made some progress.......

Today was an interrupted one. I had an appointment with my new PCP at 1000 and at 1200 my sister and brother in law stopped in for a visit. We went out to grab lunch. Three of us got fish 'n chips and the wife got a patty melt, well done. The only seafood I have seen go into her pie hole in 27 years is a fish sandwich from McDonald's. Needless to say not much time in the shop but I did manage to squeeze in a few things. Still not done with either the cherry chest or the cherry bench/stool/plant stand. Maybe tomorrow I'll knock out both or maybe at least one of them. bottom stretcherSettled on how I want the bottom stretcher to be attached to the bottom end rails. The notch in the end rails is half the width of them. The 1/2 lap notch on the stretcher is 3/16". It will sit proud of the end rails.hmm......The ends of the stretcher will extend past the outside face of the end rails 1". I thought of putting the stretcher flush and putting a shelf on it but nixed it. With it being proud it…