Once my workbench was finished I wanted to make an actual piece of furniture. This is what I did.
It’s a Shaker-style side table with a cherry top and a walnut base.
The sides of the drawers are also cherry.
I used three techniques new to me in this build:
- A curved drawer front.
- Cock beading around the edges of the drawer front.
- Drawer slips to hold the draw bottom.
The curved drawer front is three 1/4″ walnut pieces glued together on curved form.
The cock beading is the small frame of walnut around the edges of the drawer front. This was a fun new experience.
The drawer slips are the narrow pieces on the bottom edges of the drawer sides. They are glued to the sides and have a groove in them for the drawer bottom.
It was great making a real piece of furniture again. It had been a very long time.
-Eric
Eric J. Knapp 
Very nice, Eric. Kudos!
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Thank you, Ron. This was a very satisfying build.
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Beautiful piece, the proportions, curved front and cock bead are all stunning. I have never heard of drawer slips. Interesting idea. Did you find they have some advantage to routing a groove in the sides of the drawers?
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Hello, James. Thank you for your kind comments. These comments don’t allow for a good answer to your question about drawer slips. I wrote a blog post about them to answer you:
https://ericjknapp.com/2020/10/12/more-about-drawer-slips/
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Excellent – thanks for the additional blog post describing them. Always good to have another option in the tool box of ideas.
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