I am in the process of cutting dovetails in the lower drawers for a Bombe chest and am struggling to get them right. Lance Patterson had a good article on building his Bombe chest with an explanation of cutting angles for a slope sided box. this has helped as the fronts of the drawers slope together in both directions, but I’m still having a hard time.
I have searched Fine Woodworking and can’t find anything other than Lance Patterson’s article. Any suggestions of where to look?
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You might check Charles Neil series, I think he has one on Bombay and making the dovetails. I can't stand his delivery, but the guy knows what he is doing.
Another one owuld be to contact Bret here or at woodworkingtalk.com he has done them for a couple of tables he made and could give you some advice.
http://www.thomasjmacdonald.com/media/category.php?cat=Bombe-Secretary-Project
A video series on building a Bombe. Might help.
pete
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