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John in NM

I would do the latter too. Might go with the tight glue joint if not for the carving, but with the added adornment I think the slight border will look just right.

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Dick Coers

No chamfer. If you do, it's going to look like another drawer front that doesn't fit correctly against the stile.

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Paul in NJ

Another option would be to recess the panel and drawer, say about an 1/8".

regards,

Paul Dzioba

Agree...

John in NM

That would look great too.

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William Duffield

I think you should glue the end panels to the top drawer blade and frame end. I would do the same with the frame end and bottom drawer blade, except I find the difference in color and figure and especially the differences in the carvings between the panel and blade to be a little incongruous. In particular, the panel carvings curve while the blade carvings are straight, and the panel carvings grow inward while the blade carvings grow outward. The only way I can think of to fix it is to find another, wider piece of wood for the lower blade are recarve it with the leaves growing inward, the outermost leaf (or head of wheat) concave on the bottom, like the three on the panel, the next leaf concave on top, and the innermost leaf concave on the bottom. The carvings on right side would be mirror image of those on the left side, of course. (Do you need a diagram? If so, I can put one together.)

Are you planning to put carvings with a similar design motif on the drawer front? If not, I would cock bead the drawer front.

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Paul Leuba

I would chamfer the carved panels and the drawer.

Paul in Hunt Valley, MD

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Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

I had the same thoughts. The carvings create a separation of parts, withthe result that the front is no longer harmonious. I would replace the lower stretcher and leave it without a carving, and I would add a carving to the drawer front.

Regards from Perth

Derek

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Jim Dillon

Bill, as a fan of G&G, I like reveals. So, I agree with Paul that a slight reveal between the carved portion/drawer and the upper and lower rails (but not the frame ends/legs) would enhance your design. Either a chamfer or slight round-over would do the trick. I also think your beautiful carving warrants a nice drawer pull to first draw attention to the lovely drawer grain then to the carving. Jim

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Bill Tindall, E.Tn.

I am trying these ideas using scrap pieces of wood for the panel and what is above and below. I could not get a straight chamfer to look right to my eye. It had to be large to create a shadow border around the panel. But a chamfer and a bit of round over seemed to do the trick. I originally thought a shadow border all around the panel to frame it and maybe simulate drawer was going to be the effect I wanted. But the shadow at the panel to case frame joint didn't work.

I agree on the drawer pull. But I don't know what I am going to do for a drawer pull. Any ideas?

White ceramic or make your own

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Jim Dillon

For ready-made pulls, I've always liked the selection at Lee Valley. Regarding DIY pulls, I'd favor a simple elongated wooden pull with a finger groove on the underside and maybe a fair curve along the front edge. As an aside, I've used my Domino along with the smallest mortise bit to cut mortises in the pull and drawer front. This avoids a screw hole in the drawer front plus justifies the purchase of that Domino . One has to be careful to not plunge too deeply but this can be made full-proof by slipping appropriately sized "stops" over the Domino's rail. Keep us posted. Jim