About 9 hours in the shop today. Somehow between obsessing, watching and rewatching a portion of the tool chest build video, all I managed to get done today was to cut another bead detail on the bottom lip and build and fit the fall out front panel.
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My 1/4 thick sliding "lock bar" was fine until I decided to use a brace and 1" auger to make a finger hole. I didn't think to drill a pilot hole for the auger screw and it promptly split the board about 5 inches down.
Not a complete disaster as I made a big pilot hole clamped the board to keep it from splitting further and finished the auger. Some CA glue in the split and clamping seems to have remedied the split. Now I know I have to learn more about when to make pilot holes for auger bits. I wonder if you always need to in hardwoods?
I cut two boards to rough length/width to glue up for the lid. Will flatten those boards and glue them up tomorrow.