A small but interesting job..

When you have access to a few tools and a basic knowledge of woodworking, there’s generally a job around that needs doing. This particular one is a pair of little drawers to replace the missing originals in a 3-piece dressing table mirror frame.

The drawers are going to be dovetailed (as it’s for a family member), and the first step is to cut and plane the drawer components to a nice fit – not too tight, not too loose. I’m using some Poplar here as it was ready to hand and my experiments showed it would take a stain to match the carcass.

The next step is all about precision marking out, but if you’d like to learn more about dovetails, there’s still a couple of places left on the Dovetail Box course starting in September. More on this project very soon..

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