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The drawer fronts and door panels are from cherry and the case is mahogany. The back is poplar. I ran out of poplar so used some cherry for the drawer sides and back. 1/4” ply on the drawer bottom. First time I tried dovetails. My jig is Craftsman pro dovetail jig. They turned out ok, but not outstanding. I definately need additional practice on them. Case assembly is all mortise and tenon. The plans came from a Popular Woodworking book titles Buidling Traditional Country Furniture. Theirs was made from tiger maple.
Overall it turned out ok. Lots of things I learned and maybe should have done differently, but my wife is happy with it.
Thanks for looking!
Dave
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Tom Goodman
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#1 posted 1896 days ago
It turned out great . I like it.
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#2 posted 1896 days ago
Nice! That’s a lot of work getting all those legs to line up, good job.
mtnwild
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#3 posted 1896 days ago
Looks good. Making do with what’s available, right on. Lots of good experience gained on that one.
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Damian Penney
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#4 posted 1896 days ago
Very nice, I think something like this could very well be my next project..
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LocalMac
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#5 posted 1896 days ago
How do you like your Craftsman jig? I’m in the market for one so I can start doing dovetail joints. Your project looks great.
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Dave T
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#6 posted 1895 days ago
The Craftsman jig is ok. Nothing fantastic, but it gets the job done. Mine came with 2 templates, one for full and half blind dovetails and another for box joints. I haven’t tried the box joint template yet. The half blinds turned out pretty good, but I could not get the full dovetails to look qute right. More practice iis needed. It was a little fussy to setup and to learn to use it. I think I paid $120 for it, so overall for the money it’s ok.
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#7 posted 1698 days ago
Nice peice!
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a1Jim
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#8 posted 1698 days ago
Very nice work Dave suoer huntboard with nice details
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