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Progress Report - 5 December 2004
The past few weekends I've been working on "finishing the finishing" on this armoire project...and it's been a little frustrating. I had a severe moisture problem (my fault for not getting certain air system components installed...) and some kind of contamination on the doors. Both problems affected the quality of the wb acrylic I was topcoating with and I had to sand it back a little and switch to Sherwin Williams Fast Dry varnish to move this project along. So it's a little shinier than I would prefer and not as smooth, but at least the color is "quite awesome" and exactly what I was shooting for. I can't wait to see it in our guest room!
Remaining work is to get the mirror mounted in the right door and test hang both doors. At that point, I can move the piece into the house to its new home, install the back, drawers and doors and move on to the next project(s). There have been many lessons learned on this one...hopefully I'll remember all of them "next time"!!
Pics for today:
1) Final fitting of the drawers required installing a strip in the back to an exact thickness so it will stop the doors exactly even with the front of the piece. Simplicity at its best...and a great way to use the low-angle block plane at the bench.
2) Casework with the drawers slid in, the hanging bar installed and the T&G back temporarily installed. The back will be removed to make it easier to transport the big piece into the house and up the stairs. It slips into a groove you can see in the first picture at the bottom and there is a removable cross piece that screws flush into the top of the back to hold the boards in once they are ganged together. I will likely shoot a couple of brads where the back rests in the rebates along the sides to secure it between the top and bottom yet allow for wood movement.