Gallery of Project Photos

• Ambry Project in Process
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  Close up of the bead profile. The profile is ¾" wide and initially defined by 2 groves 1/16" in width and 3/16" deep. Then the bead itself is formed with a block plane and a hollow plane to give the rounded over profile.

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  Front view of carcass with back attached

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  Back view of carcass with back attached. The backboards are ½" thick yellow pine boards with ½" rabbets on alternating edges and installed with ¼" overlap. This will keep any gaps from appearing if the wood shrinks and still have room if they expand without busting apart the carcass.

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  Rear view of carcass before the back was attached. Note that the shelves are inset ½" to leave room for the backboards. That keeps them from showing from the side.

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  A selection of my chisels and rasps for this project. Most work was done with the 12mm single bevel straight chisel.

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  Back view of the (almost) completed project

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  Front view of the (almost) completed project

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  Side view of the (almost) completed project

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  Top view of the (almost) completed project

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  Carving the door. This was the final panel and went much more quickly than the others. Also shown here the hand-forged hinges that will attach the door to the main carcass.

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  The blank face frame mortised together and ready for detail work.

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  Rosehead cut nails as I used in the project and a hand-forged hammer to drive them home.

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  The hollow plane I used to form the bead molding.

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  Cleaning up the saw cuts with a rasp. Working vertically with a 2-handed grip helped a lot.

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  I used this router plane setup to plow the groves that form the basis of the bead molding.

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