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I built this pie safe for my wife using a plan published in Woodsmith Magazine in 1998.

This is the first project that I have built from pine. I enjoyed the challenge of working with the knots. The pine is from a pile of left over shiplap siding from when we had our barn resided several years ago. One side is very rough and after both sides are planed smooth, it is 3/4" thick - just what I wanted.

The only real change that I made from the plans was to cut dovetail joints for the drawer fronts instead of using rabbets. I took the easier route and bought the tins pre-punched. Just trimming them to size was enough to draw some blood! There was a section in the plans on "distressing" the piece to make it look old. I decided to skip this step, confident that my six and eight year-old boys are more than up to the task. I did, however, use square pegs through the mortise and tenon joints and wrought head nails to try to give it an older look.


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I like the way that the two adjustable shelves work. There are four vertical standards with 45-degree notches cut every three inches and four matching supports. Here is a photo of one of the supports in place:


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The back pieces are joined with splines glued into every other groove to make it like tongue and groove.


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The pie safe is finished with shellac. I made a mixture of clear and amber, about three parts amber to two parts clear.

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beautiful work!

and the pie looks good too :)
 

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FAN tastic.. I love it.. while being new, it has old world charm… so cute.. you make me want to build one!
 

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Very nicely done. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom
 

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Great looking pie safe
 

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Robin sure is lucky to have a woodworker around for all her preserves Chuck.Nice job on the pie safe.
 

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Hi Chuck. I haven't been too active for awhile and I somehow missed this. Your wife mentioned it on one of my posts on Garden Tenders. Great build on the pie safe. I like those adjustable shelf things. I remember an article some time ago in FWW mag. on different ways to do this and I think yours was one of those ways. I guess your kids are busy distressing it by now. You might want to post it again when they get finished so we can see the completed project LOL.
 

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What can I say, Chuck! WOW!!! That's dynamic. Love your reasoning for not doing the distressed look yourself. I've seen Robin's pies on Gardentenders. I'm sure they do not sit on the shelves too long. Pam and I are certainly coming for a visit!
 
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