I started out the day attaching all of the pieces of the lock together. Up till now, everything has just been sitting in place but not attached. This took me much longer than expected due to a problem I had getting one of the parts properly secured. By the time I got all of the parts on the lock, it had started to rain. So, I decided to go ahead and oil some of the parts as that is pretty easy to do.
When the rain finally let up, I started to fit the lock to the front of the chest. This involved cutting out some wood where it would interfere with the lock. So, after cutting the wood I drilled the holes for the nails. If I had attempted to just drive the nails, the oak would have split. Oak is very prone to splitting anyway and these nails are fairly thick. So, I was able to get the lock into the front panel. The nails are cleated (bent over).
I decided to go ahead and do the glue up of the chest. This is done using woodworker's glue, mortise and tenon, and wooden pegs. I was thinking of using hide glue but because of my lack of experience with it, I didn't want to learn to use it on this project. Here is a pic of the chest as it looks now. Tomorrow, I will clean it up, get the lid to sit smooth, attach the hinges and the front clasps, oil and be done...
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