All of this is 1" thick walnut except for the board on the right, which is the 2" leg stock.
These boards have been laid out for the drawer fronts.
The grain will run seamlessly across the front of the piece.
The rough cut drawer fronts.
Keeping the drawer grain flowing across the fronts of the drawers is the kind of thing that woodworkers appreciate and no one else notices... until you point it out to them, and then they can't not notice it from that point onward.
The side panel stock before it is cut and resawn. A single board will be cut and
"slip matched" (rotated as the arrows indicate) to maintain harmonious grain across the panel.
The rough panel before being resawn
The resawn halves. Now the grain will match on both sides
The glued up side panels.
Now that the panels are constructed, onto the legs....
Because the legs are angled outward at 45 degrees we built this 45 degree
sled to simplify cutting the mortices. The protrusions from the sled are for clamping
the sled to fences for machining.
Here the legs are being morticed by our vertical morticer.
Here are the legs with 45 degree shoulders cut into them along with the mortices.
The 45 degree shoulders were cut on the tablesaw and then
finished with a handsaw. Now to shape the outside sides.
Ian uses a spokeshave to shape the outsides of the legs.
If you look closely at this picture you can see the line Ian
sketched onto the leg blank to cut to.
The spokeshave and block plane are the only tools used
to cut away the waste from the blank. We did not use any sandpaper on this whole piece.
The final profile of the bottom of the leg.
The facet is cut with a very sharp chisel.
The small facets will remain from the tool. It would be a shame to sand this
curve smooth, the facets should remain as a testament to the skill of the craftsman.
It is starting to come together. The panels will be added to the piece when
they are out of clamps.
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