Denette Posted June 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 You might look at cshardware.com or leevalley.com which both have large catalogs of hardware. I can vouch for csharsware as having excellent quality product. I put a series of their pulls on all the kitchen, bath and laundry cabinets and drawers in my house. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Thanks for the tip! I've checked Lee Valley but haven't heard of CS before. I'll check it out. This morning: drawer sides The original plan was to use poplar, but the table just turned out so well that I couldn't help but use something nicer, so I'm using ash left over from my Roubo. First time dovetailing drawers and first time doing solid-wood drawer bottoms. Woo! Add that to my list of firsts for this project: Dovetailed drawers Solid wood drawer bottom Friction-fit drawers Hot BLO finish Modern furniture Solid cherry furniture Figured wood Blind mitered dovetail joint Solid wood back panel Crisscross legs Angled legs Sliding dovetail key base attachment Hand-planed chamfer I think my goal to try to learn on this project has been met. Lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denette Posted June 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 Went ahead and plunked down 5 bucks at Home Depot on the knobs I was considering because my bathroom has one cabinet that needs two knobs, and if I didn't like them for the drawers I could always reassign them. That said, I'm pretty pleased! I really like the shape of these pulls. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted June 17, 2017 Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 That's exactly the one I put on my Shaker table drawer, except mine was black. That was before I realized I should be making all my own pulls out of wood. It's a good fit though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denette Posted June 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 That's exactly the one I put on my Shaker table drawer, except mine was black. That was before I realized I should be making all my own pulls out of wood. It's a good fit though. Great minds think alike. I just realized that my arts & crafts lamp had the same knob in black as the height adjustment. Also, as for the current project, it's on hold for a few days while my new dovetail saw is shipped. The blind dovetails, as it turns out, had no need to appear tight and gapless and therefore suffered little from my crappy saw. The drawer dovetails need a more delicate touch, it would appear. In the interim, the project is sitting in the house acclimating to its destination's humidity and temperature. I figure that doing that while still sizing the drawers is probably a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Denette Posted June 22, 2017 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 Got the Dozuki yesterday! This morning I spent a little over two hours in the shop using exclusively hand tools to cut a shoulder into all the sides, then cut all the dovetails and chop out the waste, then mark the drawer fronts, and finally make the pins on one end of one drawer. I got hungry and it was hot, haha. But here it is! My first ever attempt at a hand cut dovetail joint. I spent all morning yesterday with a baby in my lap and Paul Sellers on the tv, and thanks to my English grandpa I think they turned out reasonably well. The gaps that are there aren't too terrible, and should seal up a bit with glue. It could've been better, but that's whole reason I'm doing it - to get better! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 Pretty fantastic job for your first time!! Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denette Posted June 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 More dovetailing today. I got the solid drawer bottoms made up, milled the drawer backs, and got about ½ way through with the dovetails for the drawer backs before it was dinner time. Things are going pretty well. I'm getting the hang of using my dozuki- it seems like the slower I work the worse I do. Once I get a cut started I have to blaze through it or it ends up out of square. Not much to report other than that! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 Nothing to be ashamed of there, man. For a first go that's outstanding work. Well done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wood Basher Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 How thick are your drawer bottoms and how will you fix them to the drawers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denette Posted June 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 How thick are your drawer bottoms and how will you fix them to the drawers? They are ½" thick and are going to sit in a rabbet that goes around the sides and front. It'll be glued in on the front, and have room for expansion at the back - the drawer back doesn't cover the end of the drawer bottom. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denette Posted June 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 I haven't glued it together yet, but the drawer is dry fit, and the back in fits in nicely. I won't have to trim much on the back part of it. The front needs trimming. In the picture it is as far in as it will go. It's already got a nice degree of suction from how airtight the fit is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Denette said: It's already got a nice degree of suction from how airtight the fit is. I know that's a great feeling, but trust me...you don't really want that suction effect, practically speaking. Before you glue up the drawer you might want to take about 1/4" off the top of the back, so the air can escape as you close it. DAMHIK. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denette Posted June 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 I know that's a great feeling, but trust me...you don't really want that suction effect, practically speaking. Before you glue up the drawer you might want to take about 1/4" off the top of the back, so the air can escape as you close it. DAMHIK. But look! If it's annoying later I can always hand plane a dip into the top of the back. Anyway, I'm pretty pleased! (Haven't sanded these last two) On those back dovetails, the funny thing is that I didn't take into account the loss of drawer width when I added a shelf onto the sides to make transferring the dovetail lines easier, so it fits in and out with those pins protruding. I'm just leaving them that way because they help it keep from drifting from side to side when you pull it out. Whoops. At least it will hardly ever be seen! Another happy accident is that I didn't quite measure right when rabbeting re drawer bottom, so there is a slight pillowed edge where I had to soften the gap between the drawer bottom surface and the actual part that went in the rabbet. There was going to be like a 1/32" bit that protruded up into the drawer to keep a little more thickness without scraping against the bottom. Oh well! Happy accidents. Someone was asking how the bottom was attached, so here's a detail shot of that too: It's coming together! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denette Posted June 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 Oh, also, the one problem that I actually am upset about: a teeny snipe mark is making the finish darker at one end of the drawer. Gah. Edit: And by teeny I mean imperceptibly shallow. It doesn't even show up when I lay a straight edge on it. It's like the wood is compacted or something, so it is absorbing finish at a different rate. It's annoying. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shaneymack Posted June 28, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 You need to sand down that drawer front and refinish it. You will see that discoloration forever and it will haunt you. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denette Posted June 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 You need to sand down that drawer front and refinish it. You will see that discoloration forever and it will haunt you. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Yeah, I was hoping that it would be less noticeable after the cherry darkened up a bit, but you're probably right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Denette Posted June 28, 2017 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 Ok! The drawer fronts both had to be refinished (one for the aforementioned snipe and the other because it was 1/32" off square when the glue dried), but they are done! It's all over but the finishing, folks. All the woodworking is woodworked. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted June 29, 2017 Report Share Posted June 29, 2017 Beautiful work, Russel! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted June 29, 2017 Report Share Posted June 29, 2017 Nice job, man. Turned out to be a really neat piece. Now... How happy are you there's not a hideous racing stripe running down the middle? You're welcome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Denette Posted June 29, 2017 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted June 29, 2017 Nice job, man. Turned out to be a really neat piece. Now... How happy are you there's not a hideous racing stripe running down the middle? You're welcome. Very. Thank you! The best thing about this forum is that when I post things here I'm about 100x less likely to shrug something off and say "Eh, good enough." High standards are easier to strive for when people are watching! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted June 29, 2017 Report Share Posted June 29, 2017 Turned out awesome !! Very nice work! Drawer fronts look great :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDustB Posted June 29, 2017 Report Share Posted June 29, 2017 Awesome job. I'm especially impressed at the number of firsts you have in this project... and that there's no corresponding list of mistakes. And with a new baby no less! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wtnhighlander Posted June 30, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 30, 2017 Weeeeeeeelllll, I did notice one small flaw. The entire left side is missing!!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Denette Posted June 30, 2017 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted June 30, 2017 It's finished! I'll do a proper reflection after this post, but I have to run and wanted to get the photos up. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted June 30, 2017 Report Share Posted June 30, 2017 Looks great! From all angles I might add..nice back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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