G&G Inspired Dresser

Robert Horky · Feb 18, 2016

Glenn, Looking great. Enjoying the build. Side note: I was/am impressed with the Dewalt Dado set. Works very well.

glenn bradley · Feb 23, 2016

Busy weekend so no shop time

. Caught up a bit after work and before workout yesterday and today. Drawer parts, drawer parts, roll-ee, pole-ee drawer parts . . .

This jig is on its 3rd generation and is still lacking but, it'll get me through the 18 drawer sides. I want the full drawer side thickness for the finger joints so I recess the full extension slides.

The clamps hold the jig to the part, the clamps get held between dogs and a piece of scrap to give me clearance for the router. I use a larger router and a large dado-cleanout bit to hog out most of the waste. I then use a 1/2" template bit for the last little bit. This gives me the smaller corner radii at the front.

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And the slide sets in like so:

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The random holes in the jig parts serve no purpose. It is made from an IKEA fixture I broke down for scrap.

glenn bradley · Mar 10, 2016

Fianlly getting back to this after a severe case of "life-us-interuptus". I have been basically prepping blanks to make drawer parts out of.

I've also made some parts.

Its square hole punchin' time ;-)

I have not bothered to count the total number of pegs (both proud and flush) that goes into these 9 drawer chests.

In truth I've been almost afraid to :doh:

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Ryan Mooney · Mar 10, 2016

glenn bradley said:
In truth I've been almost afraid to .

Its sometimes better not to know.

glenn bradley · Mar 21, 2016

The brain trust stopped by (as seen in the Family Gatherings forum). Carol and Larry came up with some great ideas. These grew as we went along and the result is I have a method for doing a lot of the roughing out work on the joinery that will save me a ton of time.

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The next day, Larry and I already started discussing the jig version 2 ;-)

Moving right along . . .

glenn bradley · Mar 29, 2016

I use a little sled like jig to cut square stock I have prepared into little square plugs. These will be pared flush for the sides of the drawers. The fronts get the typical pillowed square ebony plugs.

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larry merlau · Mar 29, 2016

dont stop thinking glenn, there always is another way that might work better.

glenn bradley · Apr 4, 2016

Can it be that I've finally gotten a drawer in this thing!?! Only eight more to fit and I can start on the top and back.

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Carol Reed · Apr 4, 2016

Beautiful! Progress is good, even if slow.

Gonna make a pair of your torsion beams. You wouldn't have a SketchUp drawing to share, would you?

Darren Wright · Apr 4, 2016

Very nice progress!

Carol Reed said:
Beautiful! Progress is good, even if slow.

Gonna make a pair of your torsion beams. You wouldn't have a SketchUp drawing to share, would you?

He might, but thread is here with some measurements (see note about inner blocks though)...http://familywoodworking.org/forums/showthread.php?29703-Torsion-Beams-Assembly-quot-Table-quot

Carol Reed · Apr 4, 2016

Thanks, Darren. Just what I needed!

glenn bradley · Apr 5, 2016

Carol Reed said:
Beautiful! Progress is good, even if slow.

Major lesson learned on this piece. I was making a lightly different version for myself and though I would speed things along by using some pockethole joinery versus my more traditional joinery methods to save time. The result is that normal life presented itself and I lost the time I hoped to save. End result is I have a piece that I will know I took shortcuts on with no benefit to show for my sacrifice. This reaffirms a motto of mine: "There is no shortcut leading anywhere I want to go".

Carol Reed said:
Gonna make a pair of your torsion beams. You wouldn't have a SketchUp drawing to share, would you?

I have 3 footers and 5 footers. I would recommend some 2+ footers and plan to make some shortly.

Carol Reed · Apr 5, 2016

glenn bradley said:
I have 3 footers and 5 footers. I would recommend some 2+ footers and plan to make some shortly.

Have you ever wished them to be 2" longer? I am thinking that a little like clamps that a couple of extra inches would be handy. I will start with 30-32". I have a piece in mind that they would be handy to have.

Thanks for sharing on a detailed post Darren pointed me to and that I have bookmarked.

glenn bradley · Apr 7, 2016

Boy it seems like it took a long time to get to this point. Its almost anticlimactic now ;-)

Robert Horky · Apr 7, 2016

Glenn,

Might I remind you: "There is no shortcut leading anywhere I want to go".
It looks great and I, for one, am enjoying the journey. This will be/is an amazing piece. Look forward to the next post. Each one brings a new level of detail.

Carol Reed · Apr 7, 2016

glenn bradley said:
Boy it seems like it took a long time to get to this point. Its almost anticlimactic now ;-)

Maybe you had too much help along the way!

larry merlau · Apr 7, 2016

yeah i think we should have you go back to your old ways of doing the fingers so you wont feel so left out

Bill Satko · Apr 7, 2016

I imagine after fitting those drawers, everything will seem anticlimactic, but I am still looking forward to what you have left.

glenn bradley · Apr 9, 2016

Well after making the new shooting board I was out of excuses for fitting the trim.

What's that old adage about clamps?

glenn bradley · Apr 21, 2016

Wow, too much time in between working on this guy. I found I needed to trim a couple of drawers to get the spacing I wanted. I keep a little higher angle on my bob-tailed block plane that let's me just plane right around the top or bottom of a drawer-box for fine tuning.

So, now the drawers are all (back) in and the trim is mostly complete. I need to punch the square holes in the top wrap-around trim.

Now I can focus on the back, top, straps and pulls :thumb:

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