Sellers Home Dressing Table Mirror: Episode 4
When the joinery for the drawer comes together, we have some awkward clean up by planing to do. This episode will show what we do to ensure no wrong guesses result in blow-outs.
When the joinery for the drawer comes together, we have some awkward clean up by planing to do. This episode will show what we do to ensure no wrong guesses result in blow-outs.
Paul uses his systematic approach for pre-fitting the drawer components as he works through the structured drawer-making he has used for decades.
The mirror stand relies on four-stepped and stopped housing dadoes that must be well fitted.
Transitioning from a prototype ensures that things fit. It also assures that any mistakes in the design can be fixed before we get to the final version.
Introducing a new piece to make is always thrilling and this pivoted mirror raises the bar for a small project to be made, completely by hand, with many woodworking skills and techniques to be learned in the making of it.
In this episode, we finesse the drawer fronts and handles, bringing shape and alignment to make sure everything is synchronized well.
Bringing the last puzzle pieces together in the final stages of anything you make is always wonderful, and in this episode, it’s the drawer fronts that crown everything.
When the drawers are dovetailed, we need drawer bottoms.
Cutting your dovetails and fitting the counterparts is probably one of the most rewarding aspects of drawer making. It’s the seemingly insignificant movements with the tools that can escape us.
In this episode of the chest of drawers, we focus on the actual drawers, which are three different heights. Paul came up with a guide that guarantees a beautiful layout.