In search of... Chippendale six drawer Chest plans/drawings?

I am looking for plans/drawings of the chest of drawers in the attached picture. I have looked everywhere I know to look but I'm coming up short. Any help would be great.
 

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I am looking for plans/drawings of the chest of drawers in the attached picture. I have looked everywhere I know to look but I'm coming up short. Any help would be great.
Don, I hate to answer a question with a question, but:
- What's the source of the photo and do you have reason to believe there have been plans drawn from that particular piece?
- Are you looking for plans for that particular piece, or just asking for plans for a chest of that type?
- What sources have you already checked for plans (saves us the effort of checking sources you have already looked through).

I don't believe we have any SAPFM plans for a piece like that. My initial thought is to check some of Glen Huey's books for a chest like that one.

Mark
 
When I was in business I never had/used drawings/plans. You do not need them. Just scale the drawing and them make a make a formula/equation. Much easier!
Dennis Bork
 
Don, I hate to answer a question with a question, but:
- What's the source of the photo and do you have reason to believe there have been plans drawn from that particular piece?
- Are you looking for plans for that particular piece, or just asking for plans for a chest of that type?
- What sources have you already checked for plans (saves us the effort of checking sources you have already looked through).

I don't believe we have any SAPFM plans for a piece like that. My initial thought is to check some of Glen Huey's books for a chest like that one.

Mark
Good morning Mark,

What's the source of the photo and do you have reason to believe there have been plans drawn from that particular piece?
The source picture is taken from an Antique furniture online store, that my wife found. That is the type she would like.

- Are you looking for plans for that particular piece, or just asking for plans for a chest of that type?
I am(WAS) looking for plans for a chest of that type.

- What sources have you already checked for plans (saves us the effort of checking sources you have already looked through).
I purchased multiple books of Mr. Huey's and others. I feel I will be able to modify his drawing of the Chester County Tall Chest to meet my wife's request.

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my Post. Your questions were very helpful, and gave me a little more insight on how I need to ask for help on this sight.

Don Curtis
 
I recognize that piece off Leonards site. 52" tall and 39.5 wide. Thats a pretty straight forward piece to scale off of. Even if you change the dimensions to suit your space, its still not bad. Ive always done my own drawings, full scale.
 
I recognize that piece off Leonards site. 52" tall and 39.5 wide. Thats a pretty straight forward piece to scale off of. Even if you change the dimensions to suit your space, its still not bad. Ive always done my own drawings, full scale.
If I had that skill set, I would not have asked others to help me find plans. Since two of you have given me the same advice I think I will stop posting in these forums until I'm much more experienced in building. I have only build a few little things and my workbench where I followed the FWW plans. It turned out well, but I do not have the experience to know where and when to which joinery is the best to use and the like.
 
If I had that skill set, I would not have asked others to help me find plans. Since two of you have given me the same advice I think I will stop posting in these forums until I'm much more experienced in building. I have only build a few little things and my workbench where I followed the FWW plans. It turned out well, but I do not have the experience to know where and when to which joinery is the best to use and the like.
Don, SAPFM is for "the novice...to the amateur master...to the skilled professional." It says so on our promotional materials, and I have that printed on my business cards. Don't be discouraged if others on this forum are more advanced than you (and me), you definitely belong here. Keep posting!

Also, no one starts by scaling from photos...IMO you need the experience of following plans to get acquainted with the joinery methods that are appropriate for a given piece. Neither FWW nor Glen Huey will steer you wrong in that regard, but both will focus primarily on power tool methods. If you want to discuss why that might not always be the best approach, we can start a new thread.

Mark Maleski
 
Don,

If you are looking for info on how things are put together, look into books by Gottschall. You should be able to find them on Amazon. Salomonsky as well. They are basically measured shop drawings. There are others out there as well. Fine Woodworking put out a book a while ago(mid 90's) on "Making Period Furniture" that is good. If you can get Fine Woodworking issues from the beginning or early years, they are good.

When I do drawings, I do not show the joinery. Reason- I do this for $ and its a waste of time to draw it and if all the joinery lines were on the paper the client would not know what they are looking at anyway. Hence my response of "just scale it". That doesn't help you though....

The piece- you can make it a few ways. Its a dovetailed box and the dividers are dovetailed into the case. The base molding could be a lipped frame. Feet would be splined mitered and glued to the frame with some glue blocks.

Hope this helps.
Pete Aleksa
Cherry Brook Woodworks
 
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