After the glue had set on the front, My friend Richard dropped by. He had offered to help me with the glue up and I had accepted his generous offer. We set to work applying glue and putting parts together. First one of the side panels, then the floor (no glue here), then the other side and finally the back piece. This all went smoothly except for my forgetting that the legs were not yet glued to the back piece and we had to take that assembly off, glue up the legs to the back, and then re set the assembly. Luckily we noticed this before we had brought any of the parts completely home. I was also using glue with a 20 minute open time.
The other complication I had anticipated and had 4 screw clamps that I had notched a jaw of so I could bring the side stiles tight to the legs if needed.
It was and I did. After the glue set and I had removed the clamps I could plane the ends of the legs flush to the rails. I had left these a hair long.
My low angle block plane worked really well to flush that end grain down.
I skewed the plane to the work and carefully sliced until I had the tops nicely flush.
It looks good!
Next I mortised for the hinges using the template I had made previously and applied 2 coats of wax to the lid and outside of the chest. With that done I re-attached the hardware and stood back to take a look. All in all I am pleased with the way this piece came out. The contrast between the maple and walnut works well and the book matched panels look really nice.
Here is a look at the inside.
And a look at the hardware.
Thanks for taking a look. I hope you have enjoyed seeing how I made this piece. Check back again and see what I am up to next.
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