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Still Building

By |February 27th, 2008

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 decorative base. I’ve been experimenting with creating dovetail joints to use on the drawers. They are time consuming and tricky to get right but I think it will add a nice touch. I should begin the assembly of the carcase by the weekend …. Stay tuned.

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Building the Chest

By |February 16th, 2008

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

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 I decided on using a 2″ edging instead so that I could use the same edge parts for the drawer dividers and the back and front piece edging.

The plan also called for using finishing nails and glue to attach the edging. I decided to use a tongue and groove joint instead (I don’t own a biscuit jointer yet) so that I didn’t need to use nails to attach the […]

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Building the Prototype

By |February 15th, 2008

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.

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Milling the Rough Cut Lumber

By |February 10th, 2008

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.

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The Plan Arrives

By |February 6th, 2008

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 […]

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