Fine Woodworking 2007 Building Furniture

direction. Now cut the forward ends of the stretchers at 90°—with the miter gauge at 90° and the blade still at 85.5°—sneaking u ...

UPPER MOLDING FRAME The molding frame allows the top and carcase to move seasonally. DOVETAILED CARCASE The heart of a long-last ...

C ase furniture based on a dovetailed box is found in a wide range of styles and periods. While the de- tails vary, many pieces ...

be hidden by the true top, which goes on later. The back boards, lapped in some way to allow for wood movement, will be screwed ...

is the lack of sound glue surfaces between the frame and the case. Usually this isn’t a problem, but for a tall case or one with ...

side lip matches the dado depth. Be pre- pared to spend extra time on these joints, though, because there are many surfaces that ...

Once the frame has been made, you need to form the tongues, stopping them at the front and leaving extra wood for the tails. Bec ...

b r ac k e t f e e t Molded or unmolded, with a wide variety of cutouts, bracket feet are used in many periods and styles. They ...

v e r t i c a l - g r a i n f e e t Vertical-grain feet come in a wide array of styles, from turned bun feet to 18th-century bal ...

I t is all too easy to sketch something that looks good, only to discover that you have no reasonable way to build it. You eithe ...

simplified, this approach puts things in familiar terms—everyone knows how to build a box. It becomes a question of how to build ...

3 5 A A 1 Drawings: Bob La Pointe appearing too massive, an effect you get with many large case pieces. With lengths of 4 ft. an ...

racking. All of the drawers run on frames let into stopped dadoes. In a real project, if saving primary wood is important, all o ...

or machine, but remember that the lay- out is different at each corner where a leg joins the case (see top photos, p. 73). The t ...

Proportion and detail can be used to lend a sideboard a period feel. Working out a new design gives you a chance to try some of ...

ordinary. Mortise-and-tenon frames that separate the drawers are glued in the front 3 in. or so but not at the back. Leaving spa ...

it is to live with verticals that aren’t perpen- dicular to the case. Now, fit the dovetails of the ends to the top. While cutti ...

From simple to refined, drawer options for the furniture maker B Y M A T T H E W T E A G U E BUILDINGDRAWERS] Drawers Illustrate ...

P I N N E D R A B B E T The rabbet is easy to make, but it’s not very strong. It should be reinforced with some kind of fastener ...

Key should extend into at least half the thickness of the drawer side. DA D O E D R A B B E T The dadoed rabbet helps keep the d ...