Kyserike Kraftsman

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]