Apothecary chest - part six

Re: Apothecary chest - part six

Ellis Walentine

Nice work, Derek. There's no way to short-cut all the custom sizing and fitting on a case like this. The drawers are going to be "fun" for sure. The sweetness is when you can stand back and admire and use this major opus. You do manage to challenge yourself.

Ellis

Thanks Ellis 

Re: Apothecary chest - part six

Henry (Raleigh NC)

Derek

Don't mistake lack of comments or questions for lack of interest. I have been following your detailed threads on this build closely. I am not so much a hand-tool woodworker, but I am learning plenty from your process descriptions, mistakes, and recovery. Keep at it please, I love the detail.

Henry

Re: Apothecary chest - part six

Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

Thanks Henry. I always hope that the posts will generate discussion - of design elements, joinery, etc. After all, this is the drive behind my on-line builds. It seems that the more I post, the less responses there are. I assume that there is some interest. I still hope for discussion.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Re.: I'm with Henry

Hank Knight

Derek,

I too have been following this build with great interest; and your repair of the miss-cut drawer blade dados inspired my repair of a similar, but more complicated error on my current project. I'm building a slant top desk. The writing surface and the desk bottom are joined to the sides with full width sliding dovetails. When I cut one of the the female sockets for the writing surface, I failed to lock the depth adjustment on my router. The socket ended up 3/16" deeper at the back of the case than at the front. What to do? Your fix was my answer. I cut a thin blank that fit the dovetailed socket perfectly and glued it in place last night. This morning, I will re cut the socket, being sure to lock in the depth of cut first! The repair procedure was fairly obvious, but the dovetail had me flummoxed, especially since the depth of the miss-cut channel was not exactly linear (as I cut the original socket, I put more hand pressure on the router as I went along which produced something of a curved channel). The thin blanks were flexible enough to conform to the curve. I think and hope that I will have a clean, properly cut female socket by this afternoon. Thanks for the inspiration!

Re: Re.: I'm with Henry

Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

Thanks Hank ...

Now I'd love to see your desk ... and in progress. Do post it here.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Re: Re.: I'm with Henry

Hank Knight

Derek,

My progress is glacial. People would likely forget what my project is between posts. At the moment, all I have is two sides with dados for drawer runners and dovetail sockets for the bottom and writing surface - less than interesting. I'll post some photos when I've made more progress.

Meanwhile, I'm looking forward to the next installment of your apothecary chest.

Hank