Deacon's Bench

Present for my brother-in-law and his wife for their wedding.  Carcass is Soft Maple. Tops, back rail, handle and knob are locally cut 100 (ish) year old Norway Maple.

The idea came from this picture I found on-line.

I drew out plans to figure out assembly, and got my idea for the carved anchor from their "save the date" card.  

Some tools I made for this project (panel gauge and large accurate square) since I needed them anyway. (A la Christopher Schwarz)

Close-ups of the door lock mechanism while the glue dries.

The wedge in top picture will be cut later.

Plowing the ship lap grooves for the back panel

Not much dust, but lots of shavings

Anchor relief carving

 

Dovetails

Creating the dadoes with saw, chisel and router plane

Joinery complete and ready for final sanding

Groove for the handle bottom, ganged with a forstner bit

Cutting the Norway Maple tops

Fitting/assembly

Fitting the carcass

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Fitting cabinet carcass stringers

Pegged and lap jointed door frame

smoothing the Cyma curves

Skirt ready to install.