Making a Dovetailed Tea Cabinet - (Part 1) | Fine Woodworking

This is a project based on Mike Pekovich's design of a small tea cabinet featuring Kumiko and a sliding panel.
Wood: Maple and walnut for carcass and drawers, ebony for the pulls, basswood for the Kumiko.
Finishing: Danish oil and matt OSMO.
Tools: Lea Nielsen, Veritas and Axminster
No fasteners has been harmed creating this project.
Working in a small space in my London apartment I mostly used hand tools and traditional joinery.
The goal of this project is to create the design and the cabinet from only reference pictures and to be able to produce something nice without any heavy powered machine.
Time and Patience.
Ask me anything in the comments and thanks for watching. Enjoy!
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[@stevewest980]

Nicely done video! Nice work too!

[@rachelturner-siewert5318]

Wow, you are very skilled. This is so beautifully done. I hope we get to see more from you.

[@mirkoupaz]

Amazing work! Look forward for part2

[@juan_legaspi]

Beautiful piece and excellent quality in your work. Thanks for sharing man!

[@iCinghio]

Really nice work 🥰 , can't wait for next awesome videos 🥰🤟🤟

[@debowjr]

Fantastic work. 👍

[@dfwoodworks]

Thanks!

[@dannielrolfe8079]

Well done! Do you sell the plans for this cabinet?

[@mpukayubrewok]

great stady hand love to watch.

[@dfwoodworks]

Many thanks!

[@mccrich8094]

David, enjoying your builds, especially the tea box as I'm looking to make one. Also, can you tell me if you made your workbench or if not, what brand it is? It looks like it's beech. Anyway, keep up the good work and the great videos. Thanks.

[@dfwoodworks]

Hello there! Many thanks! Yes I built the workbench out of steamed beech. A bit small now that I have (built) a space for woodworking, but super sturdy.😉

[@lioneljsimon]

Amazing vid, love the excecution, very graceful....would you mind sharing the critical dimentions? looking forward to more vids!!

[@dfwoodworks]

Hi! Thanks. Dimensions are approximately 34x19x15 cm.

[@saintpumpkin]

my boy

[@nathanmcwayne5705]

Do you sell plans for the router table? Thanks - Great video

[@dfwoodworks]

Hi Nathan, not yet, but I'm currently in the process to build a website with all the plans. And more videos soon. I'll keep you update!

[@TWC6724]

Nicely done 👍. Where do you get that plastic counter pressure thing for you vise? Sorry, I don’t know what it’s called.

[@DavideFortuna]

Thanks! It’s a vice rack stop from Lee Valley. You can easily build one but I found it for a good price!

[@JoaoAlvesCarlos]

Beautiful piece of furniture! I intend to build the same Pekovich’s style cabinet as soon as I can. What rough measures did you use for the carcuss?

[@dfwoodworks]

Hello and thanks. Measures are roughly 340x190x150. Good luck with your project!

[@michaelguerrieri3583]

Are you able to share the plans for this projects? It looks awesome!!

[@dfwoodworks]

Many thanks! Unfortunately I don't have plans available at the moment.

[@danialsturge8181]

Amazing work! As someone who also works indoors on a small workbench, can I ask where your workbench is from? I’m assuming it’s made by yourself?

[@dfwoodworks]

Thanks! Yes the workbench is "homemade" as well, no video unfortunately. the design is based on the Sjöbergs 1060

[@GavinYoung28]

Looks great, when you resawed, how much thicker than final thickness did you saw?😊

[@dfwoodworks]

Hello! I tend to leave at least 2 mm each side of the saw (4mm in total) to allows for errors, still it is not much and I have to be careful . Thanks!

[@seanrobinson203]

software for design?

[@wickedslowAE86]

What company makes the layout tool you’re using at 2:25? Looks interesting

[@dfwoodworks]

I think I got it from Banggood but I don't remember the brand.

[@douglee650]

Can you let us know what plane you ate using, please?

[@dfwoodworks]

Hi! I used manly the No. 62 Low Angle Jack Plane, number 4 Smoothing plane and a block plane from Lie Nielsen

[@annataranova7048]

Part 2?

[@dfwoodworks]

done!