I'm working on fitting the drawers, which involves planing the sides until the drawer boxes fit the openings. It's a lot of work, especially with 10 drawers, but the upside is that as the glue residue is removed from the dovetails, I really get to see how I did with the dovetails.
Drawers!
Drawer assembly has begun on the chest of drawers. So far so good.
Wonderful White Cedar
The drawer bottoms are over 20" wide so I flattened them by hand after glue up and cleaned them up with a smoother. The white cedar is a pleasure to work. And amazingly beautiful.
Hidden Gems
I'm resawing some white cedar for drawer bottoms today. Absolutely gorgeous material. Too bad drawer bottoms are rarely seen.
Another Milestone
The dovetails for all 10 drawers are finished, and all the sides and fronts are nestled in their homes. It feels good to have the huge task of hand cutting dovetails behind me, and looking forward to finishing this piece in the near future.