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VERTICAL SECTION PROFILE
LID PLAN
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The veneer on the wider center and end panels is book-
matched. I pressed the panels one at a time in a simple
shop-made cold press, and worked on the chest’s solid-wood
components while the glue on the panels was curing.
If you think of this chest as a simple box, most of the work
is in the fi ve paneled assemblies: the front and back, two ends
and the top. The panel assemblies are joined with mortises
and tenons, and each of the four legs is really two stiles with
the long edges mitered together.
I fabricated all of the stiles and rails, and
then dry-fi t each of the panel assemblies before cutting and
assembling the miter joints that connect the legs.
Managing Bits and Pieces
This isn’t really a diffi cult project to build; the hardest part is
keeping track of what piece goes where. The applied corbels
make it necessary for the panel grooves to be off-center on
the edges of the stiles and rails. As I cut the parts I decided
where they would go in the fi nished chest, and marked each
one with a lumber crayon. As I worked on the joints I paid
close attention to which face of each part was the outside
piece.
After cutting the panel parts to size, I grouped four of the
leg pieces together and marked them out as left-handed
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