Machine-Made Coffer
Anissa Kapsales, who doesn’t own a grooving plane, makes one of Chris Schwarz’s coffers, cutting the joinery on the table saw.Christopher Schwarz’s coffer chest is a remarkable example of woodworking craftsmanship, with its joinery constructed using nothing but tongues and grooves. To create this joinery, Schwarz employs a tongue-and-groove plane—an ingenious tool that cuts both tongues and grooves. You need only to rotate the plane’s fence to change between cutting tongues or grooves. The plane is designed to center on 3/4-in. stock, leaving 1/4-in.-wide tongues and grooves.
In this video, Anissa Kapsales offers a fresh take on this classic project by reimagining the traditional construction process. Instead of relying on the tongue-and-groove plane, she uses a table saw to cut all the joinery. Through this adaptation, Kapsales demonstrates that, while the tools and methods may change, the overall design and functionality of the piece remain unaffected.
Comments
Really enjoy this run and gun type video. Super casual just building, hearing the thought behind the building. Anissa is a natural! Great editing too.
Nice video that does something I think many of us wonder about: how to translate one type of woodworking into something we can do in our own shops.
What a nice shop Anissa has, such lovely light! And is THAT the dust collector Barry messed up?
Is the cross grain gluing the panels to the leg a concern?
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