Marriage

almost ... knocking it together when gluing

The Pins

Tails rough-cut ... ready for cleaning up

Koffee ... keeping it hot

First Half finished

So ... koffee-break

Chisel-Work

first side

Cutting the Dovetails

a mirror helps to hold both sides visible

Saw-sharpening in between

Filing

Tooth-setting

Laying out

Shopmade Wood Square, Japanese Marking knife (one of a pair)

Starting the Dovetails

Taking off the glue-drops ... first the paring-chisel

second the scraper blade ... no sandpaper required

gluing boards together ... again

Wood-bracelet ... planing the glue area

Kito ... my new workshop-cat

Gluing and clamping

bad factory-gluing ... so to be sure a little Butterfly

Einkaufszettel

Second Try 'cause of wrong wood :-(

Because Paulownia is horrible to cut with chisels (strange ... I did it somewhen, but maybe just with saws) I had to buy pine.
I choose 28 mm thick pine ... so the tool-chest will have a lifespan of a few hundret years :-)

DIY-glue: left: Quark, right: lime

5 parts Quark, 1 part lime ... waterresistant Glue :-)

Tool Chest ... Project for X-Mas-holidays

The Idea came from - surprise, surprise - ...

The first step: Buying wood:

Paulownia-boards, pine

Totally 31,7 kg wood more and ca. 180 € less money.
Pauwlonia because of advantages in weight and non-woodmovement.
Just 300g/cdm "heavy" is that sort of wood.

... to be continued :-)