A William and Mary Simulated Tortoiseshell Chest of Drawers – Part Three

To those who commented and emailed in response to Part Two regarding the method of affixing the D-moulded dustboards within the carcase and covering the ends of the dustboards/housings, the following will hopefully go some way to making the procedure a little clearer.

The 1/2″ wide housings are cut 3/8″ deep into the carcase sides (figure 1) and a continuation of the 1/2″ D-moulding is applied to the front edges of the carcase sides which also serves to hide the housings (figure 3).

Fig. 1. Protruding D-moulded dustboard glued into housing in carcase side (carcase laid on its back).

Fig. 2. Dustboard end mitred to meet applied D-moulding.

Fig. 3. Applied vertical D-moulding completes the effect and hides the housings.

Jack Plane