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PROJECT
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For the panels, two bookmatched boards were selected and sawn.
The glued up panels were cleaned up and re-flattened.
CUTTING LIST PARTS
Carcase (chestnut)
Sides and divider Top and base Shelves
Drawer case
Drawers
Front (Douglas fir Sides (maple)
Back (maple) Bottoms (red cedar)
Side drawer
Front (yew)
Sides (maple) Back (maple) Bottom (red cedar)
Door
Frame (chestnut)
Panel
(American walnut)
Back
Boards (red cedar) Splines (mahogany)
QTY LENGTH
3 680
2 480
3 160
1 300
2 300
2 145 4 138 2 145 2 138
1 48
2 300
1 48
1 300
2 480
1 300 1 300
1 385
7 680
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WIDTH THICKNESS
150 13 150 13 150 10 150 10 60 7
60 16 60 7 60 7 145 10
31 13 31 7 31 7 48 10
34 14 34 14 26 14
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Because I work alone and by hand another thing
I do is to look for off-cuts of past work so I don’t have to prepare everything from scratch. Normally that’s what I do for internal parts such as drawer guides, dust panels, drawer sides and sometimes even for seen components such as drawer fronts.
Making this cabinet was about spaces, colour and grain. I wanted to use some of the off-cuts I already had, such as the Douglas fir drawer fronts and the English yew small side drawer.
Gluing up the panels
I used quartersawn Spanish chestnut for the carcase. I like working with chestnut because it is a really hand tool friendly wood, so sawing and planing goes really smoothly. Two bookmatched boards were sawn (photo 1), planed, spring jointed and glued up to get the desired width.
After removing them from the clamps I had to dimension them again so they were perfectly flat (photo 2). Because the boards were bookmatched the grain direction changes on
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