Dresser in Claro Walnut Slab Live Edge

This is a dresser made for a friend years ago when I was first becoming serious about woodworking.  It is made out of a matched pair of 10/4 claro walnut slabs.  The outer dimensions were given to me as 84" x 32" x 26" deep.  It was to contain 12 large drawers and an upper row of four shallow drawers, and a mirror behind to match.  All slab fronts were to be live edges.  Since I had already done a couple of boxes and some shop furniture, I thought this would be an easy job.  After all, a box is a box, right, so what could go wrong?

I'll post a detailed build blog shortly documenting the challenges and details of constructing this piece.  It was early days when I was still learning a lot about woodworking, there are probably several things I would change now if I were to do something like this again.  Back then I was too naïve to realize this was a huge task that I was barely prepared for.  Now, just revisiting it makes me wonder why I thought I could pull it off at all.  The friend was happy with it though, and that is what counts.  The photos show wheels under it, but those are just moving dollies o allow easy movement in the shop.  The final product weighed 660 pounds.