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Finally! After 1 month of planning and 9 months of construction (with 3 months of interruptions), here are the results.  This project involved several firsts for me, so here's the rap sheet. First grain selection & planning from the beginning First resawing and experience with case hardening problems First bookmatched panels First handcut inlays First quadrilinear legs First corbels First

Hinge Mortises   I didn't have much trouble mortising the hinges onto the back of the chest.  Mostly chisel work and finishing it up with the router plane.  Easy peasy, nice and relaxing. I need to buy a drill bit centering marker jobbie because two of my hinge holes were a little off.  I made a few "toothpicks", added a little glue and shoved them in, let them dry, cut them flush, and drilled

An Apology I want to start off by apologizing for the lack of photographs detailing the final stages of this project.  It may seem like I stopped caring about whoever is reading this, but the truth is, it took all of my concentration to not make mistakes (or to recover from mistakes made) as I approached the completion of this project.  Finishing the bench consumed all of my thought, energy and