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Greene inspired Night Stand #18: Making Drawers

Blog entry by ChicoWoodnut posted 477 days ago 592 reads 0 times favorited 19 comments Add to Favorites Watch
« Part 17: Glue up + fitting and hanging doors Part 18 of Greene inspired Night Stand series Part 19: Making Lots of Ebony Plugs »

I have been building the drawers.

Here is a jpg of the model.

I started with some layout.

Then I cut the fingers with a jig I made.


I was left with this.


I ran a rabbett down the drawer side.


The drawer side fingers were left proud. I pillowed them with sandpaper.


More Pillowing


I was left with this.

A glueup.

I didn’t get a picture but I ran a dado on the sides for the backs to sit in and another all around for the drawer bottom.


Here it is with the bottom in.

I glued the beading to the top and bottom of the drawer face.


And it looks like this with some mineral spirits wiped on for effect :) They still need to be fitted some.

I am really happy with the way these turned out. I learned a lot making them too.

-- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net


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Joe Lyddon

487 posts in 952 days


posted 477 days ago

Nice looking drawer!

I’ve often wondered about making Custom Box Joints like that, but never have done it.

Now that you have shown me it can be done, I’ll give it a try someday… for fun…

Did you make the bead on the router table? It looks cool!

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

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Napaman

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posted 477 days ago

wow…great post!!! awesome photos…yu have been busy wood working….and cycling? cuz it looks like in the first photo you shaved your legs too!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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Betsy

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posted 477 days ago

Really looks like the project is coming along. I like the mineral spirits trick – sure helps to give you an idea of what you are going to end up with.

-- You can't get a hug from Facebook.

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ChicoWoodnut

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posted 477 days ago

LOL Matt. Those legs are covered in white hair!

Here is my trusty steed though. You know that we love our bicycles here in Chico.

-- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net

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3fingerpat

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posted 477 days ago

Excellent work Scott, love the details, can’t wait to see what the next post brings.

-- "You get what you inspect, not what you expect"

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Bigbuck

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posted 477 days ago

Very nice, thanks for sharing. IMakes me want to make a greene and greene peice someday

-- Glenn, New Mexico

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gizmodyne

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posted 477 days ago

Love the grain.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

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Davesfunwoodworking

259 posts in 775 days


posted 476 days ago

You are doing such a great job on this night stand. With gas prices the way they are we will all be riding bikes soon.

-- Davesfunwoodworking

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thetimberkid

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posted 476 days ago

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

-- For wood working podcasts with a twist check out http://thetimberkid.com/

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jeanmarc

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posted 476 days ago

Excellent work Scott,the photographs and the explanation are excellent.

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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Bob #2

3056 posts in 921 days


posted 476 days ago

Very good tutorial on this technique and style.
I really like the pillowed box joint ends. The really set off the cock beading on the drawer fronts.
Elegant!

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

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Eric

784 posts in 683 days


posted 476 days ago

Very nice, Scott! Appreciate the walk-through.

-- Eric at http://adventuresinwoodworking.com

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trifern

7897 posts in 667 days


posted 476 days ago

Looking real nice Scott. Thanks for the update.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

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stanley2

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posted 476 days ago

Scott – coming along very nicely – enjoyed the series of photos. Any chance you’ll be going to the Craftsmans Weekend in Pasadena this fall

-- Phil in British Columbia

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PurpLev

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posted 476 days ago

nice legs, um – drawer! Elegant and clean-lined

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

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Topapilot

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posted 476 days ago

Nice job on the fingers, and the beading is just the right touch.

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SCOTSMAN

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posted 476 days ago

clever design like the idea well done looks very nice from the front.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

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bfd

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posted 476 days ago

Scott,

What a great post! Your attention to detail is very impressive. This piece is going to be awesome.

-- Brian, Folsom, CA http://www.brianfullerdesigns.com

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ChicoWoodnut

895 posts in 715 days


posted 475 days ago

Thanks all,

Joe, The beading is just a 1/4” strip bull nosed on the front. I bull nosed it on the router table with a 1/8” roundover run through twice.

Phil, I would love to go to Pasadena for the Craftsmans Weekend. I have been following the chatter on Darrels list. Unfortunately I can’t convince the LOML that it would actually be a vacation :( so we went to a lodge near Klamath Falls instead.

-- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net

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