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The E-Interview Series: The Bombé Chest with John Davis

Hand Beader #6611
Features: Two fences, eight interchangeable cutters
Manufactured: 1886 - 1941
Dimensions: 10 inches long; 11-1/2 inches long 1909 and later.

Drawer Blades

Figure 12. Beading the drawer blades with a Stanley #66 Hand Beader.

SAPFM What type of tool are you using? Make/Model?
DAVIS I use an early Stanley 66 Hand beader. Lie-Nielsen makes a good copy with a variety of profiles. I also use scratch stocks made from scrap handsaw blades with the bead profile.

SAPFM What is the bead radius and depth of the bead?
DAVIS The beads are just under 3/16 diameter.

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