GGs,

I'm way behind on this project of building a couple of simple cabinets
for the house (big surprise, right?).  So far, I've got carcases done
for the pair, all using hand tools:

http://maxwells.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Woodworking/23483144_SwP79b

It's quartersawn red oak.  The back is tulip poplar, resawn to 3/8"
with an old Disston #7 and tongue-and-grooved with a Stanley #49.  The
beading on the back was done with a H. Chapin 1/4" center bead plane.
The half blind and sliding dovetails aren't quite up to par, but will
work fine.  The doors will be a frame-and-panel, rectangular on the
outside, but with an arched panel and top rail.

My dilemma is in deciding whether to add a face frame or not, with the
doors outside of the carcase.  I guess I could also do something like
add cock beading around the edge of the carcase and set the doors
inside, so the front of the door is flush with the front of the carcase,
but I think I'd screw that up.

Any suggestions, particularly on how this would have been done in the
old days (i.e., when everyone did this with hand tools)?  Even better,
any recommendations for books that talk about stuff like this?  I have
Brough's "Cabinet Construction" and Wearing's "Essential Woodworker."

thanks,
Adam
Port Angeles, WA

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