How I Make Little Apothecary Chests 

Here are the plans and jigs for this and other similar builds: www.parillaworks.com/shop/plans-the-mini-apothecary-collection

The stern blink, and the walking away at the end had me giggling. Such a BEAUTIFUL piece. You are very talented!

Loved the video! .... The drawer popping out at the end stole the show!

• The delightful sound of those little drawers sliding in and out. • The fact that the last drawer pushed the one above out simply because there aren't enough significant gaps for the air to escape. Both testaments to the tight tolerances of your work.

Oh, the sound those tight fitting drawers make when you push them in !! Wonderful, just wonderful !! Thanks for the video !

You’re the the master of apothecary chests! Looks amazing.

13:54 - check out the Gerstner tool chests on how they deal with the backpressure problem through tolerances. An easier way to resolve that is through small holes in the back of the cabinet. Great build.

Very nice! Ever since I got the Dowelmax, I find myself going back through all your videos to get inspiration on ways to incorporate dowels within my projects.

Super perfect jointer.

Fantastic skills 👏

Like clicked at 2:38 :) love when my kids watch me build something.

Thanks, JP. It’s a beauty. This will take its place somewhere near our mud room in our SC home to keep all our odds and ends organized.

Superbe travail très belle finition. Very good jobs. Félicitations

I love the apothecary look! This one is awesome. I have built several also. Thanks for posting!!!

Fantastic job, I love the calm way you go about your work.

Top notch as always! Very nicely done 👍🏻

Beautiful work, man... It really turned out amazing! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

High quality work and beautiful piece!

Awesome woodworking as usual! That turned out beautiful.... 👏👏👍👍😉😉

nice project, nice work and amazing well detailed and compact step by step

Great job ,cherry is a nice wood when new

I made one of these for my desk recently though mine has 12 drawers and smaller but also nowhere near you skill level. I have a new found sense of respect for you after building my own

Fantastic work~! Your process is definitely advancing with each build. Love the router-dado jig you made. As for showing the drawers pushing each other out - now you're just showing off~!! :-) Can't wait for your next video~!

Very inspiring... I am still working on the mini-barrister...

Thank you. Great work. Clever stuff. And you gave me another idea of what I can do with a Dowelmax jig.

Excelente proyecto,un mueble precioso,un saludo cordial y por supuesto un gran like desde Narón, Galicia ( España)

Simply love the build

Great looking project. I like your process comments.

Exactly ideas i was looking for, you have another subscriber.

I really enjoyed your video! Keep up the great work.

Beautiful work. I hope to do this for myself one day. Thanks for your hard work and effort to share.

Very attractive piece and enjoyable video. Thanks for posting.

Really nice work. Looks excellent. For your dado cutting guide, perhaps you could make a key that you put into the slots when you have done the first side that would keep the piece aligned as you flip it over?

nice work! perhaps a small air hole on the back of each drawer>? or keep the height of the back drawer panel slightly lower for air to come forward?

I love any casework that has lots of drawers...the more the better! Yet, I'm a disorganized mess.

Amazing detail

Fantastic work. Thanks for sharing!

Lovely work

Nice work. For face, you may also use Plexiglass.

dude hell yeah

4:30 maybe CNCing a piece that fits into the slots + dados after the cut would be helpful to this process? Cut the dados on one side, then slip in the filler pieces which lock the panel into place while you flip it. I was also thinking in the earlier demonstration of the jig you could use pieces like that to make the jig workable for any length of panel. It would essentially give the dado jig a register, just like the dowel max. Cut dados, then shift the piece down and insert the registration piece into one of the cut slots and cut a new slot in the second spot. Then you can shift it down again, using the newly cut slot as the new registration. You could then do a panel of any particular length, with the same spacing between dado cuts. Each top plate for jig would just be a new /different spacing. Hopefully that was explained alright, I'm better at visualizing than vocalizing sometimes.

You should make and sell these drawers.

How do you remove the squeeze out when you chest is nearly assembled? Your “new” technique seems much more efficient compared to your older videos.

Un trabajo muy bueno 👌

Vraiment superbe

How the heck do you clean up all the interior glue squeeze out from the joints? Your answer will determine the future of my woodworking hobby. No pressure!!

07:47 man this is too dangerous.

Beautiful job. :-)

Another great project. I've made one similar after watching your videos. I'd love to make one of those jigs for the router. I have a cnc. Would you consider celling the file for that?

Wow. This is always so much work!

Great job,and tell your sweet child hi from me

This is awesome! Where do you get your drawer pulls from? I saw a bunch on Amazon and not sure if you recommend anyone in particular since you've built multiple ones of these by now

mükemmel

Looks great! Tell your "friend" thanks for the tip! Haha. Also, would a buckle latch work to secure your piece in the jig?

cool

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Great video! Where do you get the draw pulls?

Really well done! What are your thoughts on your dowelmax jig? I've been thinking about getting one but would truly appreciate your opinion. Thank you.

4:16 double sided tape?

Beautiful. How much?

Do you sell these?

Honey I shrunk the Apothecary.

Perfeito 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍🎶🥁🎸🎙😎🎹🇧🇷🎼🎤😃😃👊👊👊

Middle out compression 🤣

3 kinds of videos... 1) "you can make this, anyone can make this". 2) "Ya, I'm using some fancy shit, but you can make this with some of these other tools". 3) "Here's my $75,000 shop, you can watch me make shit. (ah, ya... that is an 18" jointer!! good eye poor person!)".

Amazing work. And love the calm pace in your filming, conveys such an awe and respect for the beauty of woodworking.

Only thing, beautiful

Why the burn mark in the opening shot?? Stavros

I never get tired of those.

Superb craftsmanship! You thought of everything and solved each little challenge with amazing skill.

Nice work on the little apothecary chests John! Thanks for sharing the video with us!💖👌👍😎JP

Good info! Quarter sawing the panels really helps with the scale.What do your clients use these for? How long do you keep the panels in the clamps? 45 minutes to an hour is plenty, let them finish drying before you machine them.

Que trabajo mas bonito!! me encantan esas uniones para los cajones, tengo que intentarlas

Cool project. Love that drawer face joint. I’ll have to try that.

that was simple a beautiful job. you made it seem so easy. It was so great to watch.

Please send me the link for the drawer setup?

Me watching him pour at 12:19 "Ah, a man of culture." The proper way to pour from spouted containers!

Another lefty in the workshop. Craftsmanship is awesome, pleasant videos to watch. Curious about what kind of CNC machine do you have?

Beautiful chest, I love it!

Wow, that looks amazing! Makes me wanting to try it on my own

Quick thought, so you have a small cnc, mill out two inserts that fit into the router groove and the dado grove, then flip the jig for the other side

Excellent work

Draw pulls from where?......didn't see a link

Nice project, workmanship, voice over and editing

Beautiful work.

Always look forward to your vids. Such a chill vibe.

Outstanding!!