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22 February 2017 at 9:52 am #309444
I jumped in the deep end and decided that my first big project after making my workbench would be a chest of drawers, not really understanding the degree of difficulty involved. It’s going well so far, but it has been a lot of work for a beginner! 🙂
I’m disregarding all the good advice I have read and am making up the design as I go along. I only really know what to do on the next stage after I have finished the previous stage. I’m taking it slowly though and trying to think ahead.
D Day (ie ‘Dovetail Day’) is looming. Wish me luck! lol.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.22 February 2017 at 6:08 pm #309463Nothing like taking on a project that is above your skills to make you better. Good job. If I was to add any advise, I’d say to practice some of the tricky joints on scrap wood first before getting to the project parts. But it looks like you’ve already gotten to some of the tricky joinery.
22 February 2017 at 8:13 pm #309470This looks very nice already. How do you want to make the back? Will there be a frame with panels? I suppose, it will be reasonable to have some vertical support for each drawer frame. (oops, sorry, you don’t plan ahead 😉
Dieter
23 February 2017 at 1:13 am #309476Thanks for the replies.
I have already made a practice half-blind dovetail joint (and have posted some pictures in the ‘practice dovetails’ thread).
I’m thinking I may use thin tongue and groove boards for the back rather than a frame.
I really do feel my confidence has increased considerably as a result of taking on this project.
Steve
23 February 2017 at 10:31 pm #309510Working on the pedestal today which was good tenon and mortise practice. Photo shows a test fitting to the cabinet.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.26 February 2017 at 10:47 pm #309551Good luck although it doesn’t appear that you need it. That’s coming along beautifully.
14 March 2017 at 6:35 pm #310176I really appreciate the encouragement – thank you.
I have finished the dovetails on all but one of the drawers, which was a big psychological hurdle. They are just dry-assembled for the photo. I still have to cut the drawer sides to their proper length (I left them long in case I messed up cutting the dovetails) and fit the drawer backs. There must also be about a dozen other small jobs to do in order to get the project finished.
I still haven’t found a source of 1/4″ plywood (I’m in Bulgaria) for the drawer bottoms but there must be a way of getting it from somewhere.
Steve
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You must be logged in to view attached files.14 March 2017 at 9:40 pm #310185This looks awesome! Perhaps, you could resaw some plain wood and laminate it for the drawer bottoms. I have seen some old furniture, where the makers laminated short boards, as long as the shorter side of the drawers. These bottoms seem to be quite stable, but they need freedom to expand and shrink, so they aren’t glued into the grooves. The same method should work for the back of the chest.
Dieter
15 March 2017 at 12:00 am #310186Hi Dieter,
That’s an idea. I have a lot of 1/2″ thick tongue and groove boards. I cut the tongues and grooves off some of them and laminated them to make the drawer sides. I was initially thinking it would be too much extra work to use them for the drawer bottoms (I’m itching to get on with my next project), but I guess they wouldn’t necessarily need to be glued together. They could just be cut to size and chamfered so that they slide individually into the 1/4″ groove.
I’m planning to use the same 1/2″ boards for the back.
Steve
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