G&G Inspired Chest of Drawers - Build Thread

[glenn bradley]

Despite getting distracted by the intriguing discussions on this wonderful forum every time I come in for coffee, I managed to make some progress this morning. The top frame is made with bridle joints. The frame pieces have some of the edges rounded over on the router table and some corners knocked off with a sander to leave a rough form. The red pencil marks are put on during the dry fit and act as guides or limit lines.



A few swipes with each of a selection of three rasps/files then gets me here.



Some approximately 1" by 12" strips of 180 and 220 grit sandpaper lets me approach the final shape.



Some 320 grit paper gets me to the finished shape I am after.



Some 400 grit to finish up the end grain gets me to the soft but exagerrated joint I am after.

[larry merlau]

i did see a putty cat i did! so i was right in my thoughts on what you were after in this joint glenn,,going to be intersting to see it all finished and how it ties in with the rest of the work you have done on this piece.

[glenn bradley]

Has it really been five days since I worked on this piece? For shame. I have three distinct pull designs I have been musing over while building this chest. This one floated to the top and got to the mock up stage. Rough machined from a glued up blank. Actual pulls will be from single billets. As usual a fair amount of hand shaping will take this blank from where it is now to the look I'm after (I hope).

[Gary Zimmel]

The detailing on these pulls are going to fit the bill Glenn.
I bet they are going to be a nice focal point in the piece...

[Bill Arnold]

Glenn, I think the overall appearance of the pull looks good. My first thought was that it needed to be a bit thinner in height, but the width suits the drawer width. Now that I say that, it's proportions are probably what you need. Go for it!

[Bill Satko]

Hmm, definitively the left arm of a power tool guy. My right looks that hairy but my left looks like someone has been steadily shaving it as they test their blades. Looking real good Glenn. Not the arm, the chest of drawers.

[allen levine]

man, i hate to put up my opinion on such a well crafted piece of work, but me personally, Id use a different lighter colored wood species for the handles, the shape is great.

[glenn bradley]

Amazing how life gets in the way of a large project . Its about time I finished shaping these pulls. I just have to punch some square holes and take care of a couple small detail pieces and I can start finishing. I could say I was waiting for the nice weather on purpose but . . .

[Bill Satko]

Beautiful Glenn, but I didn't expect anything less!

[glenn bradley]

Thanks Bill. Got the holes punched in time for dinner.