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Finally finished, my elm chest. This was almost ready, when my next project took over (the oak credenza). This is a shameless amateur copy Koivusipila’s design (Finnish pro woodworker), to replace an IKEA chest from our children’s room (last time I closed the drawers on that, I had to kick them to get them to close. Now they won’t open, so its safe to say it was time…).
I used Blum’s soft close drawer slides, but made the drawers myself. That was quite intimidating for a first timer, since there was about 1-1,5 mm tolerance I had to meet… all went well, and the chest looks good to me. And weights a ton. Again, I used Osmo to finish this. My new favorite.
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Monte Pittman
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#1 posted 479 days ago
beautiful design. love the handle.
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Charles Maxwell
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#2 posted 479 days ago
Shameless – - – I don’t think so! I think you would make Koivusipila jealous of your talent.
-- Max the "night janitor" at www.hardwoodclocks.com
helluvawreck
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#3 posted 479 days ago
It’s a very clean and neat chest. Nice going.
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ugoboy
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#4 posted 479 days ago
You really did a nice job! I like the bevels on the drawer fronts and the legs it really add a nice touch. I’m sure your kids are too young to really appreciate, but maybe in due time they will be able to learn the Art of Woodworking as you have.
-- ~ Guy Woodward, Pflugerville Texas
doncutlip
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#5 posted 479 days ago
Excellent build, great alignment on the drawers, outstanding dovetails, cool drawer fronts.
-- Don, Royersford, PA
a1Jim
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#6 posted 479 days ago
Well done chest . I can see were you would want to replicate this design very nice.
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LittlePaw
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#7 posted 479 days ago
I love your choice of bold grain patterns on the drawer front. Did you make a jog for doing the drawer handles – they look so well carved! Great work, Antti.
-- Paul - The sweetest sound in my shop, next to Mozart, is what a hand plane makes slicing a ribbon.
Antti
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#8 posted 478 days ago
thx for the feedback!
LittlePaw: Yes I did use a jig: I bandsawed & sanded the arc to plywood, which I clamped to the drawer front, and then routed with a guide bush (it took a lot of passes to get the to the final depth).
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