Wall-Mounted Media Console - Door Making

[Brian Holcombe]

Good morning, I've completed the sliding doors on the wall-mounted media console and have detailed parts of the process previously covered in brief. I hope that you enjoy reading the article and I look forward to your comments.

https://brianholcombewoodworker.com/2017/01/11/wall-mounted-media-console-hikido/

[William Fretwell]

Precise work indeed! The outside of the doors hides the extreme construction inside.

[Chris Hachet]

Thinking of eventually building a sideboard of similar style, this is really making me think hard...lots of good ideas in the link!

[Brian Holcombe]

Thank you both! I decided to show a hint of the construction with the through tenons, but even then they're difficult to see from the outside since the case is fairly dark.

[Chris Hachet]

Thank you both! I decided to show a hint of the construction with the through tenons, but even then they're difficult to see from the outside since the case is fairly dark.


You just nailed the proportions on this thing. Keep the threads coming....

[Pat Barry]

Precision work at its finest. I really think the attention to detail is superb. For example, the efforts you took to ensure the battens are bookmatched, also the grain matching / bookmatching of the panels, the allowances made for seasonal changes, the sliding dovetail batten fitting process, etc. I have no clue how you manage to create a tapered dovetail of only 1/64" over that span (I assume that both sides are tapered at 1/64", ie: not 1/64 total). Very well done.

[Oskar Sedell]

very nice Brian. Excellent documentation and very inspiring. Loads of things I want to try out or tweak into some project.

[Stewie Simpson]

Beautiful work Brian.

regards Stewie;

[James Pallas]

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Jim

[Curt Putnam]

Very, very nice!

[Brian Holcombe]

Thanks gents! Much appreciated.


Precision work at its finest. I really think the attention to detail is superb. For example, the efforts you took to ensure the battens are bookmatched, also the grain matching / bookmatching of the panels, the allowances made for seasonal changes, the sliding dovetail batten fitting process, etc. I have no clue how you manage to create a tapered dovetail of only 1/64" over that span (I assume that both sides are tapered at 1/64", ie: not 1/64 total). Very well done.

Thanks Pat! I had an ideal of zero taper, but a few of them were easier to work with just a very minor taper, I think the worst of them was 1/32 total but most were less.

[David Eisenhauer]

Great work Brian. Always a pleasure to see the evolution of one of your processes for creating reality from your fevered brain. You are on fire boy.

[Brian Holcombe]

Thanks David!

[Phil Mueller]

Nicely done, Brian. I appreciate your mention of the method to smooth out the "ear" after a near flush cut. On a piece like that with a cut out (or even without a cut out, for that matter) tear out is always a concern for me. It speaks to your confidence in the sharpness of your chisels and skillful paring. Dead flat with the rest of the piece and nice crisp corners is a detail many might not appreciate...but it goes without notice here, my friend :D

[Brian Holcombe]

Thanks Phil! Glad you took a liking to that, I notice there are sometimes things like that, which are not entirely intuitive and can be a very helpful reminder.

[Matthew Hills]

Brian,
My thoughts from reading the build (in order):
- Yup, bandsaw dust. When is he getting that dust collector?
- Nice on the resaw even without an auxiliary fence; am surprised no cupping afterwards
- Wow on the work-- dovetailed battens and cutting the tenons while in place.
- Nice chamfers; very even

Thanks for the inspiring build posts.
I did want to ask if it went as smoothly as suggested by the post. Things like splitting out the tenons on your stiles or cutting the tenons across all your battens at once seem fraught with things that could go awry quickly.

And did the rabbet on the panel and stile tenon get cut together while dry-fit, or were the pieces done separately? (which is how I've normally approached frame and panel work?)

Also

[Brian Holcombe]

Brian,
My thoughts from reading the build (in order):
- Yup, bandsaw dust. When is he getting that dust collector?
- Nice on the resaw even without an auxiliary fence; am surprised no cupping afterwards
- Wow on the work-- dovetailed battens and cutting the tenons while in place.
- Nice chamfers; very even

Thanks for the inspiring build posts.
I did want to ask if it went as smoothly as suggested by the post. Things like splitting out the tenons on your stiles or cutting the tenons across all your battens at once seem fraught with things that could go awry quickly.

And did the rabbet on the panel and stile tenon get cut together while dry-fit, or were the pieces done separately? (which is how I've normally approached frame and panel work?)

Also

My pleasure, glad that you are enjoying!

Dust collector is in, and I'm thankful it is because each time I did a resaw like that I filled the garage with dust. Couple times of that and my wife would like to kill me. I bought a Oneida V3000.

Jointing the face and edge of the board helped tremendously, and while a bit of learning curve in resawing, I cut everything thick so that I had some room to readjust to counter minor cupping.

Always worth further examining, I split those tenons because they were 1/4" long, it actually produced a more accurate joint than sawing, given the height. I'm extremely particular about grain, so those stiles had everything going for them before I decided to split. If the grain were running 20 degrees to the face, then it wouldn't have gone well.

I've enough experience, I suppose, in cutting all the tenons that I proceed carefully. I cut them two at a time, then once the first two are cut I use it as a guide for the third. In addition, I can catch things before they go totally south and adjust. Maybe next I will post a video of that so that people can see the effort involved. Still, it is faster than removing the battens and cutting them individually.

I cut the rabbet with the panel and stiles assembled. I do that for the reason that It allows me to have a perfect straight line across the entire piece. I kicked myself for not taking a photo of the process but basically I place a batten at my mark and use a dado plane with a heavy set nicker. Then, before cutting, I chisel cut the edges that would break out, to prevent them from doing so.

Great questions!

[Robert Hazelwood]

Love those sliding doors and battened construction. Beautiful wood selection and execution, as usual. I agree with Matthew on the chamfers being nice- always one of my favorite details on your pieces. Can I ask who is the maker of your mentori kanna?

Thanks for sharing.

[Brian Holcombe]

Thanks Robert! Much appreciated, especially that you all notice the details which, as you know as makers, are often very time consuming and require extensive planning.

The maker of my mentori kanna is Tsunesaburo.

[John Kananis]

Brian, just excellent (sorry for the belated response). I'm curious, what method did you use to attach the ebony 'pull-tabs' into the door-recess? Did you just glue (epoxy?) them in cross-grain or use a fastener of some type?

[Brian Holcombe]

Thank you!

Just glue, I wanted them to be sacrificial rather than chance breaking out a larger section of the door should anything go wrong.

[John Kananis]

I see, thank you.