This is the last part for the build of a Chester County Dresser in Poplar from one of Glen Huey’s books. Dimensions are ~60” tall x 44” wide x 23” deep. There are two previous threads for the initial part of the build. Now that the carcass and drawers are done, there’s only a little bit of actual woodworking left before the dreaded finishing process. As you’ll see, I dread finishing for a good reason!
There are 4 full width drawers, so these each get a divider to reinforce the plywood drawer bottom.
Cutting the plywood drawer bottoms on the saw bench with an inexpensive pull saw. These impulse hardened teeth work well in this ¼” plywood.
Similar dividers and plywood for the carcass back.
Laying out the dovetails for two mahogany hidden drawers about 6” x 6” by 4” tall.
The drawer bottom is simply nailed on and slightly proud of the drawer sides to serve as a runner that allows the drawers to slide in grooved rails.
Would have been much smarter to make and fit these drawers before I put the carcass top and back on- duh! I wanted to leave these for last so I would have one last chance to make some shavings before finishing. This turned out to be a bad plan because the drawers fit tighter than planned, leading to a painful job reaching through the drawer openings to try and scrape/sand/plane the runners to the correct width- had to cover a few blood stains.