Kyserike Kraftsman » Lingerie/Jewerly Chest

Lingerie and Jewelry Chest (March 2008)

kyserike — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:30:59 +0000

This was a special project that was a gift for my Mom for her 70th birthday. I started the project on January 30th (See the chronological history of the project below). Her birthday was March 19th, which didn't leave me much time for completing the project. [...]

The Lingerie/Jewelry Chest is Done !

kyserike — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:00:07 +0000

I got about 10 hours sleep in the last three days, but the project is done, and just in time for Mom’s birthday celebration at my Sister’s house today.

The Carcase is Assembled !

kyserike — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:21:57 +0000

The assembeld carcase

I finished assembling the carcase today.

I used a biscuit jointer to create the joints between the drawer bottoms and the sides and back panel. The walnut banding on the sides and the back panel was also joined with biscuits.

To assemble the sides, back, and drawer dividers I used [...]

Still Building

kyserike — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:19:17 +0000

I’ve been too busy trying to get this done in time for Mom’s birthday so I haven’t had a chance to do many updates to the web page. Things are progressing, but we are about to enter crunch time.

Most of the walnut has been cut to size and I’ve assembled and routered the [...]

Building the Chest

kyserike — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:02:54 +0000

I officially started building the actual chest today. I’ve got about one month to complete it.

Drawer Dividers

This weekend I worked on creating the drawer dividers. There are eight dividers in the chest made of 1/2″ plywood with edge banding for the front edge. The plan called for a 3/4″ edging, but [...]

Building the Prototype

kyserike — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:34:16 +0000

The Prototype

This week was spent building the prototype out of MDF. This chest will make a nice addition to the workshop.

I still have to complete the door fronts for the drawers. The plan calls for just gluing and nailing the drawer fronts to the drawers, but I’d like to find a [...]

Milling the Rough Cut Lumber

kyserike — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:18:52 +0000

Rough Cut Black Walnut

Before I could use the walnut, I needed to pick out what I was going to be using for the project and plane that down to 3/4 and 2/4 thickness. I don’t own a thickness planer, but a friend at work (Carl) offered to help me out. I spent [...]

The Plan Arrives

kyserike — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:15:44 +0000

The plan for the chest arrived today (along with some Forstner drill bits and a pipe clamp). The plan was on a large sheet of paper, printed on both sides. I was expecting a little bit more … but I think there’s enough information here to get the job done.

The original [...]

Road Trip !

kyserike — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:12:18 +0000

Nancy and I headed up to my brother’s place in CT today to pick up some of the walnut. We had a nice visit with Andy and Penny and then headed back home to watch the Giants win the Superbowl!

Finding a place to store the walnut wasn’t easy. I had to clear an [...]

The Project Begins !

kyserike — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:07:43 +0000

I ordered the plans for the chest today. They wont be here until next week.