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Video: A Chest Divided –
There is something appealing about a chest that has French-fitted compartments for each tool. Protecting it. Cradling it. Showing it off. In my first tool chest I built the top of the till with a bunch of French-fitted compartments for chisels, block planes, a shoulder plane and drill bits. And for the first year I…
An Interesting Joint on a Trunk –
Many of the campaign-style trunks I’ve examined are joined by through-dovetails at the corners. The trunk I built for “Campaign Furniture” uses a rabbeted joint at the corners that is reinforced with brass screws that have had their heads filed flush after assembly. The screws are not a common joint, but they were pointed out…
Hand Tool Chest Contents: No 2. Screw Drivers –
Can you help us Find a WINNER? Go here. I have just been fitting the handles to my own new tool chest. Near the end of the job, fitting components with screws is satisfying and tricky. One slip and the surface is scarred. Overtighten and the screw head is burred or worse it snaps off….
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On Press: ‘l’Art du Menuisier: The Book of Plates’ –
As of three hours ago, “l’Art du Menuisier: The Book of Plates” is officially off to the printer and is now about five weeks away from landing in our warehouse (during a rainstorm, most likely). “The Book of Plates” is 472 pages long and contains every single plate from all of the volumes of André-Jacob…
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