The completed dresser, with one coat of finish. |
I have been spending considerable time in the shop working on the bedroom dresser and chest of drawers for my son. Many hours of milling and cutting the many parts in these projects. I decided to complete all the finicky parts for each piece together so I did not waste time setting up the machinery twice. There was much consternation on the joinery on the drawers and I elected to go with a drawer lock joint instead of the dovetails I was planning (sorry Jason) - I figured this would be the only way I would complete this in this decade.
Here's a picture diary of the work to date. BTW, this project involved 84 mortise and tenon joints for the webframes and outside frames... (click to make the picture bigger)
All the interior and exterior pieces milled to finished dimensions, time for some joinery. |
84 tenons cut on all the parts, these are 1.5" long and 1/4" thick. The cherry haunched ones are for the exterior frame. |
Marking out all the mortises to double check the layout for everything. |
Mortising out the parts on the benchtop mortiser - talk about tedious! |
The side panels for the chest are complete with cherry ship-lap boards in the field. |
Cleaning up the rabbet for the top webframe and getting ready to hand cut dadoes for the interior webframes. |
The dresser framing and assembly complete - time for some drawers |
With so many parts to keep track of, I used this handy filing system to keep everything straight. The parts included all drawer sides, backs and front, as well as the LV wooden drawer glides |
Stealth Tool Gloat, this lovely 3/4" Brazilian Rosewood Shoulder Plane arrived from Konrad Sauer last week, just in time to help with the project. This completes my set (I think). |
A first coat of finish on the carcase to keep shop grime from marking the lovely cherry, also could not wait for the pop you get when that first finish goes on. |
Starting the drawer assembly exercise, with all the parts milled this went pretty quickly. Once each drawer was assembled, the wooden drawer glide was glued to the bottom and the guide rail installed. |
One complete dresser, ready for some finish and hardware. |
Thanks for following along,
Richard
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