This one has been a very long time in coming. On Might 31, 2020, I introduced right here that I used to be writing a guide on Dutch device chests. At this time, November, 8, 2024, “Dutch Device Chests” is lastly in our warehouse and out there for order. (Shock! – the quilt is blue.)
Contained in the guide, you’ll discover in-depth instruction that will help you construct your individual slant-lid chest, from soup (selecting the wooden) to nuts (and bolts – which I counsel you utilize to connect the chest handles). There are plans and reducing lists for 2 completely different chest sizes, in addition to for a rolling base that provides storage and comfort for shifting it across the store.
I like these chests – and have constructed quite a lot of! I discover them to be nice additions to the workshop and for hauling instruments hither and yon after I drive someplace to show. (And, due to the enjoyable of the “hidden” backside compartment, these additionally make glorious toy chests for teenagers!) However extra invaluable in the long run (if I do say so myself) than the chest are the detailed classes on some fundamentals of hand-tool woodworking: dados, rabbets, through-dovetails and extra. My intent is that in constructing this chest, you’ll be taught abilities that may serve you properly in all of your hand-tool tasks to come back.
Plus, you’ll discover a foreword from Roy Underhill, and a gallery of chests from 43 different makers (my favourite a part of the guide) that exhibits intelligent inside (and some exterior!) modifications. Distinctive options that set them aside, and will be tailored on your personal device storage wants.
“Dutch Device Chests” is 192 pages and is printed on 8-1/2” x 11” #70 matte-coated paper in Tennessee. The pages are folded into signatures, sewn, glued and bolstered with fiber-based tape to create a everlasting binding. Enclosing the signatures are heavy (98-pt.) blue-fabric-covered boards. The duvet and backbone are adorned with a silver foil die stamp.
The guide is $39 and comes with a free pdf should you order it from us by December 11. And all copies ordered direct from us may have my illegible scrawl of a signature within the entrance of the guide. (We don’t know which of our retailers will carry it; I and my cats certain hope all of them do! For full data on that, click on right here.)
Be aware: Orders positioned at present (Friday, Nov. 8), will ship on Tuesday, Nov. 12 due to the vacation.
Desk of Contents:
Foreword 1
1. Let’s Go ‘Dutch’ 5
2. Supplies 11
3. Components Prep 23
4. Dovetails 29
5. Dados 49
6. Cabinets 57
7. Prime Angles 61
8. Meeting 65
9. Lock & Batten Notches 71
10. Backside Lip 75
11. Entrance 79
12. Fall Entrance 83
13. Backboards 91
14. Lid 97
15. {Hardware} 111
16. Paint 121
17. Inside 127
18. Cell Base 133
19. Gallery 139
Acknowledgments 185
– Fitz
p.s. As a result of somebody at all times asks: Totally loaded with my instruments for any given class, my white pine chest weighs lower than 50 lbs. For now, I can nonetheless get it into the again of my automotive on my own (although it was simpler for me 4 years in the past after I first started writing “Dutch Device Chests“).
