Spent time off and on the last few weeks getting the carcase and drawers together.   Got them all "hung" today.  Next up is to cut and fit the inset drawer fronts..

 

Edited March 7, 20179 yr by kmealy

Looking good.

better than 1st rate Keith...

nice. looking forward to seeing the end result

 

That looks really awesome

Very, very nice. Look forward to seeing the finished project.

Looks good ,Keith. You are making good progress.

Herb

Now I see where all those dovetails went.  Looking good!

Heirloom quality Keith...great to see the new shop is turning out top quality projects...keep the pictures coming.

I'm liking it!!

 

Looking forward to seeing more.

My wife just commented that I am a Woodworker PhD    (projects half done)

This is one of the few times I've used side metal drawer slides in new construction.  I've done a lot in repairs and replacements.   I know they are generally +0 to -1/16 so I made the drawer boxes a bit undersized to allow for joinery, smoothing out, potential out of square, and variance.   So I ended up having to add shims to them to get them to fit and work properly.  Now on to fitting the inset drawers.  

 

The YouTubers all make it look easy as everythhing works on camera.   I used to get upset with Norm when he'd check something and announce, "There, perfect."   I'd much prefer to have learned how to fix something that wasn't right.   Last evening, I watched Matthias do something on his pantarouter and then announce he'd forgotten to set the depth and routed into this table top and didn't have the template set up square and his mortise and tenons all had a twist in them.

1 hour ago, kmealy said:

  I used to get upset with Norm when he'd check something and announce, "There, perfect."   I'd much prefer to have learned how to fix something that wasn't right.   Last evening, I watched Matthias do something on his pantarouter and then announce he'd forgotten to set the depth and routed into this table top and didn't have the template set up square and his mortise and tenons all had a twist in them.

Scott Philips will say that 4-5 times in 1/2 hour on his show.."That's perfect"; usually along with some other pharse that indicates the piece will be around 2-300 years from now. Very nice dresser, BTW!

Edited March 8, 20179 yr by Fred W. Hargis Jr

16 minutes ago, kmealy said:

My wife just commented that I am a Woodworker PhD    (projects half done)

I resemble that statement

I know Scott, but don't see many of his shows.  Still trying to figure out how Suzy made it onto the show.   Some people have described it as "Mr Rogers visits the Workshop"   Also tends to get too much into the sponsors.

Mathias is one of the few guys on YouTube that reveals his mistakes. Steve Ramsey is another. 

Probably due to time constraints, the TV guys just don't make mistakes...on camera. I'll bet the out takes would be hilarious...and not fit for family viewing.

Edited March 8, 20179 yr by Gene Howe

39 minutes ago, kmealy said:

My wife just commented that I am a Woodworker PhD    (projects half done)

 

you too.. heh..

Looking a little closer to end result this morning.   Also made up some stain samples from cutoffs so I can do color matching to existing pieces in bedroom.

 

That looks really great!! Awesome job!

Good job matching the grain color across the front.

Herb