Been working on this for a while now (What are some of your go-to inspiration galleries, sites, blogs for projects? - #2 by WillAdams), and set myself a hard deadline to at least share the beginnings of it.
The Smithsonian has a page on it:
as does Monticello:
and there is at least one book:
(my copy is not signed, though I remember reading a number of this author’s works when I was younger, and I feel a special connection to Thos. Jefferson since I grew up down the road from a home which he had designed, often going there for summer parties and so forth)
and of course, many web pages including:
which has a link to a PDF from Fine Woodworking Magazine:
which has been made freely available — I suspect because the hinges are no long readily available (see below)
Started by drawing up/modeling the hardware:
(choice of finishes)
I selected the antiqued option to match:
but it has since more than doubled in price since I started, so picked up:
For hinges, intially chose:
but not wild about them.
Have been considering:
(and the manufacturer when contacted was kind enough to share a drawing showing the modification needed to allow opening to 180 degrees)
and there is also:
which looks far more reasonable price-wise since the price-hike of the afore-mentioned lock.
Another option of course, is to just make the hardware — that may happen for a future implementation.
Modeled the hardware:
Hinges:
https://www.blockscad3d.com/community/projects/1517082
https://www.blockscad3d.com/community/projects/1421975
Handle:
https://www.blockscad3d.com/community/projects/1517090
Lock:
https://www.blockscad3d.com/community/projects/1517089
(dismantling one and modeling the actual mechanism seems a rather obvious thing to do)
as well as the project as a whole:
https://www.blockscad3d.com/community/projects/1478506
I’ve got the drawer pretty much cut and assembled (aside from a small issue with a sub-divider) so will be working through those issues and putting up files as I re-cut things, and re-work for the various options of hardware.
Carbide Create files will be uploaded as parts are re-cut and fit is verified — using Bamboo and Richlite, but any suitable materials may be used.
