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: Quarter View

: Drawer Detail

Townsend Document Chest Construction Pictures

Pictures showing the progress of building a reproduction Newport Style Document Chest (actually two of these will be built)- the orginal built by John Townsend. Pictures will be added to this gallery as work proceeds.

: 3200 Pounds of Mahogany – to be shared

: Mahogany stacked in the garage – over 800 board feet

: Mahogany sorted and ready for kitting

: Fellow GNHW members helping to make the kits

: Mahogany for the case – over 8′, by 15″

: Light hand planing to show the figure

: Mahogany plank ready to be laid out

: Some beautiful figure in these mahogany boards

: Number 4 plane next to some beautiful figure

: Marking with chalk, until the final decision

: Mahogany ready to be cut

: Chalk lines define the pieces

: The piece selected for the top

: The 8′ plank after initial milling – still need to resaw to thickness

: Side for 2nd Chest

: Top for 2nd Chest

: Side for 2nd Chest

: Layout of case pieces for 2nd Chest

Pennsylvania Spice Chest Construction Photos

Progress photos of the construction of a traditional Pennsylvania Spice Chest with Line and berry Inlay – This gallery will be updated from time to time as work progresses.

: Layout out the pieces in chalk

: Laying out the pieces in chalk

: Chest will come from a single walnut plank

: Resawing the walnut for the door panel

: Too wide for the band saw, the pice must be ripped by hand

: The case top and bottom, dovetails hand cut

: The case top – chalk to maintain orientation

: The case bottom, secondary wood is poplar

: Dovetails on the case bottom – The poplar will not be visible when completed

: Detail of dovetails

: Dovetail detail

: Case before glue up – Door panel (in progress) naxt to case

: Gluing the case

: Case glued up

: Interior prepared for dividers

: Walnut show wood glued to poplar for dividers

: Gluing up the 1/4′ divider material

: Main horizontal dividers dry fit

: Front view – dividers rough fit

: interior view

: Detail of dividers

: Interior detail, showing how dividers slide into place

: Dividers roughly in place

: Interior dividers – rough fit

: Back view before final fitting and panel

: View showing interior of case

: detail of interior, still just dry fit

: Back panel made of ash

Cherry Shoe Cabinet Construction Photos

Pictures showing the construction of the cherry shoe cabinet – Click on any photo to enlarge.

: Cutting the Cherry Plywood to Size

: Routing for the main Dividers

: A Simple Jig Guides the Router

: Assembly and Clamping Must be Done in Stages

: The Router Plane is Used to Refine the Bottom of the Dado

: Horizontal Dividers Are added in Stages

: Solid Cherry Facing is Added to the Horizontal Dividers

: Bevel Detail on the Horizontal Dividers

: Finished Cabinet After Dye and Shellac

: Detail of Partitions

: Top Detail

Family Box Construction Photos

Photographs detailing the construction of the set of four family boxes as well as the process of making the line and berry inlay.

: Line and Berry Inlay demonstration at The League of NH Craftsmens Fair

: Line and Berry Inlay demonstration at The League of NH Craftsmens Fair

: Cutting plugs from holly – these will be some of the berries

: A row of plugs waiting to be sawn free

: Cutting the groove for the border inlay

: The groove must intersect the existing inlay precisely at the corner

: Slicing sawn holly veneer into narrow widths

: Dimensioning the holly strining to exactly the correct thickness

: Precise shavings are removed until the strining will just fill the groove

: After the plugs are glued in they are then brought flush to the surface

: The strininging must also be brought flush to the surface

: Four inlaid panels

: Beautiful curly maple

: Box components all prepared

: Cutting the groove for the splines

: The walnut panel contrasts nicely with the curly maple

: The walnut panel is planed to make a raised panel

: Four boxes, still in progress

: The back of the walnut panel receiving a final smoothing

: Spanish cedar being planed for the bottom panel

: Salvaged ebony piano keys will become accent pieces

: Ebony as initially applied to the box corners

: The ebony must be planed and trimmed flush

: A pile of ebony shavings from planing the corners smooth

: The ebony held in place while the glue dries

: A set of four boxes nearing completion