I decided to go with reclaimed wormy american chestnut panels with ebony pulls and a boiled linseed oil finish.I may do the drawers in poplar to lend contrast..opinions?
I started by reading the entire article 10 times so as to get a real good idea of the build process the author is offering. As for the build design I really cant say as I approve but if we are staying with the joinery called for I will follow it.
But I will state now that I dont like:
1. The rabbit joint that holds the top and back on....as this chest is small and the handle is on the top it would lead to idea that it could be picked up from the handle but I just dont see a few brads and spot gluing holding the lid board on....my handles will be on either side.
2.drawer divider panel seems to just float at the front edge...seems to me that this would be a good place to warp and/or promote a vibration (the slide action being wood on wood) that would over time cause a failure.
I think that by shrinking the bottom drawer hieght 1/4 inch I could install a 1/4 inch guide frame just under the divider and lend support to whole cabinet as the till front rail is the only thing to keep the front from racking when open...any thoughts on this are welcome
I started with:
now I dont usually do this and dont recommend it at all but I cut the entire cabinet cut list at once. the reason being that I have enough wood to cover it and I wanted to see just how close it is to right. I left most of the parts oversized by a 1/4 and did refigure the face side to allow for portruding knobs. 7 pieces resized in all.
till panel
case sides(2)
case bottom
lid sides(2)
lid panel
just added 3/8 to the width
what I have so far is the case cuts scraped and sanded
to be continued
took me longer to type this then it did to do it...LMAO
I started by reading the entire article 10 times so as to get a real good idea of the build process the author is offering. As for the build design I really cant say as I approve but if we are staying with the joinery called for I will follow it.
But I will state now that I dont like:
1. The rabbit joint that holds the top and back on....as this chest is small and the handle is on the top it would lead to idea that it could be picked up from the handle but I just dont see a few brads and spot gluing holding the lid board on....my handles will be on either side.
2.drawer divider panel seems to just float at the front edge...seems to me that this would be a good place to warp and/or promote a vibration (the slide action being wood on wood) that would over time cause a failure.
I think that by shrinking the bottom drawer hieght 1/4 inch I could install a 1/4 inch guide frame just under the divider and lend support to whole cabinet as the till front rail is the only thing to keep the front from racking when open...any thoughts on this are welcome
I started with:
now I dont usually do this and dont recommend it at all but I cut the entire cabinet cut list at once. the reason being that I have enough wood to cover it and I wanted to see just how close it is to right. I left most of the parts oversized by a 1/4 and did refigure the face side to allow for portruding knobs. 7 pieces resized in all.
till panel
case sides(2)
case bottom
lid sides(2)
lid panel
just added 3/8 to the width
what I have so far is the case cuts scraped and sanded
to be continued
took me longer to type this then it did to do it...LMAO