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 way to make them adjustable.
Here’s a picture of the finished prototype.
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 afternoon today at Carl’s home workshop where he helped me tremendously getting this wood ready to use. He also showed me quite a few tips including how to use Danish oil to bring out the color and grain pattern from this walnut. Thanks Carl !
Here’s a shot of the rough cut lumber prior to heading over to Carl’s shop.
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 plan called for using a 4×8 sheet of Mahogany plywood, and about 10 board feet of Mahogany stock. I’m going to try and not use much plywood if I can. Also, the joinery used in the plan is basically butt joints secured with glue and finishing nails … I’ll be making some changes to the plan to use some nicer joinery techniques and not have any […]
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 area of the workshop to make room to stack it.
I ordered the plans for the chest today. They wont be here until next week.
