I love a good dry fit. I actually enjoy this part more than the glue-up.
I've been working on this dresser/changing table for a couple of weeks now.
If you remember from last year, I built a very similar one more than a year
ago for our first daughter. Well daughter #2 is on her way this coming
Thursday. I am definitely not as far as I'd like to be, but the summer has
been darn hot and daughter #1 enjoys daddy time--so does daddy.
I'm embarrassed to admit it, but this one is not getting the same level of
attention as the first one. Firstly, I'm not copying Maloof. I saw a craftsman
unit in a recent FWW and this one is closer to that. The overall dimensions
are very close, but the shape is easier. The drawer runners you see are
joined with face frame biscuits rather than loose tennons. I'm also not using
ebony plugs to cover the screw holes. I'm going to do it in matching plugs.
This walnut, though, is from the tree that fell in my neighbor's yard that I
helped mill so that's something. I did decide today, though, that the drawer
boxes will be poplar. I have tons of that walnut, but I did want a little contrast.
There's still a lot of work to do and I'm definitely not going to beat the deadline.
I still have a crib to build but kid #2 won't need that for at least another 4
months.
Paul
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-w...0/IMG_5980.JPG
I've been working on this dresser/changing table for a couple of weeks now.
If you remember from last year, I built a very similar one more than a year
ago for our first daughter. Well daughter #2 is on her way this coming
Thursday. I am definitely not as far as I'd like to be, but the summer has
been darn hot and daughter #1 enjoys daddy time--so does daddy.
I'm embarrassed to admit it, but this one is not getting the same level of
attention as the first one. Firstly, I'm not copying Maloof. I saw a craftsman
unit in a recent FWW and this one is closer to that. The overall dimensions
are very close, but the shape is easier. The drawer runners you see are
joined with face frame biscuits rather than loose tennons. I'm also not using
ebony plugs to cover the screw holes. I'm going to do it in matching plugs.
This walnut, though, is from the tree that fell in my neighbor's yard that I
helped mill so that's something. I did decide today, though, that the drawer
boxes will be poplar. I have tons of that walnut, but I did want a little contrast.
There's still a lot of work to do and I'm definitely not going to beat the deadline.
I still have a crib to build but kid #2 won't need that for at least another 4
months.
Paul
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-w...0/IMG_5980.JPG
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