Project Information
Previously I posted a project called the Meisenzahl custom cross cut sled. It's reasoning was for a 184 drawer chest I was in the process of building and needed a very precision sled to cross cut dadoes in my panels. I told you all I would keep you updated on the chest and how it was coming out…
Well here it is… 7 feet tall 3 feet wide of nothing but drawers. The whole exterior case is 3/4 quilted maple ply trimmed with curly black walnut. The drawer fronts are some really unique maple that has it all. Curl, quilt, boil, flame, spalt that really just set the piece off. It's purpose was to eliminate my plastic containers that holster all my screws, nails, hardware, smalls. The plastic containers just bowled dust over time and honestly started to look outta place with the rest of the shop. All the drawers are the same 4"x3"x12" size for ease of arranging my screw sizes. And they are just the right size to bring it to the piece I'm working on with out it being another nuisance on the bench. I made 184 custom pulls for the drawers that are black walnut with a maple strip. 368 #4×1 brass screws mounting the pulls to each drawer really adds a nice touch too.
Everything was prefinished inside and out which almost took as much time as the build.
Below is some pics of the construction. I'm very very happy with my crosscut sled and how accurate these dadoes came out. Everything needed to be dead on or the project would have become a mess real quick.
Hope you all like.
Long sides with dadoes
Gauge blocks. .500 wide .250 deep EXACT
22 horizontal dividers. 14 dadoes in each panel.
Dry fitting everything
Vertical dividers.
Trim trim trim
Well here it is… 7 feet tall 3 feet wide of nothing but drawers. The whole exterior case is 3/4 quilted maple ply trimmed with curly black walnut. The drawer fronts are some really unique maple that has it all. Curl, quilt, boil, flame, spalt that really just set the piece off. It's purpose was to eliminate my plastic containers that holster all my screws, nails, hardware, smalls. The plastic containers just bowled dust over time and honestly started to look outta place with the rest of the shop. All the drawers are the same 4"x3"x12" size for ease of arranging my screw sizes. And they are just the right size to bring it to the piece I'm working on with out it being another nuisance on the bench. I made 184 custom pulls for the drawers that are black walnut with a maple strip. 368 #4×1 brass screws mounting the pulls to each drawer really adds a nice touch too.
Everything was prefinished inside and out which almost took as much time as the build.
Below is some pics of the construction. I'm very very happy with my crosscut sled and how accurate these dadoes came out. Everything needed to be dead on or the project would have become a mess real quick.
Hope you all like.
Long sides with dadoes
Gauge blocks. .500 wide .250 deep EXACT
22 horizontal dividers. 14 dadoes in each panel.
Dry fitting everything
Vertical dividers.
Trim trim trim