Shaker Side Chest

This piece is a lot like Christian Becksvoort's in FWW #311.

I made this from some of my mountain of eastern white pine.  I bought it 12 years ago from a guy in town who had trees taken down on his property and hired someone with a portable saw mill.  His plan was to build some outbuildings.  Instead, he had a bunch of kids and needed to move to a larger house.  I bought two pickups full at $0.50 a bf.

I built this to use in the area where I practice guitar.  I decided to build it in a "rustic" style.  This meant that when I messed up something I could just say to myself, "Wonderful, now it'll be even rusticer!"

Here are two of the boards that I used:

I used a wide board for the top.  Once I had the top made, I sized the rest of the chest around it.

Here's the inside of one of the sides:

The sides are attached to the sub-top with dovetails that no one will ever see (totally blind!):

This is where the drawers go:

The three cross-pieces have short (5/8") sliding dovetails at the front:

My son, a hobbyist blacksmith, made the drawer pulls.