A Cabinetmakers Toolchest
‘Ain’t No Feathers Around Here Boys…’
Where the Good Books Go?
Picture Perfect
Where the Hunters Heal
James Krenov wooden plane
What a difference seven days can make. About this time last week, on Tuesday the 26th, we celebrated my wife’s birthday. It had been a ‘Mama needs new shoes‘ kind of weekend so we were all still recovering a little from the Sunday afternoon, fashion…
Part twelve of the cabinetmaker’s toolchest series, this video starts with pinning the mortise and tenon joinery in the handle as well as the top runners down into the chest sides. I use Miller Dowel System for both the structural benefit as well as its…
The last Monday in March and time for the next installment of the toolchest build. Part eleven; making the handle and feet. After dimensioning the parts for the handle, feet and top runners from beautiful, quarter sawn cherry in the last video, the next clip…
Moving right along with the toolchest build, this video is already the tenth in the series! How time flies…. the tenth in the series and I’m just realizing that the tune in this clip is one I recorded 20 years ago this year. Twenty years!…
March break. On the one hand it seemed to last forever and on the other- the wink of an eye. Mine ended with an ears, throat and nose bug to battle, but I’m back on the mend and have some more video edited for you….
Speaking of toolchests, I’m putting the finishing touches on the one I’ve been working on lately and still have some videos to edit when I can. I’ll try to get the next one posted later this week. Classes have been insanely busy lately and now,…
Monday morning update- part eight of the Cabinetmaker’s Toolchest series. This video is all about drilling the holes in the various components of the toolchest carcase. I had a few people wondering about the bits I use and if my traditional brace was a two…
In this clip, the seventh of the cabinetmaker’s toolchest project, I begin smoothing the interior of the carcase panels in preparation of finish and glue. I’m using my James Krenov smoothing plane for this job. He made this plane for me back in 2006 and…
In this sixth installment of the toolchest build I finish off the till. The till nestles in the top of the toolchest and is the place to store lay out tools, chisels and a small mallet. The till is a dovetailed box with two dowels…
Back again with another installment of the Cabinetmaker’s Toolchest project. Sorry for the delay, but I haven’t had a lot of time in the shop this month other than wood working classes. The till for the toolchest is a dovetailed box using through dovetails. The…
