Travel Tool Chest & Workbench Build Process
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Posted 30th October 2023
Another drawer pull option that occurred to me in the shower this morning is a simple-ish bent bit of brass, something like this:
As it would naturally sit at the top of each drawer, it wouldn't conflict with any of the shooting board hardware. I've drawn that as a blind pocket with screws holding it in place, but it could also be made like this...
... and just glued in place:
The latter would be slightly more challenging to fit, but would do away with screws as there's a mechanical pulling action.
After work today, I couldn't resist a quick look at the yesterday's Dutchman:
I removed the bulk of the waste with a plane, but then took the last cut with a chisel:
The end result:
It's hard to say yet what it will look like once finish is applied, but I'm pretty sure it'll look better than it did before. You can see another "blemish" in that image: that half-lap was a bit shabby in the corner. I'm not going to worry about that: it's a smaller gap than it looks to be in that photo and it's very hard to see unless you're looking up from underneath the chest.
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