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    Hand Built Wall Cabinet

    Nov 18, 2020 6 minutes
    Photos: Israel Martin

    My design process begins on paper with a rough sketch of the main features I want – the number of drawers, doors, spaces, not too much, and I also like to draw some of the details. After deciding on the measurements I then jump into the real thing. Because I use only hand tools I don’t like doing mock-ups, and try to work with the real piece right from the start. I need to see the volume of the piece to figure out how it looks with the wood I’ve chosen.

    Working by hand

    I start by dimensioning by hand the main pieces of the structure. One face of the rough board is made flat, normally with a jack plane, unless it is a very uneven piece, in which case I’ll start with the scrub plane. I then mark the thickness on that board with a marking gauge and plane to the knife line. That is

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