Category: The Gentleman’s Valet

It’s funny how it goes, The Gentleman’s Valet was actually the first furniture project I started,

when I began writing The Unplugged Woodshop, back in the winter of 2011.

It became the second to last project in the final chapter sequence, but it was the design I was most excited about when starting.

  In the last video post, The Gentleman’s Valet part one, I started the process of...

  In the last video post, the Gentleman’s Valet part one, I roughed out the feet for...

  In the last video post, the Gentleman’s Valet part two, I made the panels for the...

  In the last video post, the Gentleman’s Valet part four, I dovetailed the drawer...

  The term ‘tool slaving’ is used to describe the process of using hand tools...

  In the last video post, the Gentleman’s Valet part five, the drawer front was inlaid...

  We’re winding down in the Valet project, and here, in the second to last installment,...

  I’m back on the East Coast after a great trip to Ottawa, where I was visiting the...