Sellers Home Bedside Cabinet: Episode 10
Posted 10 May 2023
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Adding an upstand to the back of the cabinet top prevents items from slipping off the cabinet. It’s quick, attractive and functional. From the upstand we have shaping for the handles of the drawer pull and door. We use unusual layout methods and practices Paul was trained to use as a boy apprentice, and nothing beats them. The handles are part of his design, as are the methods for making them using no more than a spokeshave, rasp, and card scraper. There is a certain freedom to this kind of step-by-step woodworking, and we hope you will adopt these freelance methods in your woodworking pursuits. With all of the construction finished, it’s time to apply finish, and for this kind of project shellac is a perfect choice.
Lovely Paul. Seller’s home is such a fabulous series.
Thank you! Glad you are enjoying it. What I have enjoyed seeing is the house being filled with Paul’s furniture.
Thanks Paul. I’m enjoying the journey for sure. Out of curiosity, at times I’ve seen you use well worn sandpaper to denib. I’ve also seen you use the card scraper to denib on the same piece. What makes you choose one over the other? Just trying to understand if at times one way is preferable.
Nice work, Paul.
I wonder if the drawer face on one of the nightstands shrunk and caused a tad bit larger gap compared with the other nighstand drawer/door gap, or was it just the way it was dimensioned?
Also, on the door handle, with the use of one screw, would the handle stay in place and not turn around?
Great shellac work too! I wonder what the cut was. You seemed to be working stress free, so I assume it was a heavier cut…but I’ll wait to hear from you.
Thanks in advance,
Jake
Absolutely gorgeous bedroom set. Fun watching your vision materialize and come together. Thanks for another master class.
Marvelous craftsmanship and helpful tips for my own work.
I cannot find the drawing for this series—where are they located?
Thank you!
Michael
They haven’t been released yet but are being worked on.
I am currently working on this project and things are coming out pretty good for me. May I know which size gouge Paul used on the drawer and door handle? I have very limited knowledge on gouges and the only one I have is the Hirsh straight #7 37mm carving gouge, which I had bought 6 months ago.
The size of that gouge, however, seems much bigger than the one used by Paul here.
Thank you,
Laxmi