Thread: Shaker blanket chests

Originally Posted by Lignum

Fair enough Iron Ill ask Tex then.... Tex yu slaka, why didnt you dovie beside the drawer

Nothing to dovetail to there. Apparently the shakers didn't like the exposed end grain along the side there, so that is a sliding dovetail holding a cover in place, glued at the top only.

I think the shakers were right about that.

Alex, I'm giving them both away, but will need another flooring pack before I build another.

Thanks for the comments.

Tex

Tex
The solid timber looks good especially with the big dovetails.

The danish oil has done a good job with the timber colour.

One qustion.
How did you fix the mitred edge to the lids?

Originally Posted by Scally

Tex

One qustion.
How did you fix the mitred edge to the lids?

Thanks Scally. The shakers used a tongue and groove there. I used sliding dovetails because it was more fun, and also holds the molding to the top where it's not glued. The side molding is only glued at the miter. Not sure how the shakers held the back of the molding in the groove, maybe they didn't.

Tex

Very nice, who's the lucky recipient?

beautiful chests, Tex. The 'hand' cut dovetails look great, and any mismatch of panels is not noticable because of the beauty of the DTs.

Did you think of mitreing the base, instead of DTs?

I like the battened lid, and use of nice-looking hardware.

I think the sliding dovetails are a great choice.

Don't you just love the Leigh jig.