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#1 ·
carcass and drawer

This is the project i am working on, A Bread box which was a special request from a friends eldest daughter for her wedding gift.The wood is western maple, mostly heartwood.
The project is going to receive a very dark stain to match their kitchen, so the hand cut joinery will be obscured when the project is complete.




The through tenons are wedged with black walnut wedges.

The drawer is quarter sawn Alaskan yellow cedar, tiny dovetails only 3/8ths of an inch at their widest.
the drawer bottom is attached with drawer slips (again 3/8ths wide).


The drawer front will be a solid piece attached to the drawer body, and a frame and panel main door, upward opening, attached with knife hinges.
hopefully i will get that completed soon and get the pictures up.
 
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making door and drawer front

I have been away from my shop quite a bit lately. and when i finally did stagger home, I wasted a few days with an inner ear infection/hangover.lol.
so now, i'm short on time to get this project out of my shop, as i have a fishing trip coming up(15 hour flight to go teach my 9 year old the finer points of catching Atlantic salmon for 3 weeks).

My original intention had been to carve a wheat sheaf into a plain panel for the door. when i did, I didn't like anything about it, and when i stained it dark, the carving all but disappeared anyway.
So, the new plan is to use highly figured wood, and not stain it dark like the rest of the box.
this is what i selected.

inside the panel


The drawer front i will try and keep the same as the original plan. with just a profile on matching wood, added to the drawer frame.



so, my next step will be to shellac the figured maple panel before i start staining everything else. then fit hinges and drawer front.
once the headache stops.
 
#11 ·
Sorry for the wait

I apologize to everyone for the delay on finishing this project. I was sidelined for a few weeks doing a stint in rehab. The veterans affairs people thought it was necessary because of my daily morphine use. So off I went… Not many woodworkers to chat with in rehab.

Anyway, Here is the finished project, I had to rush to get this done, so a few minor design changes were made to save time. overall, it was a fun project and a learning experience , as i did a few things differently than i normally would.


As you can see in this picture, the stain does still allow the joinery to be seen. it would have been a shame to cover up the through dovetails and wedged threw tenons.
the finish is red mahogany stain on the western maple, with a jacobean stain applied over top to give it the darkness and depth (also to try and match the kitchen it's made for). then a few coats of shellac rubbed out.
the inside is unfinished.


The back is a raised panel made from a single pine board. this was a compromise from what i had originally intended, but it did save some time. and now I know a different technique to make a raised panel with hand tools.


Inside the drawer, I added a kerfed block of birds eye to hold knives, since this is a gift, I'm giving the henkels bread knife as part of the gift. I'm hoping if this project dosen't get much use as a bread box, it will at least be decent kitchen storage.



overall, I'm happy with the outcome of this project. Though mistakes were made in my haste. the door hinge was not intended to be visible, but because i changed the hinge type mid build, it was. That change led to different knobs, and not using hinge stays. which i would not do again.

The project gets delivered in the morning, before I get on a plane for a three week vacation with my son. So I will be concentrating on salmon fishing and bear hunting, but i may sneak in a bit of woodworking if i can.
 
#12 ·
Very cool. I made a bread board with a drawer under for knives.. similar to yours.. gave it to the sister- in-law one christmas.. found out later that it was the one think my wife actually liked. go figure.. never said.. will have to make amends with another one day.
 
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