8iowa
12-25-2009, 06:46 PM
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I made these two chests this past Summer at the "Workshop in the Woods". (In da UP eh!) They are made from eastern white pine boards cut from trees felled on our property.
Since they were intended to be placed in our walk-in closet the design is simple and functional. I used a rockler dovetail jig on all the fully dovetailed drawers, which are interchangeable. I was able to achieve a high degree of precision and squareness thanks to my Incra MiterSled 5000. Surprisingly, it takes many board feet of lumber for ten rather large drawers.
All the boards were nominally 14" in width, so I had to do a lot of jointing and gluing. I used the Shopsmith 4" jointer with roller stands set precisely level with the infeed and outfeed with a Veritas 50" aluminum straightedge. With this method I've been able to joint and glue board eight feet long.
The finish is three coats of water based poly, which enhances the limited light in the closet.
I made these two chests this past Summer at the "Workshop in the Woods". (In da UP eh!) They are made from eastern white pine boards cut from trees felled on our property.
Since they were intended to be placed in our walk-in closet the design is simple and functional. I used a rockler dovetail jig on all the fully dovetailed drawers, which are interchangeable. I was able to achieve a high degree of precision and squareness thanks to my Incra MiterSled 5000. Surprisingly, it takes many board feet of lumber for ten rather large drawers.
All the boards were nominally 14" in width, so I had to do a lot of jointing and gluing. I used the Shopsmith 4" jointer with roller stands set precisely level with the infeed and outfeed with a Veritas 50" aluminum straightedge. With this method I've been able to joint and glue board eight feet long.
The finish is three coats of water based poly, which enhances the limited light in the closet.