Chests and Cabinets - Fine Woodworking

16 CHESTS AND CUPBOARDS Blanket Chest A straightforward approach to angled joinery simplifies the construction of this frame-and ...

hiCkory anD ash blanket Chest 17 16 in. (^5) ⁄ 16 in. 7 3 ⁄ 4 in. Legs, 1 in. thick by 5^1 ⁄ 2 in. wide by 17^1 ⁄ 8 in. long Ton ...

18 CHESTS AND CUPBOARDS Create compound- angled legs Generally, I like to start with the trickiest joinery. That way, I can get ...

hiCkory anD ash blanket Chest 19 To cut the leg face mortises, transfer the locations from the drawing and use a plunge router w ...

20 CHESTS AND CUPBOARDS Once all the mortises and grooves are cut, bandsaw the curves that define the feet and give the lower ra ...

hiCkory anD ash blanket Chest 21 Make the panels. The side panels are tapered. To angle the outside edges, the author uses the s ...

22 CHESTS AND CUPBOARDS to cut the lid to shape. I made a full-size template for the end curves, but before using the template a ...

23 hiCkory anD ash blanket Chest sides to hold the hangers and then glue and clamp the hangers into their grooves. To make the o ...

24 Christian beCksvoort Shaker Chest of Drawers ...

25 shaker Chest of Drawers Y ears ago, clients wanted me to make a blanket chest to store shirts and sweaters. Blanket chests ar ...

26 Chests anD CupboarDs Built to Last Half-blind dovetails, sliding dovetails, and dadoes ensure decades of flawless function. A ...

27 (^1) ⁄ 2 -in. radius (^1) ⁄ 4 -in. radius Cut profile after glue-up. c Glue blocks Drawer runner, (^3) ⁄ 4 in. thick by 21 ⁄ ...

28 CHESTS AND CUPBOARDS parallel bars, spaced the width of the router base, clamping it square to the carcase side. The same jig ...

shaker Chest of Drawers 29 Dovetailing a large case piece Cutting dovetails on a large piece is very similar to cutting dovetail ...

30 CHESTS AND CUPBOARDS rails. The tenons get glued into the front rail but are left loose in the back rail to allow for wood mo ...

shaker Chest of Drawers 31 the back to the case. I glue the back in place, secure it with small brads, countersink them, and plu ...

32 CHESTS AND CUPBOARDS to mark the tight spots and a belt sander to remove material as I carefully fit the drawers to their ope ...

shaker Chest of Drawers 33 Before applying a finish, I go over the en- tire piece to break and sand all edges includ- ing around ...

34 Christian beCksvoort Classic Storage Cupboard I n “Shaker Chest of Drawers” (p. 24), I wrote about a low chest of drawers and ...

SHAKER BLANKET CHEST 35 ...