Travel Tool Chest & Workbench Build Process

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Minor update tonight. I worked out which of the big panels was narrowest (front-to-back on the toolchest) and set the panel gauge up to that size (if you remember, I hadn't bothered to do this before cutting the dovetails). I then used the panel gauge to mark the fronts of all the panels (referencing off the back as I have throughout the build):

Then I planed them down to (just above) the line:

Not the most interesting update I'll admit, but I'm trying to get photos of everything I do on the chest.

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