Hand Crafted Woodworking
The chisel Chest is done. I started the project on 5/25/2014. It was completed yesterday 7/22/2014. So About 8 weeks. Probably about 10 sessions in the shop. The chest uses full extension 16″ slides. There are 6 2 1/2″ drawers and one 5″ drawer. The carcus construction is all Home Depot SandePly with […]
Getting close to the end. Two things are happening somewhat at the same time. I have been trying to get a finish on the drawer fronts. When a project is shop furniture it is a good time to experiment with finishes. This time I went full on with WaterLox. This has not worked […]
Slowly getting finished. So I lost the pictures for attaching the drawer fronts to each drawer. This involved playing cards for spaces and my shooting board to trim the drawer ends exactly. So Sad.. I know you will miss the pictures. With the fronts attached I needed to pre-drill for the drawer pulls. […]
With the drawers all installed in the carcass I am ready to find the nice wood for the face frame and the drawer fronts. have a stash of cherry given to me by a friend who has to move his shop. So I went through those stacks. I wanted to be as economical as I […]
With the sides complete with the sliders, I can put the cabinet together. Since this is going to be hidden in the shelf unit I decided not to do full top/bottom and back. I cut strips of 3/4″ plywood and drilled all of the pocket holes. Lots of clamps, as always. The finished cabinet turned […]
Moving on…. Next after drawer construction is the process for the full extension sliders. I sized the cabinet sides and worked out the layout for each of the drawer sliders. LOTS of careful layout here. It is critical to get these correct. On of my favorite new tools is the Starrett 819 Hinge-Locating […]
All of the drawer box parts where cut, with the bottom dado cut. I started by drilling all of the pocket holes. My standard box for utility drawers is 3/4″ ply with 1/4″ bottom. Since the box is made from plywood I do not worry about movement so the bottom dado can go on all […]
As part of my shop plan to get to my new work bench several steps were necessary. My Planes have been not had a good home. This has to change. I have slightly damaged one of my brass plane soles and that is just painful. To have a home for my planes, I have […]
