Popular Woodworking 2006-04 № 154, страница 39

Popular Woodworking 2006-04 № 154, страница 39

panels and the details of construction are my best guesses.

In the original, the carvings are very flat. They are simply outlines of leaves and branches with the edges rounded over. I originally carved the panels this way, but just wasn't happy with the effect. I thought they seemed rather lifeless and static, so I recarved the panels and added more relief.

Additionally, the crown moulding on the original comes flush to the bottom edge of the top, apparently attached to the edges. The closest router bit I could find (Freud 99-406) had a small fillet at the top. I thought this looked nicer, and rather than wrap the crown around the perimeter of the top, I set it below, letting the top overhang by Vs". This added one more shadow line, and if the top expands or contracts, then the joint between the moulding and the top won't show.

The third change was to the color. The oranges and reds on the panels are the same as the original, but the green stain is darker and deeper in color. The finish on the original varies in color, and I suspect that it may have faded or been refinished at some point. I decided to use a richer forest green, similar to a color that can be seen in another Byrdcliffe piece, a fall-front desk designed by Steele.

Oak and (not) Sassafras

Like the original, the visible parts of this cabinet are made of quar-tersawn white oak. The carved panels are often described as being made from sassafras, but they are obviously not. The carving depicts the leaves of a sassafras tree and in the original the panels are either poplar or basswood. I used bass-wood for the carvings, soft maple for the drawer boxes, and poplar for the interior web frames and back of the cabinet. The dust panels are birch plywood.

BYRDCLIFFE LINEN PRESS

DIMENSIONS (INCHES) T W L

CARCASE

1 2V2 54V4 Quartersawn white oak Miter long edges

1 2V2 54V4 Quartersawn white oak Miter long edges

8

Leg sides

1/8

2V2

541/4

Quartersawn white oak

Miter & rabbet long edges

4

Side panel stiles

3/4

312

441/2

Quartersawn white oak

2

Side panel top rails

3/4

6V2

83/8

Quartersawn white oak

1V4" TBE

2

Side panel middle rails

3/4

83/8

Quartersawn white oak

1V4" TBE

2

Side panel bottom rails

3/4

35/8

83/8

Quartersawn white oak

1V4" TBE

2

Lower arched rails

7/8

83/8

Quartersawn white oak

1V4" TBE

2

Top side panels

5/8

67/8

13

Quartersawn white oak

V2" TAS

2

Bottom side panels

5/8

67/8

18V4

Quartersawn white oak

V2" TAS

1

Top

3/4

183/4

41

Quartersawn white oak

1

Front top rail

7/8

25/8

343/4

Quartersawn white oak

1" TBE

2

Drawer rails

7/s

1V4

343/4

Quartersawn white oak

1" TBE

1

Bottom front rail

7/s

13/8

343/4

Quartersawn white oak

1" TBE

1

Bottom apron

3/4

63/4

343/4

Quartersawn white oak

1" TBE

2

Stiles @ doors

3/4

23/l6

193/4

Quartersawn white oak

2

Stiles @ top drawer

3/4

23/l6

712

Quartersawn white oak

2

Stiles @ bottom drawer

3/4

23/l6

8V2

Quartersawn white oak

1

Drawer rail support

3/4

13/8

32 3/4

Quartersawn white oak

2

Fill behind crown

3/8

15/16

1218

Quartersawn white oak

1

Fill behind crown

V4

15/16

32 3/4

Quartersawn white oak

6

Web frame stiles

3/4

2V2

3512

Poplar

9

Web frame rails

3/4

2V2

107/8

Poplar

3/4" TBE

4

Web frame panels

3/4

103/8

143/4

Plywood

2

Crown moulding

1

2

48

Quartersawn white oak

DOORS

2

Door hinge stiles

3/4

37/8

193/4

Quartersawn white oak

1

Left lock stile

3/4

37/8

193/4

Quartersawn white oak

1

Right lock stile

3/4

4V8

193/4

Quartersawn white oak

2

Door top rails

3/4

37/8

93/4

Quartersawn white oak

1" TBE

2

Door bottom rails

3/4

37/8

93/4

Quartersawn white oak

1" TBE

2

Door panels

5/8

83/4

13

Basswood

V2" TAS

DRAWERS

1

Top drawer front

3/4

712

31V4

Quartersawn white oak

Opening size trim to fit

1

Bottom drawer front

3/4

8V2

31V4

Quartersawn white oak

Opening size trim to fit

2

Drawer sides

3/4

7V2

141/4

Maple

Dovetailed to front

2

Drawer sides

3/4

812

141/4

Maple

Dovetailed to front

1

Drawer back

3/4

7V2

323/4

Maple

In dado in sides

1

Drawer back

3/4

8V2

323/4

Maple

In dado in sides

2

Drawer bottoms

V4

141/2

303/8

Plywood

4

Drawer runners

1

11/2

141/4

Quartersawn white oak

3/4" TOE

BACK

3

Back frame rails

3/4

2V2

30

Poplar

3/4" TBE

3

Back frame stiles

3/4

2V2

433/8

Poplar

2

Back planks

V2

47/8

433/8

Poplar

V4 " rabbet one edge

4

Back planks

V2

47/8

433/8

Poplar

V4 " rabbet both edges

TBE

= Tenon Both Ends; TAS= Tenon All Sides; TOE=

Tenon One End

NO. ITEM

36

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