I’m slapping together a night stand for my cousin out of crap I have lying around the shop, and I’m using the project as an excuse to try out some stuff.
Carcass is “hardwood” mystery meat 7-ply from Lowe’s. Joinery is all dovetails; lower shelf and mid frame are sliding dovetails, upper frame is half-blinds. I did that to see if I could. Answer: Barely. The sliding dovetails were fine but the half-blinds wanted to blow the plywood apart.
Face frame is rift sawn traumatized pine. That’s what I managed to salvage from a damaged section of 8:4, and judging by the growth rings that tree had been through at least one divorce. The curve on the bottom I laid out with a bowed spline. First time I’ve actually done that. It’s attached to the carcass Norm style, with Tite-bond and #10 biscuits.
Tomorrow I’ll build the drawer.
That’s just a “one night stand” lol Are you going to make a second one? Looks awesome, great quality should last nearly forever!
looks really sharp! cant wait to see the finished product.
Love that your 'slapped together" is still full dovetailed
traumatized pine > 🤣
it looks great! thanks for sharing your experience with the half blind dovetails in plywood. do you think you would have gotten better results with better plywood? Baltic Birch?
Oh very nice - your cousin should be very happy!
