Slow and steady progress on the chest of drawers for the past couple months. Today, I've got it pretty close to ready for the milk paint. overall dims are 59,1/2" L 32,1/2" H and 20" D.
This began in sketchup initially. The idea was something very very simple where I could learn about frame/panel casework with a hard-to-do-for-me interior webbing to hold 9 total drawers. it has to hold our non-hanging clothing, and have the smallest possible volume for our bedroom. I chose poplar because it's cheap and works fairly easily, and will be painted using a thin black-on-red painting schedule with a oil topcoat.
here we see the lower rail piece, along with the interior webbing layers mortised into the sides. I created 1" tenons on the webbing pieces to draw-bore the whole assembly together. it works pretty well and requires no supplemental clamping. I wish I had decided to do this for the bottom rail members as well, but it did not occur to me at the time.
notice the little stubble tenons on the top of the 4 posts. these will receive the top of the carcass! indeed, I wanted to avoid having any sort of skirt around the top, and instead use the top as a structural member. it adds a lot of worry to the overall build but I like the reduction of stuff going into this assembly.
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