Simply country designs, like this blanket chest, fit into a wide variety of settings and are perfect projects for developing your hand-tool skills. This dovetailed chest is chock-full of challenging joinery yet is not overwhelming. Andrew Hunter did everything by hand, including milling the lumber and making the hinges. But you could use a jointer and planer and begin the handwork later, starting with the grooves for the sides, adding the arches to the side pieces, cutting the dovetails and the rabbets, and doing the final smoothing before assembly.
What's Included:
Extensive full-size and scale drawings
Complete cutlist
Step-by-step companion article
Dimensions:
17 in. wide by 29 3/4 in. long by 15 13/16 in. tall