Having a few days free this week, I finally got back in the shop for the first time this year. The same thing happened last year – I wasn’t in the shop for the first couple of months of the year. I’m not sure why this happens. It seems like the deep, dark months of January and February would be a great time to be in the shop. Maybe I’m distracted by other projects that I’ve come up with for the new year. Anyway, I’m back.
The major result of my past few days in the shop has been the fabrication of drawers for the sewing machine cabinet. Now I feel like this thing is making some real progress! The drawers are constructed of baltic birch plywood for the sides and back, and hardboard for the bottom. The fronts are made of solid cherry with a cutout at the top for a hand hold. The cutouts have a cove profile routed on the backside to provide some additional grip.
