Tools I made

Smoother plane, high-angles smoother, jointer, coopering plane, knives, paring chisels, scraper, couple marking tools and couple planes-in-progress

Final photo 1

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Final photo 4

Frame and Panel completed

Carcass with top and bottom profiles cut

late night dovetails

thi

This is what happens when you cut dovetails after 11:30 pm.  Luckily, just the drawer backs.

parts

rough milled frame, panel and partition parts

Lebanese Cedar

Lebanese Cedar plank for back panel and drawer bottoms.  Just used a 2' x 6" piece from lower left corner which I resawed and bookmatched.

Final (of many) interior mock-up

aligning grain graphics

cabinet sides

Laid out carcass sides based on door grain graphics

coopered door burnishing

After gluing-up and shaping door, here's the natural burnished sheen left by the wooden plane

Coopered door staves layout

I took these from two layers of resawn plank in order to eliminate a large knot

the slab

Here's the French Walnut slab I started with.  17 board feet - approx 4' tall, 2 1/2 " thick.  Seduced by the grain graphics....