Plans & Cutting List for the Shepherd’s Coffer

I’m pleased with the way the Shepherd’s Coffer for “The American Peasant” turned out. All the joinery is made with a Lie-Nielsen No. 48. And the lid moves on oak pegs instead of hinges (here’s a short video).

I’ve been using the gelatin glue I cooked up for all these projects, and I am quite fond of it (no gummi bears were melted in the process). It doesn’t smell as strong as hide glue. But the big difference for me is its color. It’s basically clear, so it doesn’t ever leave a dark glue line with whitish woods.

I might try to make and sell the glue someday, but I have a lot of spinning guillotines in the air right now. And I’d hate to do anything to take business away from Old Brown Glue and Patrick Edwards (even though our glue is made totally differently).