I put a roundover and fillet on the front and side edges of the lid of the Dutch tool chest. I do not owned any moulding planes so I had to stick to something I could do with rabbet and block planes. I started by planing a 3/16” deep, 7/8” wide rabbet around the edges and then I played around with French curves to choose something I liked. I marked the curve on the edges and traced lines all around to mark the beginning and end of the curve as well as the beginning and end of a tangent line to the curve; I also scribbled a lot of pencil strokes across those lines to help me track my progress once I got planing. I started by planing a flat bevel on the front edge using a block plane, down to the endpoints of my tangent line; I chose to start with the front edge because it exposes some end grain, so I would have a chance to fix any spelching once I moved on to the side edges (actually I pre-planed the last half-inch of the front edge, so I did not get any spelching). Then I planed down to the curve and after that I did the same for the side edges. Finally I smoothed everything with a sanding block with 220-grit paper. #DutchToolChest #ToolChest #HandToolsOnly #Poplar #Woodworking
Argh! Is that some sort of modern art? I am not sure how it happened, but the holes for the hasp of the Dutch tool chest ended up almost 1/8” farther than planned from the edge of the lid (trying to measure from the rounded hinge of the hasp did not help). I ended up making some plugs and drilling new holes. Luckily none of this mess will be visible once the hasp is installed. #DutchToolChest #ToolChest #HandToolsOnly #Poplar
