Putting the Linen in the Linenfold:
Removing most of the waste on the ends with the overarm router.
Ready to carve.
Stages, right to left: Raw, carved, finished.
And finished up close. These are a very simple pattern, akin to the earliest ones from the 15th century.
Test fit of the bottom. I wanted to conserve my cherry, so I went with red oak here. The panels are shiplaped and set in grooves running around the inside of the bottom rails. The chest is going to New Mexico, which has a very dry environment. But the owner travels to sell his shoes, so there will be a lot of wood movement. Given that, these are all loose fit. Each panel overlaps its neighbors by as much as half an inch, so there should always be overlap.
Test fit of a side and panels.
The ends, with the legs.
Full test fit.
This took 10 days from start to this point, mostly in the evening. I was working fairly fast.
Enough for now. Big finish tomorrow.
Kirk