This nine drawer chest features eight shallow drawers, perfect for organizing collections of small items. The ninth drawer at the bottom is deeper to allow for storage of larger items. The cabinet carcass is birch plywood, the drawer fronts are cherry, and the trim and miscellaneous components are hard maple. Soft close, under mount drawer runners will provide a lifetime of smooth opening and closing.
Basic drawer box construction is now complete, and all nine drawers and runners are installed temporarily.
This project is currently in progress in the shop, so check back for additional pictures as the chest moves forward.
- Milling Cherry
- Drawer Fronts Roughed
- Relieving Internal Stresses
- Sheet Goods In the Shop
- Breaking Down Plywood
- Drawer Slides Are In
- Cross Cutting Back to Length
- Drawer Box Stock
- First Dry Fit
- Milling Maple for Cleats
- Ripping Cleats Square
- Countersinking Cleats
- Cleats Complete
- Fixed Shelf Notches
- Square Notches are Tricky
- Shelf Notches Done
- Locking Mechanism Raw Materials
- Drawer Slides and Locks
- Installing Cleats
- Cleats Installed
- Drawer Slide Positioned by Cleat
- Carcass Assembly Prep
- Carcass Assembly – Bottom Shelf
- Carcass Assembly – Middle Shelf
- Carcass Assembly – Complete
- Adding Cleats for Back Bottom
- Laying Out the Toe Kick with a Faring Stick
- Bandsawing the Toe Kick Curve
- Toe Kick Installed
- Cutting Drawer Components to Length
- Drawer Components Cut to Length
- Cutting Drawer Bottoms with Cross Cut Sled and Outrigger
- Boring Hole for Lock Notch on Drawer Backs
- Cutting Sides of Lock Notch
- Lock Notches Cut in Drawer Backs
- Orientation of Lock Mechanism Details
- Boring Pocket Screw Holes
- Drawer Components Ready For Assembly
- Drawer Box Squaring Jig Setup
- Drawer Box in Assembly – Glued, Nailed, Pocket Screwed
- Installing a Pocket Screw
- Pocket Screw Closeup
- Boring Jig for Blum Drawer Slide Rear Attachment
- Blum Drawer Slide Rear Attachment Hole
- Boring Jig for Blum Slide Locks
- Blum Slide Lock Mounted on Underside of Drawer
- Installed Drawer from Below
- Full Extension Drawer Slides
- Nine Drawers and Slides Temporarily Installed
- Reinforcing Drawer Bottoms
- Drawer Boxes with Cabinet Back Removed
- Gang Lock Track
- Assembling Gang Lock Bars
- CNC Routing Lock Mechanism Internal Pockets
- Test Assembly of Lock Mechanism
- Lock Mechanism Fitting
- Final Milling of Cherry Drawer Fronts
- First Cherry Drawer Front Installed
- Drawer Front Installation Progress
- Cabinet Finishing
- Cherry Drawer Front Finishing
- Tipping the Clear Finish
- Final Assembly of Lock Mechanism
- Lock Mechanism Assembled
- Hardware and Tools Ready for Delivery Run
- Final Assembly
- Nine Drawer Chest Finished!