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Oxbow chest part 7

In this installment I’m going to work primarily on the ogee feet but I had better remove those clamps I had on the base molding from the last segment. With the clamps off the case, it really starts to look like I’m making some progress. I have milled and assembled my case. I have the drawer blades dovetailed into the case making sure my beaded front is addressed and I’ve made an attached my curved base molding. Cut out and shape some feet today. Once they’re glued on, I’m down to shaping drawer fronts, dovetailing drawers and finishing. Well, there’s a few other odds and ends that need to get tossed in there but at least it sounds like the end is in sight. 

 

 

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The top five books for those who take period furniture seriously

In my best David Letterman voice…

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Father’s day

Well, here we are, another Father’s Day. I know you’re expecting another post on the oxbow series or the next step in the connoisseurship but that’s not where my head is today.

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Oxbow part 6 - Revenge of the dovetail

I knew when I wrote the post for the sixth installment of my oxbow build that SOMEONE would ask about the molding dovetail reference. Well, Glen Huey get’s the gold star for being the first one to ask the question.

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Oxbow chest part 6

To recap what’s been done so far, the case is dovetailed together with the drawer blade fitted. I’ve cut out and assembled my ogee feet but they look more like straight bracket feet at this point. Today, I’m going to make the base molding and get it fitted around the bottom of the case.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dovetail saws

Ok, everyone…blame daddy-O for my first ever tool review. He requested that I offer my opinion on some of the saws linked on the Rookster’s blog . Well, this started me on a quest. I didn’t just want to give you folks an opinion of one or two saws. I wanted to give you my saw philosophy as well as my opinion on a bunch of saws.

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The ground work

Today I’m going to start a whole new project. The education of the masses on what makes one piece of furniture better than another. Sure, we woodworkers would probably look at the construction techniques or the refinement of the carving and make the determination based on that observation but we’re missing something. The sum of the collective parts is not necessarily greater than the whole. What I mean is, if a piece is meticulously crafted but is lacking in design, and detail, it will still be something less than a masterpiece.

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Oxbow chest part 5

In this week’s installment, I’m going be working on the ogee feet. As a quick recap, last time I got all the blades dovetailed into the case. My next step is to disassemble the dry fitted case, scrape all the interior surfaces and glue up. Now I know last time I said something about putting in the drawer runners but when I look at it, that’s not really a hard process. After all, it’s just a few pieces of poplar fitted into the dadoes of the case sides. So, I’ll do that at some point after I have the case glued up.

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