Final Finish a Dresser Coated

This week I finally applied the closing coats of finish to my three-drawer chest. It's quite a long process taking it from the early design stage through prototyping. It's important that the final piece fits the plan and on a larger project like this one, one with many hidden complexities, that all the bugs are worked through. Though I have made two whole carcases or all but, I have yet to complete all the drawers for the prototype. If you want to skip the post below and go straight to the web for watching the intro here you go.

Making a project like this can look complicated when you see the inner workings of the jointed components in relation to one another but taking one piece and one joint at a time suddenly makes sense. Before you know it you're glueing up, planing to fit and applying your chosen finish. 12-20 days work and you have a lifetime heirloom to pass forward to your children and your grandchildren; perhaps a wedding gift or something to celebrate a new birth.

Instead of one cameraman working, the projects from here on will be filmed by two. Working with Phil and Ellie is a real treat for me because as I am crafting my project, I see them crafting the videos from behind the lenses to the final edits. They capture the real me and not an actor. Nothing slips them, and they do everything they can to make it as real as possible in visual and audible elements. They too are crafting artisans in a different medium.

Watch the snapshot of the upcoming series and then if you want to follow the series join woodworkingmasterclasses.com as a paying member. My hope is that you will make the project, but if you don't, you will certainly learn a lot from just watching.