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Shop Notes

Design Software

T he most frequent question I’m asked whenever

I post pictures of a piece of woodworking is :

“What software did you use to design that?”

I suppose it’s natural given the drawings that often

accompany the articles. But the disappointing truth

is that I don’t use design or CAD software before I

build. All of these drawings are after the fact creations

in my favorite graphics application: Freehand. This

Luddite approach surprises most who know me.

Because my days are spent bathed in the glow of

multiple monitors, it’s assumed that I think that

everything is best done on a computer. Nothing

could be farther from the truth. Most every situation

I encounter in the shop can be handled with a pen

and a piece of graph paper-and usually faster. The

finer details are settled during construction -

measured against actual openings and the like.

The photographs with this article show a simple

chest I built for some friends at Christmas, and the

single drawing that existed before I started.

Not much to it really. I started by making the legs.

When those were fabricated I made a mock-up of

the chest with corrugated cardboard and attached

the legs with spring clamps. This let me verify the

dimensions looked right from several angles. The

box is a simple six-board trunk, dovetailed at the

corners, bottom set in a groove, and a top with

breadboard edging on three sides. All of the planks

were edge-glued from narrower widths. After all,

when was the last time you saw an 18 inch wide

board?

And now, for the folks who've asked, a measured

drawing . . . .

2-3/4”

1/4”

45 °

1-1/2”

Dimensions for lid

3/4”

1-1/2”

Dimensions for legs. Each leg

consists of two mirror-image pieces

glued together.

1 6

Dimensions for dovetail-joined box.

Assembled leg.

Chest - Simple Chest.pdf

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