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                                                       Design and Build of of a Jewelry Armoire
 

                  Norman Pirollo is chronicling the building of a beautiful jewelry armoire complete with hand cut dovetail drawers
                  and other fine details. He is writing about it step by step as it is completed. Here is what we have so far:

                        Introduction to the project
                  Wood selection and preparation
                  Getting ready to start building
                  Discussion about the design
                  Ramblings about furniture design
                  Thoughts on doing fine detail work
                  Preliminary fitting
                  Carcase assembly
                  Power routing grooves
                  Back panel installed
                  Door design
                  Door frame sizing
                  Figured panel preparation
                  Door fitting
                  Door detail
                  Dynamic design- A discussion about modifying your project after starting
                  Installing knife hinges Part 1
                  Installing knife hinges Part 2
                  Mounting the doors
                  Drawer case mockup
                  Making the components for the drawer case
                  Assembling the drawer case
                  Dovetail layout
                  Building the drawers Part 1
                  Building the drawers Part 2
                  Building the drawers Part 3
                  Building the armoire stand Part 1
                  Building the armoire stand Part 2
                  Building the armoire stand Part 3
                  Close up pictures of the detail work