Thread: WIP William and Mary Highchest.

Made a start this weekend, templates were drawn full size on mdf and sample leg was made and the leg blanks were roughed out.
I am no woodturner and theres no chance I would be able to turn 6 matching legs so I am using a copy attachement to get the legs close and then finishing by hand.

Will be watching this with interest...looks like its going to be a challenging project.

Best of luck.

Steven.

I think maybe this should be moved to the BIG STUFF forum. Shall be following closely.

Nice to see you step up to the plate, I'll be taking a seat for this one

SB

Weekend was spent working on the legs, all 6 legs have been turned. Ended up turning 7 legs as I lost a leg due to a couple of internal faults within the blank that I didnt discover until it was 95% complete

The legs still need some sanding and tuning but the majority of the work has been completed.

I have a couple of days off at the end of the week hopefully I will make a start on the lower cabinet, this is where most of the work is in this style of cabinet.



joez

Watching with interest.

I'm in to!

Pete

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I am also watching this one.

Time to make a start on the lower case work. Its basically a half blind dovetailed pine box with a walnut veneer applied to the front and sides, the drawer dividers are then fixed by sliding dovetails in the the rear and screwed in at the front.

All the pine was rough cut to size and given a once over with a handplane then glued up to their final widths.

Once the glue had set I scraped everything clean ready for dovetail cutting and toothing before applying veneer. I like the finish the scraper leave for veneered surfaces.

The face of the cabinet has not been glued up yet I will finish it once the sliding dovetails are cut so I can ensure everything is nice and square.

The Hardware has also arrived from Horton Brasses

Thanks for looking

Joez

A nice set of clamps you got there, looking good so far.

SB

Looking good. The clamps look familiar.

Originally Posted by cava

Looking good. The clamps look familiar.

Hi Cava, how are your frontlines going? I hope you are happy with them .

Made some good progress on the lower cabinet this weekend.

All 4 sides were cut to their final dimensions and assembled with half blind dovetails. These larger dovetails took way more time than I was expecting. The joints came out pretty good, more than strong enough for the job.


The drawer sides were milled to the correct thickness and fitted using a sliding dovetails. They have been sized to match the walnut moulding that will eventually hide them. Attached is a picture of the router bit from Lee Valley that I am using for the moulding its a copy of one of the original Stanley no 50 cutters.

Finally I included a dry fit of the progress so far.

Next step is to cut and veneer the front and sides so I can finally add all the curves and glue the cabinet together.


Thanks for looking


Joe