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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.
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.
It’s the small details that preface the final stages of assembly which ensure success during glue up, and this episode covers these essential steps.
The cross-rail dividers are dovetailed into the sides of the cabinet carcass individually to increase the intrinsic strength of the overall piece. Accuracy is essential to the cabinet and also to good joinery.
In this episode, Paul demonstrates the best way of customising the walls of the dado to match perfectly to the thicknesses of the panels being fitted to them.
Making a chest of drawers is a serious investment of time, materials, and more. Therefore, it’s essential to have a piece of furniture that fits the room in size and shape, and which matches the others in the room.
For this design, Paul first worked out a quick sketch, followed by the drawing and then the cardboard mockup of the overall dimensions to show him what he was dealing with. From this, in just two weeks, he had a beautiful chest of oak drawers built for a lifetime of use.
It’s always comforting to see a project coming together in the final stages. In this final episode, we go through the finishing steps of applying the finish and transporting the wardrobe.