Curved Chest of Drawers

When designing a piece that will be built exclusively using hand tools, you have to take into account not just all the joinery or the wood species but also how long it will take to make and the limitations of the tools. In this case, I wanted to add a slightly curved front to the chest of drawers.

Making the carcase for the chest of drawers was the easiest part. The challenge was how to make the curved drawers. I had different choices, and I chose what I think was the fastest one – shaping the maple bases for the fronts and then adding a thick veneer of figured maple to them. Using a thick veneer allows you