Derek Cohen
07-10-2011, 11:36 AM
Last weekend I was looking forward to a little more time in the shop working on the two military chests I am building (for use an an entertainment centre). Well, I spent more time repairing mistakes than moving forward.
Where I had left off last time was this - two carcasses in Jarrah dovetailed together with centre divider. These are 900mm x 525mm each, and will make up a long, low cabinet 1810 in length.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Military%20Chests/17Carcase1.jpg
I was looking forward to turning this pile of boards into supports for the drawers ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Military%20Chests/19Dusttrays1.jpg
The initial part of the WIP is on my website: http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DesigningandBuildinganEntertainmentCentre.html
First I decided to plough the rebates for the back of the cabinets before turning to the mortice-and-tenoning. That is when I really should have gone back to bed.
I usually double- and sometimes treble-check everything. Not because I am a careful, but because I am prone to getting things back-to-front. Call me spatially-challenged.
Well, in spite of this I managed to play a rebate on the outside of the cabinet! B-----r. How did I do this? I suppose that the inside and the outside look the same ..
It was easily repaired by glueing in a matching piece. It will not be seen ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Military%20Chests/2-5.jpg
Then blow me down, I did it again - this time getting the back and the front mixed up! B-----r again!
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Military%20Chests/2-6.jpg
OK, so you think it doesn't get worse. But I was on a streak - it comes in threes, not so? Oh yes, I did it a third time!
Here you can see the repair being planed down, and the other side has the correct rebate ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Military%20Chests/2-8.jpg
That was Saturday. Sunday was better. I completed all the supports for the drawers for one of the units - I decided to do them one at a time since they were not exactly the same (one side has two colums of three drawers, and the other has a column of drawers alongside a column of shelves).
Today I made the stopped dados, and glued together the shelves.
At the end of the day this is where the project stood (everything is just a dry fit) ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Military%20Chests/2-1.jpg
The one carcass is done and ready to install the 6 drawers (I am looking forward to that time - I love building drawers).
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Military%20Chests/2-2.jpg
The other carcass needs drawer supports and shelves, and both sides need stopped dados.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Military%20Chests/2-3.jpg
The inside of the area for the shelves has been scraped, and the repair looks decent. With finishing it will be difficult to detect.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Military%20Chests/2-7.jpg
Onto the next time.
Regards from Perth
Derek
Where I had left off last time was this - two carcasses in Jarrah dovetailed together with centre divider. These are 900mm x 525mm each, and will make up a long, low cabinet 1810 in length.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Military%20Chests/17Carcase1.jpg
I was looking forward to turning this pile of boards into supports for the drawers ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Military%20Chests/19Dusttrays1.jpg
The initial part of the WIP is on my website: http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/DesigningandBuildinganEntertainmentCentre.html
First I decided to plough the rebates for the back of the cabinets before turning to the mortice-and-tenoning. That is when I really should have gone back to bed.
I usually double- and sometimes treble-check everything. Not because I am a careful, but because I am prone to getting things back-to-front. Call me spatially-challenged.
Well, in spite of this I managed to play a rebate on the outside of the cabinet! B-----r. How did I do this? I suppose that the inside and the outside look the same ..
It was easily repaired by glueing in a matching piece. It will not be seen ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Military%20Chests/2-5.jpg
Then blow me down, I did it again - this time getting the back and the front mixed up! B-----r again!
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Military%20Chests/2-6.jpg
OK, so you think it doesn't get worse. But I was on a streak - it comes in threes, not so? Oh yes, I did it a third time!
Here you can see the repair being planed down, and the other side has the correct rebate ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Military%20Chests/2-8.jpg
That was Saturday. Sunday was better. I completed all the supports for the drawers for one of the units - I decided to do them one at a time since they were not exactly the same (one side has two colums of three drawers, and the other has a column of drawers alongside a column of shelves).
Today I made the stopped dados, and glued together the shelves.
At the end of the day this is where the project stood (everything is just a dry fit) ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Military%20Chests/2-1.jpg
The one carcass is done and ready to install the 6 drawers (I am looking forward to that time - I love building drawers).
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Military%20Chests/2-2.jpg
The other carcass needs drawer supports and shelves, and both sides need stopped dados.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Military%20Chests/2-3.jpg
The inside of the area for the shelves has been scraped, and the repair looks decent. With finishing it will be difficult to detect.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Military%20Chests/2-7.jpg
Onto the next time.
Regards from Perth
Derek