The ash chest is finished and here's some photos of the last stages of its construction.
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| The bottom boards are fitted. |
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| The long boards are fixed with draw-bored dry pegs. |
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| Another long board is fitted... |
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| ...and one on the other side |
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| The top long board on the back of the chest has been left longer than the others to allow the formation of the hinge pegs |
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| With all the boards fixed it's time to make the lid... |
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| ...starting with the two lid sides which are fitted onto the hinge pegs. |
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| The middle board is through tenoned along its whole width |
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| The other two boards are fitted into a groove in the lid's side boards as well as having part of their width as a through tenon. |
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| The lid sides are shaped for decoration and to allow pegs to be fitted from above, fixing all the tenons in place. |
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| Finally all the pegs are trimmed flush, I carved my name and date inside the lid... |
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| ...and the outside was finished with a couple of coats of beeswax polish. | |
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Thanks to
Peter Follansbee for posting the
video of the Hungarian woodworker making a riven chest which enabled me to make this one. Also to
Tamas Gyenes in Hungary who I think sent the video to Peter originally and who has been kind enough to answer a few of my emailed questions concerning details of construction.
