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Popular Woodworking 2004-12 № 145, страница 69

time for the fun part: dividing up the drawers, building trays for the tools and tweaking the hardware so everything works just right.

As you divide up the drawers and trays, one word of advice: Don't fasten any of the dividers permanently. Your tool set will change, and you want to be able to easily alter the dividers. I fit mine in place with friction and a couple 23-gauge headless pins. The divid

ers can be wrenched free when I need room for a new tool.

When you hang the cabinet, use wide cleats - mine were each 5" wide. This allows you to get more screws into the cabinet and into the studs. Also, for extra insurance, I rested the bottom of the cabinet on a 2"-wide ledger that also was screwed into the studs.

With the project complete, the voice of Ruskin was final

ly silenced for a short time as I assessed my work. (I for one was happy for the silence; Ruskin vacillated between madness and lucidity during the last years of his life.) I scolded myself for a few things: the reveals around the drawers on the left edge of the cabinet are a tad wider than the reveals on the right side. And in a couple of the dovetails at the rear of the drawers, there are a couple

small gaps. It's not perfect.

But before I got too down on myself, I remembered one more quote from Ruskin that relates to handwork and the pursuit of perfection. This one deserves as much ink as the first.

"No good work whatever can be perfect," he writes, "and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art." PW

ARTS & CRAFTS TOOL CABINET

NO.

ITEM

T

3A

DIMENSIONS (INCHES)

MATERIAL

COMMENTS

Carcase

□ 2

Sides

121/4

33

Cherry

3/8"-deep x 1"-wide rabbet at back

□ 2

Top rails

3A

3

24

Cherry

Dovetailed into sides

□ 1

Bottom

3A

111/4

24

Cherry

Dovetailed into sides

□ 1

Top cap

1

17

32

Cherry

V2"-deep x 3"-wide bevel

Shiplapped back

V2

23V4

33

Maple

V4" x V4" shiplaps

□ 1

Major horizontal divider

3A

10V2

23

Cherry

In V4"-deep x V2"-wide dados

□ 1

Thin horizontal divider

V2

10V2

23

Cherry

In V4"-deep x V2"-wide dados

□ 3

Thin horizontal dividers

V2

9V4

23

Cherry

In V4"-deep x V2"-wide dados

□ 5

Vertical dividers

V2

10

61/2

Cherry

In V8"-deep x V2"-wide dados

□ 2

Small vertical dividers

V2

9V4

23/4

Cherry

In V8"-deep x V2"-wide dados

Doors

□ 2

Large stiles

3A

23/4

33

Cherry

□ 2

Small stiles

3A

11/4

33

Cherry

□ 2

Top rails

3A

23/4

10

Cherry

1" TBE

□ 2

Intermediate rails

3A

21/4

10

Cherry

1" TBE

□ 2

Lower rails

3A

33/4

10

Cherry

1" TBE

□ 2

Panels

V2

81/2

163/4

Maple

In V4"-wide x 3/8"-deep groove

□ 2

Vertical muntins

V4

1/2

8

Cherry

□ 4

Horizontal muntins

V4

1/2

33/4

Cherry

□ 2

Backing strips

V4

1/2

81/2

Cherry

In V4"-wide x V2"-deep rabbet, glued to vertical muntin

□ 4

Small backing strips

V4

1/2

4V8

Cherry

Glued to horizontal muntin

Drawers

□ 4

Small drawer fronts

3/4*

21/2

11

Maple

V4"-deep x V2" rabbet on bottom edge

□ 8

Small drawer sides

V2

21/2

9

Poplar

V4"-deep x V4" rabbet on bottom edge

□ 4

Small drawer backs

V2

21/4

11

Poplar

□ 4

Small drawer bottoms

V4

101/2

9

Plywood

Screwed to drawer box

□ 1

Medium drawer front

3/4*

5

221/2

Maple

V4"-deep x V4"-wide groove for bottom

□ 2

Medium drawer sides

1/2

5

9

Poplar

V4"-deep x V4"-wide groove for bottom

□ 1

Medium drawer back

V2

4V2

221/2

Poplar

□ 1

Medium drawer bottom

1/2

83/4

22

Plywood

V4"-deep x V2" rabbet on bottom edge

□ 1

Large drawer front

3/4*

63/4

221/2

Maple

V4"-deep x V4"-wide groove for bottom

□ 2

Large drawer sides

1/2

63/4

9

Poplar

V4"-deep x V4"-wide groove for bottom

□ 1

Large drawer back

1/2

6V2

221/2

Poplar

□ 1 Large drawer bottom V2 83/4 22 Plywood V4"-deep x V2" rabbet on bottom edge

* Finished dimension, laminated from two pieces of wood; TBE= tenon, both ends

□ 1 Large drawer bottom V2 83/4 22 Plywood V4"-deep x V2" rabbet on bottom edge

* Finished dimension, laminated from two pieces of wood; TBE= tenon, both ends

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