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Awhile ago I saw Marty Backe's video on the vertical grain Douglass fir build he did. He spoke of looking in the home centers for a few minutes at the pine section. Sometimes you can find some nice Douglass fir. So I did and found a nice long piece of the stuff and brought it home.

This build was done primarily with hand tools. I have an 8 month old at home and when I want to have the time to woodwork it is penalty of death if I wake the baby (from the little wife). So most everything was done by hand. Hence the "Quiet Cabinet". I also worked on this when glue was drying on my queen bed I am working on

I didn't have a plan in mind or a purpose for this little cabinet I did it mainly to practice dovetails and to build a cope and stick(?) door which I have never done. I cut the grooves in the door with a quarter inch chisel. I don't have one of those fancy grooving planes.

Oh yeah some guy snuck in the garage and made the drawer too small, so I fixed that idiots mistake by making a hidden compartment on the back.

Materials: Douglass Fir and pallet wood Red Oak

Finish: Tried and True Danish Oil (feels like silk, if you like Danish oil use it)

Size 15 inches high 10 inches wide

Mr. Backe's video below

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Very well made cabinet, Kaleb!! Fine workmanship, too!!!!!!!!

Cheers, Jim
 

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Well made looks great….
 

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Thanks very much Jim and Ken. It was a fun and relaxing build
 

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Will keep an eye out for the guy messing with you!

Nice build!
 

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I myself like building such small and relaxing projects.
Very well done, thank you for sharing.
 

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Pretty nice, you could make yourself that plane using the chisel?
 

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Thanks again guys. As to what I am using it for, I still don't know, just felt like building something.

I always forget about making the plane with the chisel. I just stuck two lines and chiseled carefully.

Yeah everyone look out for that guy that likes to mess up projects. He sneaks in all the time….
 

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Fine dovetail work by hand. Nice work. That guy sneaks over to my projects every once in awhile too.
 

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Great build and great post Kaleb - I like your title. Well done.
 

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Genius putting that hidden compartment in there to hid stuff…. as long as you don't show it to anyone… except the 1,875,324 of us of course…. smile… VERY NICE CABINET!
 

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It looks great Kaleb. Can't believe the little guy is 8 months old already.
 

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Thanks again all. Means a lot
 
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