- The proper, legitimate, and just reward of labor.
- Security of person and property.
- The greatest practicable amount of freedom to each individual.
- Economy in the production and uses of wealth.
- To open the way for each individual to the possession of land, and all other natural wealth.
- To make the interests of all to co-operate with and assist each other, instead of clashing with and counteracting each other.
- To withdraw the elements of discord, of war, of distrust and repulsion, and to establish a prevailing spirit of peace, order, and social sympathy.
— Josiah Warren, “Equitable Commerce,” 1852
Did you miter and nail on the base frame? The ones I’ve seen you make thus far have the base dovetailed.
This chest has a skirt that is mitered, nailed and (tomorrow) screwed at the corners. I’m using some historical techniques I’ve seen on surviving chests in an attempt to simplify the design.
Just curious, are you getting a lot of complaints that the chest is too difficult to build?
Your original design was a blast to build.
Building the full-size chest is difficult in a week-long class. This is simply an alternative for students.
Older than you and a former Goldwater republican this sounds more liberal than I am today.
And i thought you gave up politics when you went into woodworking !
Ken,
As always, don’t take quotes here literally. I reject being labeled “liberal,” “conservative” or “likes to lick hammers.” The labels divide us needlessly.
Amen.
add another Amen … of course that suggests that we are now bringing religion as well into this discussion …
Two questions: what’s the yellow bottle of pee- looking liquid on your bench?
The profile on your skirt, is that from one moulding plane or two?
1. Jojoba oil.
2. A 3/8″ square ovolo moulding plane.
Jojoba oil! Cheaper than camella oil. Grown in the N. American SW. Available at any Whole Foods. Mixes with coconut oil and bee’s wax 1:1:1 (in a pickle jar, in your glue pot) to make a “butter” that lubricates planes and saws, gives favorable service as a Maloof type finish, and works wonders on knuckles, elbows and lips in the dry winter. (discovered on accident since lanolin smells like the South end of a Northbound sheep to me)
If only the TSA would get used to me re-packaging the bulk bottles of raw oil into 3oz in un-labed containers of slippery, amber, orderless liquid and stop divesting me of my oil (used on the road in place of hand lotion and lip wax).
And from the ‘since it’s 4am, there is still time for one more bad decision’ department:
“To make the interests of all..” a common definition of “interest of all” would require common education to ensure common thought and eradicate errant (Anarchist?) thought processes. Such tinder will ever the choicest fuel for the bonfires of kleptocracy. Until we invent a model of selfless, benevolent, Robot Overlord Governors to rule us like gentile sheep on the pastoral hillsides of plenty we might be well served by a system that works with human nature instead. (even then, I will worry deeply about whomever is programming the firmware of the ROBs)
The anarchist, the woodworker, and the tool chest.
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Chris on the right between the window and the cabinet you have a few things hanging . one of them looks to be a square that I have not seen before. so am I right ?
Yup. There is a Wierix square (a 16th century square) and a “reglet” – a 16th c straightedge.
You can read all about the square on my other blog, including free plans…
http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog?s=wierix
If the anarchist in you wants to start a utopian woodworking commune, l will gladly join you.
Sounds like my kind of place.
me too