inside tuning & outside painting

Milk-Paint - own mixture

Front-Side (left) for the Saws and Backside (right) for the Planes

The different insets for the drawers ... 3 pieces

The Lid ... putting together

dust frame ... the two short parts

the dust frame ... glued and nailed

the hinges have to be bend

glued already ... and wooden nails knocked in at the corners

A raised panel ... so grooves again to plane

The Lid

Frame & Panel construction ... a day's work *phew*

chisel-work ...

fits ... after rasping a little around

the frame ... not glued (panel to fit in)

corner-detail

Beginning to Look like a chest :-)

Bottom-boarding

a little gap for wood-movement ... nails angled - better hold

After sharpening my tongue- & groove-plane blades ... let's go:

Tongue-planing

Dust-seal ... finished

perfect fit is crucial

The skirt ... part 2

Wooden nails ... knocked throug, will be cut and planed

Part 1 of the dust-seal - already glued and nailed

Finishing the skirt