pay more. Hopefully it was someone on here, and also sorry for bidding it up if it was....
Anyways, grabbed some of the pictures for documenting the actual piece on this thread...
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