As a project for my furniture making course I decided to make a couple of nite stands for our bedroom. I have a good supply of air dried cherry for the carcass and some spalted maple for the drawer fronts. I drew up the plans myself and am ready to dive in.
Since I’ve been skiing a lot lately, I needed to get myself in the right frame of mind so I.m doing the fun part first.
I posted some pictures of possible veneer layouts for the drawer in the design forum and this was the overall winner:
I’ve begun to trim the pieces square and tight using some jigs made a few years ago:
This fixture works well for edge trimming thin stock 
For flattening thin stock:
And squaring using a shooting board;
I’ll post a scan of the drawing in the next part if I can make it clear enough
Thanks for looking, kevin
-- Kevin, Leeds, MA
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#1 posted 82 days ago
Wow! I didn’t realize that you are a hand tool guy. Now I am really impressed. There is no way I would tackle a project like this with only hand tools. My hat is off to you.
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#2 posted 82 days ago
looks interesting. That maple should look great with a cherry frame!!
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#3 posted 75 days ago
Looks like a dragonfly.
-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan
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