After fine-tuning the quirks with the new replacement lock and its brass catch plate, I turned my attention to the cedar hope chest’s half-mortise. I measured and compared the existing depth and width of the half-mortise with the dimensions …
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Last winter, a friend gifted me an old cedar hope chest. The piece was made by her late father-in-law, an amateur woodworker. Since she and her husband were preparing to sell their home and move to a smaller place, she …
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By trapping the couplings in a small block, the attachment points remain hidden.
Read moreThe key to selection is knowing the terminology and how a lock works. Locks protect our worldly goods from outsiders who wish to take those goods from us. In earlier days, the use of furniture locks had a somewhat …
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Len Cullum demonstrates how to make tansu hardware, including all the plates and corner braces out of sheets of copper.
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