We are now at the foot construction phase of the project, the bracket feet on the John Townsend block and shell chest. First we will start with the construction of the rear bracket feet. All of the bracket feet for this chest where cut from this single billet of Mahogany.. After layout of the feet, […]
The bottom case molding on the John Townsend four drawer block and shell is a fairly challenging piece, the bottom case molding assembly is designed as a web frame. The beauty of the web frame design allows the molding to be very securely attached to the chest and most importantly it allows the case sides […]
After the drawer blades have been prepared, we then need to perform a fair amount of jointery on the case sides. Here is a quick overview of the jointery involved: bottom of the case is half blind dovetailed to the bottom of the case sides (completed in case bottom) bottom drawer blade is dovetailed separately […]