glreynolds
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Hi Folks,
I'm trying to understand how the central drawer on this high boy was constructed! I have attached 4 pics. The question is the front panel of the drawer. It has been excavated to form a concave front which has inlays to represent a shell. At the bottom of the drawer front, the excavation is 7/8" deep. The sides and top are 3/4" thick. The bottom shows a required thickness of 1 1/4". As pic 1089 shows, on the inside of the front panel there is a bulge shaped as the fan providing the necessary depth for the concave excavation. My conclusion is that the drawer front was made from a 1 1/4" thick piece, which was then reduced from the back to leave the 3/4" inch top and sides of the front panel. My first reaction was that the inside bulge was simply a piece added to provide strength to a front that had been reduced to a very thin piece from the excavation. After looking closely, I could see the bottom of the excavation was 7/8", and therefore what appeared as a 3/4" thick front wouldn't have been thick enough for the concave depression. If the interior bulge had been added to allow the 7/8" depth a seam would be apparent where the two pieces wee glued together.
I guess I'm surprised that the 1 1/4" thick front was reduced in thickness around the sides and top. Why not leave the front 1 1/4 thick all around?
Was this a typical treatment for a drawer front like this? I know I have seen other pics of the inside of a drawer front that had the bulge giving extra thickness.
Gary
I'm trying to understand how the central drawer on this high boy was constructed! I have attached 4 pics. The question is the front panel of the drawer. It has been excavated to form a concave front which has inlays to represent a shell. At the bottom of the drawer front, the excavation is 7/8" deep. The sides and top are 3/4" thick. The bottom shows a required thickness of 1 1/4". As pic 1089 shows, on the inside of the front panel there is a bulge shaped as the fan providing the necessary depth for the concave excavation. My conclusion is that the drawer front was made from a 1 1/4" thick piece, which was then reduced from the back to leave the 3/4" inch top and sides of the front panel. My first reaction was that the inside bulge was simply a piece added to provide strength to a front that had been reduced to a very thin piece from the excavation. After looking closely, I could see the bottom of the excavation was 7/8", and therefore what appeared as a 3/4" thick front wouldn't have been thick enough for the concave depression. If the interior bulge had been added to allow the 7/8" depth a seam would be apparent where the two pieces wee glued together.
I guess I'm surprised that the 1 1/4" thick front was reduced in thickness around the sides and top. Why not leave the front 1 1/4 thick all around?
Was this a typical treatment for a drawer front like this? I know I have seen other pics of the inside of a drawer front that had the bulge giving extra thickness.
Gary
