Artist's Taboret

Magnificent. Don’t know how you could improve on this.
The pulls are unique—at least I haven’t seen that design before.

The joinery looks great. C’mon, admit it, you aced this project.
Congratulations.

-- Jay in Changsha

COOL cabinet…

You did a great job on it…

Looks like you used a MLCS router jointing system for the drawers…(?) (instead of traditional dovetails)

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

The Artist’s Taboret is in itself a work of art. From the design to the finish, what a masterpiece! Thanks for sharing.

-- Doug

Great looking cabinet, truely fit for an artist.

-- Tom D

Making something for the wife? Been there done that! :-)

Very nice looking!

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX

I’ll bet your wife is pleased! Very beautiful cabinet, and a stunning finishing job. Great work.

-- http://barbsid.blogspot.com/

Very nice!!!!

-- Pat - Worker of Wood, Collector of Tools, Father of one

Nice and elegant Don. At this time, my wife is also including this in my to do list. Which is becoming never ending so far.

What are the bottoms made of? Are any reinforcements there? I am designing drawers to keep etchings and that sort of papers. Which are indeed heavy.

Do you include sliders for running the drawers?

Thank you and congrats

-- Back home. Fernando

The bottoms are made of 1/4” (or close to it) hardboard. They definitely are reinforced. The smaller drawers have a single reinforcement down the center, the larger drawers have 2 reinforcements. I didn’t use any type of drawer glides. The accent piece that you see between each of the drawers actually continues back into the cabinet along the sides. Then I used something I found on the Lee Valley website called slippery tape. It works just OK. It’s fine for the smaller drawers, but the largest drawer is harder to pull/push. If I were to do it again (I thought about it) I’d use drawer glides which could get a bit pricey because the drawers are 2’ deep. An even better idea would be to make sliding dovetail glides which could double as drawer bottom supports. Of course I still don’t have a Leigh Jig, but the next time I make one of these I’m for sure going to get one.

-- Don

Thank you Don for the insights. Drawers look rock solid.
Cool piece

-- Back home. Fernando

Wonderful work Don, you wife should be most pleased.

-- Change begins somewhere may as well be with me.

This is a beautiful piece. The drawer fronts are electric and the grain match is a subtle but unmistakable marker of high end woodworking. Overall, I really love the design and the execution.

-- Paul, Clinton, NC

This is really beautiful. I am an artist. Would you make one of these for me and sell it to me?