pair of oak dressers

these 2 dressers are the first pieces of a bedroom set commission. there’s still a bed and 2 nightstands to go. it’s a fairly basic design, so there’s nothing too complicated about the construction. they are solid pieces though. i glued up 4/4 boards for the side panels and used 1/2” rather than 1/4” ply for the back. i don’t think the pictures do justice to thier size, as they’re 40×60x19. needless to say, they weigh a ton!

one thing intresting about the project was the drawer dovetailing. since there are 20 drawer sides, i took all the sides and clamped them together. i then nailed a couple of spacer strips into the end to be cut. i then used the strips as a template and using a router, cut all 20 drawer sides at once. then i just made a template for the drawers fronts that matched up to the sides.