Thanks for your interest. You know, writing this blog if funny. There are things that I would never guess are good topics because I’ve been doing or using them for so long that I don’t imagine they would be of novel interest. However, comments such as yours are helpful to bring up such topics.

So I’ll write about the tool cabinet in a future post. If you’re planning to build your cabinet soon, I can move that post up the priority list. Let me know if you want.

Rob

Thanks for the comment. Sure sounds like you’ve got woodworking in your blood.

Much of the methodology I’ll be discussing is from the English makers, exemplified by Alan Peters, Ian Kirby, and David Charlesworth, but I have incorporated modifications that I believe make sense and facilitate the process.

Rob

I’m looking forward to this series on drawers. In my childhood home I was fortunate to grow up around a lot of nice “country”, as opposed to high-style, pieces made in the 19th century in New England. I have a few of them now. I loved to open the drawers as a kid and smell the old wood. On the chests of drawers they were mostly lipped fronts, on the small bedside and occasional tables they were flush. In all cases I believe that the drawermaking methods were not those of the English makers who produce piston fitting drawers by sizing each piece individually and gradually bringing them to a perfect fit. By the time I encountered these drawers, they were obviously well used and there was a generous amount of “slop” from friction and wear, but they all function fine. Because of this standard and sensibility, my own early drawer making never went for such tight fits as I hear and read about from contempoary English makers, but the aesthetic appeals to me and I’ll try my hand at it. I just got a DVD from David Savage’s shop on “How to make the piston fit drawer” which details the methodology quite well. Your writing will enhance the subject, no doubt.

Best,

Tico

I find trimming with a chainsaw works well.

But seriously, that air pressure standard is one thing I will address in this series – I think it’s a nonsensical standard of excellence and I’ll explain in a future post.

Rob

;-) Hee hee