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This piece is inspired by period spice chests and offers a great way to practice traditional hand tool techniques.

In the last issue of Popular Woodworking, we started building this spice chest . It is a great small project with lots of details. Historically, there are a lot of examples of spice chests that were built in the past. These would have been used to house spices (obviously) as well as other expensive commodities.

Previously, we built the case. With its dovetailed construction and dadoed dividers, it’s a complex little piece, but isn’t so large that it’s intimidating.…