I have recently had a change around in my workshop and have an area of wall
free that would be perfect for holding my hand planes. This cabinet is made of
Sapele (an African Mahogany) and features hand cut dovetails on the carcass and
drawers. I started building this on Wednesday the 12th of January-it hasn't
taken long as I'm trying to get the workshop organised (again) and need to put
my planes somewhere.
Finished this project on the 23rd of January, 2005.
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Prepare the carcass material, planing the edges square. |
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Clean up the face of the timber, removing all machine marks. |
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Sawing the tails on the side pieces. |
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Cleaning up the partion piece. |
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Marking out for biscuits. |
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Slots cut in the side pieces. |
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Slot in partition is cut all the way out the back of the piece so it can be slid into place. The back will not be seen. |
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Divider glued and nailed into place with brads. |
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Frenach cleat is cut on the table saw-half is fixed to the case the other piece is screwed to the wall to hold the case-a nice solution to hanging it. |
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Cleat biscuited into place. |
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Cutting the compartments pieces. |
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I put my planes inside the cabinet and arranged them in the best way before deciding how to make the compartments. |
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6mm ply back is glued into place. |
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Looking good! (the cabinet-NOT ME!) |
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Applying oil to the compartment section. |
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Just the drawers to do now. |
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Prepare parts for drawers. |
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Drawer no.1 fitted together. |
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Nice fit! One more to go. |
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Brass knob fitted to first drawer. |
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Second drawer finished and fitted. |
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