New Blog & Dovetailed Cabinet

Hey everyone, I'm going to post the interview series with woodworkers, toolmakers, carvers, turners, restorers, and marqueters here. I'm also going to post my personal work. So this first post isn't too boring, here's a dovetailed cabinet I built.

This cabinet was made for a local coffee house. It's 4/4 poplar & hung on the wall with a hard maple French cleat. The finished piece is about 60 inches long, 26 inches wide, and 16 inches deep.

 The cabinet started with two 12' long, 17" wide boards of poplar, both from the same tree.

Then some dovetails. I like to cut them by hand, tails first.

Then I plowed the groove for the back.

Next up was assembling the carcass and fitting the back. I also pre-finished the back using some home made Maloof finish.

After that all I had to do was make up some shelves and the French Cleat (I used hard maple for that). I made a simple thumbnail molding for the shelves with a rabbeting block plane and jointer. The finish is just a simple Maloof finish.

Thanks for taking a look! Stay tuned for interviews and more work.

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