Boarded Chest II – Milling

2014.08.10

I bought some 1x12 pine yesterday, and today began crosscutting the pieces for the chest.  This one will be about three feet long.

1x12 yellow pine boards for boarded chest
Pieces for boarded chest

After cleaning up the crosscut ends on the shooting board, I rabbeted the front and back boards to receive the sides and the bottom.

Shooting end of yellow pine board for boarded chest
Rabbets on long side of boarded chest

2014.08.11

I sawed notches in the end boards to receive the front and back, and then sawed, chiseled, and routed dadoes for the bottom.

Sawing dado in end board of boarded chest
Boarded chest end boards with dadoes