Chests and Cabinets - Fine Woodworking

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16 CHESTS AND CUPBOARDS


Blanket Chest
A straightforward approach to angled joinery simplifies the
construction of this frame-and-panel chest, while thick parts
and dense woods (ash and hickory) lend heft to a sleek design.

Top,^7 ⁄ 8 in. thick by 16 in.
wide by 48 in. long

Eye straps

Battens,^3 ⁄ 4 in. thick by
13 ⁄ 4 in. wide by 13 in.
long; end screw holes
slotted to allow for
movement
Butt hinge
Groove for
tray runner
Pins, inserted from
inside after glue-up,
locate panels.
Loose tenons,^

(^1) ⁄ 4 in. thick by
11 ⁄ 2 in. wide
by 1^3 ⁄ 4 in. long
(^3) ⁄ 16 -in. dowels
locate side
Lower side rails, 1 in. panels to legs.
thick by 4 in. wide by
153 ⁄ 8 in. long
Loose tenons,^1 ⁄ 4 in. thick by
21 ⁄ 4 in. wide by 1^5 ⁄ 8 in. long
Bottom frame
stiles,^3 ⁄ 4 in. thick
by 2^5 ⁄ 8 in. wide by
11 in. long
Bottom frame rails,^3 ⁄ 4 in. thick
by 2^1 ⁄ 2 in. wide by 41^1 ⁄ 2 in. long
(bottom trimmed to fit later)
Ledgers, screwed
to bottom frame
and case sides
16 in.
(^7) ⁄ 8 in.

153 ⁄ 8 in.
18 in.
48 in.


90°


6 in.

2 in.

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