Thomas Walnut Dresser: Assembly Begins!

I’m pretty excited after this week, I definitely feel like I’ve turned a corner on this project. Today I assembled the web frames together into a sub assembly.

Here’s a view from the top – yes I was standing on my bench. From left to right: top web frame, drawer divider, middle web

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Thomas Walnut Dresser: Cutting and Hand Planing Thin Strips for Trim

What a great weekend – a lot of progress!

Yesterday I finalized some details on the dresser and cut the strips of walnut for trim. There are many methods for cutting thin strips, here’s how I worked through it yesterday.

Set the distance between the fence and the blade to 1/32” greater than the final

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Thomas Walnut Dresser: Progress Update

Tomorrow I will officially be one week behind my delivery date for the dresser. Luckily the customer I’m working understands. One of the reasons I picked the dresser as the first official project for Upper Cut is because of the challenge of the piece, the design elements I’d be responsible for, and the coolness of

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