This month's issue of Woodsmith has plans for a campaign chest that caught my eye. See: Woodsmith Magazine - Sources - Campaign Chest
I got started after getting over the shock of the prices of the hardware. This is my first experience of paying more for the brass than for the wood. I started with mahogany and when I went in search of some more I found that Sapele was offered as a substitute. Looks good to me so I went for it.
It's so much easier for me to work from plans than flying be the seat of my pants. I did notice however that there is an error in the hardware described for the lifting handles and then found that Lee Valley is out of stock. Whitechapel has a beautiful replacement that looks like the picture. Talk about sticker shock, take a look: Heavy Duty Lifting Handle Polished Brass: Whitechapel Ltd.
Thats for just one of the two handles.
After several days I have made some progress and have found it challenging. Never having had any experience with "Rubik's Cube" I wonder if this is comparable. The assembly is complicated by the tongue and groove back panels and the half blind dovetails. Anyway it does fit together although I have no glue or screws in the picture below. Next step after the dry fit is the glue up. And then the drawers - Fedex is to deliver hardware tomorrow. More to follow.
Roy
I got started after getting over the shock of the prices of the hardware. This is my first experience of paying more for the brass than for the wood. I started with mahogany and when I went in search of some more I found that Sapele was offered as a substitute. Looks good to me so I went for it.
It's so much easier for me to work from plans than flying be the seat of my pants. I did notice however that there is an error in the hardware described for the lifting handles and then found that Lee Valley is out of stock. Whitechapel has a beautiful replacement that looks like the picture. Talk about sticker shock, take a look: Heavy Duty Lifting Handle Polished Brass: Whitechapel Ltd.
Thats for just one of the two handles.
After several days I have made some progress and have found it challenging. Never having had any experience with "Rubik's Cube" I wonder if this is comparable. The assembly is complicated by the tongue and groove back panels and the half blind dovetails. Anyway it does fit together although I have no glue or screws in the picture below. Next step after the dry fit is the glue up. And then the drawers - Fedex is to deliver hardware tomorrow. More to follow.
Roy