Update on chest

[Derek Cohen]

This weekend I returned to the Lingerie Chest to flush the drawers fronts and seal all with white, dewaxed shellac.

The drawers are now complete (coplanar) save for the drawer handles and waxing .. which will be done this coming weekend. And then it will be time to start the top section.

In the end I did not use sandpaper to level the drawer fronts, but simply marked off the high spots and planed/scraped them.

It is difficult to see the bow fronts in this photo.



Regards from Perth

Derek

[Mark A Smith]

Very nice, Derek. That is a complicated chest.

[Window Guy]

Very nice job Derek,looks great.


Steve

[cputnam]

Simply gorgeous! I hope she is waiting patiently.

[JimBelair]

Very nice stock selection for the drawer fronts.

[C. in Indy]

Derek Cohen said:

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It is difficult to see the bow fronts in this photo.

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Hi Derek, I'm starting to see that bow more than I could before. Much relief here; I was getting worried your intense detail work wasn't going to show.

[Derek Cohen]

The figure on these drawer fronts was both a source of pleasure and frustration. I love the wildness of it. On the other hand, it was important to achieve a flow from board-to-board, and I only had just enough to make these drawer fronts. If I screwed up one, I would have had to start all over again.

The Jarrah fronts were also difficult to work. Very hard wood, with grain that went all over the show - reversing ... even end grain showing through. Planing these boards really demonstrated the value of the double iron as it was less affected by grain direction. It was necessary to scrape at the end since I needed to level small areas, and fortunately the scrapers worked very well.

Traversing with a LV Skew Block plane to level the faces ..



Followed by a HNT Gordon palm smoother (60 degree bed) ...



This is the type of tearout from this plane (which is a fantastic very small smoother) ..



Removed by scraping ...



Then sanded (!) to remove marks (this is a Mirka Abranet hand sander, using dust extraction - I hate sanding, but this excels) ...



And finally scraped for a fine, burnished finish (you can distinguish the scraped from sanded sections) ..



Lastly, two coats of White Shellac (by Ubeaut) to finish. This is a concentrate of dewaxed shellac that is thinned with methylated spirits (alcohol).

Regards from Perth

Derek

[bennybmn]

Every time you post pics of this chest I start to think about the work it must take to get such perfect fits on those drawers, then my brain scrambles.... Incredibly impressive work, and I just love the figure on that wood. Well done.

[Derek Cohen]

Thanks Benny

I'll take that as a compliment

Regards from Perth

Derek