Thread: WIP: Pine Chest to match the Bully Birdseye Pine Cabinet

OOooooh! Pretty.

Nice

Only way you can stop some people sitting on blanket boxes is to put 4" nails up through the lid from underneath in a random pattern

Looks good so far.

Donna

Coming along nicely.

Looking forward to seeing the end result.

Steven.

Looking great.

Thanks

4" nails - yeow!!!

Nice work so far!

I have never seen the assymetrical treatment you have used on the sides and it looks good

Chipman!

Looking good Wendy. Nice design.

Thanks Guys and Gals!

As you can tell, I'm not a big fan of all straight lines, but it does come at a cost and high learning curve.

For example, it's taken me two tries at the sides to get them meeting neatly at the corners without having to resort to hours of sanding or filing/rasping. Put the frame together first and and cut out the shaping. Route the chamfers, then the rebate for the panels. Originally, I had cut the shaping, then the mitres and then relised that I'd have to shape the plywood and slip that in, then fit the last two sides of the frame - now that was hard and in the end, ridiculous.

It's taken a couple of runs at figuring out how to attach the panels without compromising the strength of the panels, yet leave enough timber to attach them yet allow them to move as well.

To help tie it all together, the panels are simply dowelled into the legs, but the little ledge under the front and back panels are shaped around the legs and screwed to the legs. There will be half-lapped dovetails on the 4 pieces that will tie these two under-ledges together, as well as forming the support for the base of the chest.

Geez - looking back at that, no wonder I spent hours simply sitting and contemplating this piece!! I guess I still need a few more hours to work out the lid now

The finish will be clear Minimax Wipe on Poly satin.

Oh no! handles aren't going to be an option for this chest

Cheers
Wendy

it is it looks great. You love your flat stuph don't you?

Lookin good Ruffy

Nice one Wendy,
Looks like plans aren't for girls either

Like you I can spend hours just sitting and contemplating the best way to do something and hoping like hell that I haven't missed some detail that only becomes obvious when it's too late to turn back.

At the end of the day I look back and think - "Geez, is that all I've done today!"

Then I think that maybe if I had taken the time to draw up some plans it would all come together much more quickly and easily - but then I think - "Nah, bugger it! - plans are for girls"

I like that thinking time - it's therapeutic I believe

Regards

Ian

Plans are good, but I've found I enjoy the challenge of the design, working out why the join has to be this way and not another way, what will give me the result I (and the timber) want in a way that is within or just above my current skill level and tool set. Sometimes, it can be long and involved thinking/feeling process of how I'm going to build a piece.

There's nothing more annoying than seeing the great design finished in my head, but being unable to get the piece to that result due to my lack of skills in a couple of areas. It's annoying to see one beautiful box sitting gathering dust because I just can't get over that wall just yet.

Have to agree, the contemplation time is very therapeutic

cheers
Wendy

Nice, Wendy, you're developing a style of your own that looks really good.