Aiden's Dresser

Good job on the dovetails! Hope we get to see a picture after the cherry goes red.

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I think this turned out great. Clean design, with great little details. Something your son will be passing on no doubt. Kudo’s on doing the dovetails by hand, you should be proud. I voted this as one of my favorites in the summer contest! I can’t tell by the pictures, what color/finish are the pulls?

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Thank you to both of you for the great comments, they are really appreciated. To answer your question Scott, about the pulls, they’re a solid black porcelain. I knew I wanted something dark against the natural color of the cherry. I considered a few metal pulls but they seemed cold, these were just right.
Thanks again for the compliments, I still can’t help but stand and stare at it from time to time.

-- Straight grains & sharp blades

I remember the podcasts about this. I’m glad I came across the original LJ post. Thanks for sharing Matt.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Thanks Wayne,

I really wish I had documented the whole process a little bit more. But I have a feeling it would have taken twice as long to build.

-- Straight grains & sharp blades

Matt -

This is such a cool project and something that Aiden will treasure in the future. I love the dovetail work. Outstanding!

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

Wow Matt, when an outstanding example of woodworking like this pops up it really makes me thankful for the shuffle. Just beautiful, beautiful workmanship. The dovetails are awesome. So glad I got to revisit this beaut.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

Shuffle is a great feature!

Great chest. I’m working on two now and hope they come out half as well as yours did!

Beautiful!

-- Paul, Texas

Shuffle is great, as is Pulse. Great chest. The halfblinds are great! A real piece of craftmanship!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Shuffle would really be great if it could get Matt to put down the microphone and come commune with us for an evening…. Hint Hint….lol

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Thanks for all the very nice things you’ve all said. I recently showed this to a neighbor who shares the wood working bug. He called me a few names and walked out! On his way out he mumbled something about being a showoff…

-- Straight grains & sharp blades

Lol. Good to see ya again. Hopefully the weekend was not too stressful. Missing the tool show was a bummer. I’ve seen some pictures of it.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Great Job Matt. I’m hoping that it was well received.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

You’ve got to be carefull working cherry. Once you start down that slippery slope, you may never look and another wood the same again…

Excellent dovetails!!

-- There's no tool like an old tool...

This requires a different 12-step program…”Hi my name is Matt and the only thing I want to build with is Cherry….”

-- Straight grains & sharp blades

Matt you do nice work.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Thank you. It really means a lot to me when fellow woodworkers think a project looks good. Knowing that they know what it takes to put together a piece means they understand what you put into it both materially, physically and mentally.

Thank you.

-- Straight grains & sharp blades

That is a very nice chest!!

-- Matt, Houston Texas

A well done dresser

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon