Craftsmanship in Wood

Thanks Chris, weird...seems to work fine now.

Here are the other two;

A stopped and coved groove - what tool did you use for that? (I don't care if you used a router - just curious)

I used an in-sweep gouge along with using my finger as a fence. I conceded to using sandpaper, however, to remove the undulations.

Electric routers make me incredibly nervous at this juncture. If I had to replace any of those drawer fronts it would ruin my efforts as they would not match as part of a single board used to make the cabinet face.

Good morning! I'm on the home stretch now, wrapping up what's left to complete the Butler's desk. I've finished installing the lock for the desk drawer and detailed the installation here;

https://brianholcombewoodworker.com/201 ... lers-desk/

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I hope this might come in handy for those of you installing full mortise locks into cabinetry, of which there are not many (if any) tutorials online.

So clean, and the wood grain going from the large panels to the drawers is great!

Thank you!

Good morning! The butler's desk is nearing completion, but there are a few details left to finish, the primary one which has been lingering in my mind for quite a while is the stay for the desktop. While historical examples leave it out, I've been nervous that the desk could be damaged by opening it and letting it flop down without the supporting drawer extended.

In order to counter that I've begun building a stay out of 360 brass using a Bridgeport mill and some basic hand tools.

https://brianholcombewoodworker.com/201 ... -hardware/

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I can't post the images, wordpress keeps them at full size...

Excellent work Brian! It's jolly nice to have a mill, isn't it?

In regards to files, I can say one thing I learned about when on the Ford Hallam class a year or so back: Magicut files. They are really quite awesome. I have obtained a set of them now. Here's a link:

http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/nich ... le-14.aspx

Thank you! Absolutely, it's really nice to just put what's in your mind down in metal rather than to search for it. I think I honestly spent more time searching online and buying/returning things that wouldn't work than I actually spent metal working, lol.

Thanks for the rec on the files, I will buy some of those! I am certainly in need of some fast material removal files. I bought one from Grobet USA and it's not great.

Nicholson seems to have upped their game in some departments, the precision files are nicholson and pretty much just as good as the Iridium (Corradi) that I have for auger bits.