This is an Arts & Crafts style cabinet made of solid wood.
The overall size of this project is 48” wide, 38 ½” tall and 13” deep. It has 5 drawers and 2 doors.
The primary wood is cherry. The door panels are tiger maple. Any hardwood can be used for this project.
Through mortise and tenon joints are used to hold the case together and add a decorative element. Drawers are constructed using both half-blind and through dovetail joints. The doors are frame and panel construction.
The following steps provide an overview of the construction. The detailed process is pictorially documented in the attached PDF file.
The overall size of this project is 48” wide, 38 ½” tall and 13” deep. It has 5 drawers and 2 doors.
The primary wood is cherry. The door panels are tiger maple. Any hardwood can be used for this project.
Through mortise and tenon joints are used to hold the case together and add a decorative element. Drawers are constructed using both half-blind and through dovetail joints. The doors are frame and panel construction.
The following steps provide an overview of the construction. The detailed process is pictorially documented in the attached PDF file.
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This project requires basic woodworking skills and access to woodworking machines. Woodworking machines have sharp cutting edges and are NOT forgiving. You should be properly trained in the use of these machines. Ensure that you wear safety glasses and hearing protection, use push sticks, hold-downs , clamps and a cutting sled to cut the project parts safely.
This is a solid wood cabinet. The only plywood used is for the back and drawer bottoms.
The overall size of this project is 48” wide, 38 ½” tall and 13” deep. It has 5 drawers and 2 doors.
The primary wood is cherry. The door panels are tiger maple. Any hardwood can be used for this project.
Through mortise and tenon joints are used to hold the case together and add a decorative element. Drawers are constructed using both half-blind and through dovetail joints. The doors are frame and panel construction.
On a scale of 1-10, 10 being very difficult, this project is a “7”.
Materials Needed:
Approximately 48 board feet of rough sawn 1” thick cherry hardwood. (dividers, drawer fronts, backsplash and stretchers).
Approximate 8 board feet of rough sawn 1 ¼” cherry hardwood (cabinet sides).
1 @ 4’ x 8’ x ¼” cherry plywood (drawer bottoms and cabinet back)
Approximately 13 board feet of ¾” maple (drawer sides)
Approximately 6 board feet of 1” rough sawn poplar (web frames)
Figured hardwood for door panels (2 @ 12” x 22”)
150 and 180 grit sandpaper and 0000 steel wool.
Glue (Titebond III)
Bees wax and mineral oil
Tools & Equipment Needed:
Table saw with a cross cut sled
Band saw
Hand held jig saw
8” jointer
Biscuit joiner
Planner or flat bed drum sander
Router (hand held and router table)
Block plane
Bar or pipe clamps
This project requires basic woodworking skills and access to woodworking machines. Woodworking machines have sharp cutting edges and are NOT forgiving. You should be properly trained in the use of these machines. Ensure that you wear safety glasses and hearing protection, use push sticks, hold-downs , clamps and a cutting sled to cut the project parts safely.
This is a solid wood cabinet. The only plywood used is for the back and drawer bottoms.
The overall size of this project is 48” wide, 38 ½” tall and 13” deep. It has 5 drawers and 2 doors.
The primary wood is cherry. The door panels are tiger maple. Any hardwood can be used for this project.
Through mortise and tenon joints are used to hold the case together and add a decorative element. Drawers are constructed using both half-blind and through dovetail joints. The doors are frame and panel construction.
On a scale of 1-10, 10 being very difficult, this project is a “7”.
Materials Needed:
Approximately 48 board feet of rough sawn 1” thick cherry hardwood. (dividers, drawer fronts, backsplash and stretchers).
Approximate 8 board feet of rough sawn 1 ¼” cherry hardwood (cabinet sides).
1 @ 4’ x 8’ x ¼” cherry plywood (drawer bottoms and cabinet back)
Approximately 13 board feet of ¾” maple (drawer sides)
Approximately 6 board feet of 1” rough sawn poplar (web frames)
Figured hardwood for door panels (2 @ 12” x 22”)
150 and 180 grit sandpaper and 0000 steel wool.
Glue (Titebond III)
Bees wax and mineral oil
Tools & Equipment Needed:
Table saw with a cross cut sled
Band saw
Hand held jig saw
8” jointer
Biscuit joiner
Planner or flat bed drum sander
Router (hand held and router table)
Block plane
Bar or pipe clamps
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I have a question.
In writing the instructable, I tried to provide all the construction details so someone could actually build the project if they wanted to.
The folks at Instructables request that I follow their step-by-step format. For me, it was easier to use Powerpoint to organize my thoughts and create a step-by-step process and then save it as a PDF.
I used their format to document a couple of the major steps, but did not provide detailed construction notes.
Does providing you a PDF that details the construction process impact your interest in the project?
Thanks
Willie
If I download this project, then I will lose the PDFs, but if I were a non-pro user, unable to download projects, then having those PDFs is a plus.
Since you had already generated the content of the PDF files, and, presumably, have all those images on file, it is a reasonably straight-forward task to copy-paste the text into step-by-step steps, and then upload the images to the right pages.
Noting that your PDF has fifty steps, that is a very large number compared to most projects, and may put off the more casual browser. However, somebody that would actually plan to make such a piece would also not be put off by a lot of steps.
All of which is a long-winded way of recommending a compromise...
Attach your PDFs for the ease of use of non-pro members, but also copy-paste the contents into "normal" steps, allowing pro members to download the whole thing in one piece, and also allowing users of the mobile site to see all your work at once.
For future projects, you could always write the text here, use this site to generate your PDFs, and then make the PDFs available elsewhere.