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Now this l like! In my opinion The uniqueness of the project and the timeframe involved makes this a classic creation. Definitely a one of a kind!Congrats

Wow that is one big organizer cabinet and should make it easy to find stuff that is stored within with the labeling on the drawer pulls .
I like that you made it mobile and can secure it to the wall .
Great job and thanks for the extra long writeup and pictures of the build .

L/W,

Now that’s what I call a storage cabinet!

I really like how you configured the different drawer sizes, nice design and well done.

Great story to go along with it.

John @The Hufford Furniture Group

Ken and kiefer, One less excuse for my clutter! I hope this will help me get better organized in the shop. My time is running out . . .

kiefer, the “extra long writeup” is just another way for me to get in my 100,000 words a day that supposedly every woman needs to say!

Thanks for your encouraging words.

L/W

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Benjamin Franklin

Huff,

Just to show how slow my dial-up is: Your comment was not yet shown when I started to make my response to kiefer and ken. By the time it posted and I was finally able to get the page to come up again, your post is shown 34 minutes prior to mine! Gotta love living in the dark ages!

Thanks for your comments.

L/W

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Benjamin Franklin

WOW! Now this is a piece of artwork, utilitarian artwork! Forty, yes 40, dovetailed drawers! You win. We are not worthy, we are not worthy…

HorizontalMike

Love the history of it. I like the markings too.
A lot of work when in those drawers.

The whole thing came up really nice.

Well done!

Abbas, Castro Valley, CA

25 years to get it perfect. That’s patience! Nice job. I especially like the removable wall cleat. Great idea.

Losing fingers since 1969

this is fantastic!!
I, too, have always loved the thought of small drawers for storage … oh how I’d love to have one of these cabinets in my home…. dreaming of one in my kitchen!!
LOVE IT

Toxins Out, Nature In - body/mind/spirit

When I first saw this project I was going to come up with a wise crack about why didn’t you dovetail the drawers…but you did! I struggled with just one drawer recently, couldn’t imagine 33 of them. It’s a really great build! It reminds me of a card catalog in the library. Do they even have those anymore??

Where are the band-aids?---Pro Libertate!

That’s a great project L/W.
I’m sure you went through a lot of head banging to get all those drawer tolerances to work right.
I would love to have one of those. I’m envying the storage and organization you will get from those.
It’s time I moved you up another notch on craftsmanship scale.. :)

You did a super job..

Thanks for sharing.

Figuring out how to do something you have never done is what makes a good challenge.

Mike, I guess I didn’t clarify it when I said I originally planned 40 identical drawers. Don’t give me credit for so many . . . there are only 33. LOL Now I have 7 of those label holder pulls left for another project!

lanwater, the rustic oak does have some pretty characteristics . . . just not what most people would want for quality furniture.

Brian, I’m not so sure about getting it perfect, but at least I finally got it done!

Debbie, we’ll be waiting to see your kitchen cabinet . . . sooner than 25 years from now, we hope!

Monty, the dovetails are not done by hand. I used a dovetail jig and router with dovetail bit. Because I’m such a cheapskate (about a $40 dovetail jig), I did have my problems with setups but came up with a few more jigs and solutions of my own to make that easier. I’m a disaster with hand tools so I only dream of hand-cut dovetails.

Bently, if I have a swelled head, it shouldn’t be from pride in finishing the cabinet but from all that head-banging to get it to work. You’re right, I had to measure every drawer for the dado (groove—I’m told that’s the correct term for lengthwise grain) to fit the runner properly and not have the drawer cockeyed! And then some of my tolerances were a bit too close after it was varnished and I had to do more adjustments. I’m hoping that there won’t be too much wood movement with the poplar and that it won’t require more adjustments later on. I can only dream of moving up a few million notches to your level on the craftsmanship scale!

L/W

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Benjamin Franklin

Jig and router or not, that’s still a heck of a lot of dovetails! I applaud your patience.

Where are the band-aids?---Pro Libertate!

Whew, what a lot of work. I admire your tenacity! Beautifully done.

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Impressive cabinet! I don’t think I’d have had the patience to dovetail all the drawers.

Rob, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Wow that’slot of drawers,great job.

woodworking classes, custom furniture maker

I need that! : )

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