Project made of Cherry?

[steven c newman]

Ok...Chest of Drawers is done. On to something else?:confused:

Have a few Cherry boards..
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4 are in the range of 13-14" long, and a shorty...mainly around a 1 x 6 size.

Went through this stack, smoothing the faces, and making a shaving or two..
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Used the "new" Stanley No. 4 to plane things a bit..
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Bench getting filled up...most of the boards cleaned up nicely...
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But there was a couple bad spots..
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Plane never had any trouble....

Plan ( Plan? Plan?:eek:) is to resaw these down, somewhere between 1/2" or 3/8" thick. Then see about a simple box build? Box joints? Maybe another fancy lid? Not sure how wide or long, or high. BTW: I can also add a bit of that Black Walnut, if needed....or...make a matching box in walnut?

Just a start up....stay tuned...:D

[steven c newman]

This being a Monday....shop is closed. I am sitting here having a cold one, and relaxing this holiday. Might try to get something done tomorrow....have a safe holiday.

[steven c newman]

Got bored...and paid the price of being in the shop on a Monday.....

Got these all about the same width...
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Checked the edges for square....and a Junior Jack plane to "adjust" ( chest starts hurting.....Hmmm)
Built a jig..
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Couple of screws to hold it together...set it up on the bandsaw...
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Had to adjust the height..twice...then tried to find a clamp..
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(chest still hurts) set it about 1/2" away from the blade....hoping I had it lined up right..
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And ran all the boards through...had to grab a "push stick" ( the top of the jig that was too high..) to help the last inch or so through..
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Decided to try to plane away some high spots, and the saw marks....( forgot to turn that fan on..:mad:)

Got the second slab almost done.....chest was hurting too much.:(..I swept up the 3 pounds of shavings....and made my way up the stairs.....and right to the pill bottle...:(

They are working....head has quit thumping, chest has almost quit hurting....I am done for the night...

Stay tuned....at least tomorrow isn't a Monday...:rolleyes:

[steven c newman]

Well, long night allowed the Single Brain Cell Sketch Up to work out a "New Plan" that MIGHT involve a bit of a Walnut frame to enclose these thing Cherry panels....Maybe a tray inside? Walnut, Cherry, or even maple for a lid? maybe even all three? Need to hide "plan" so Boris can't steal it...

[steven c newman]

Ok...hauled a "new" mitrebox saw to the shop. Also lugged a 1 x 4 x7' Black Walnut plank to the shop......tried the saw in my Stanley #2246 mitre box.....cuts binding up...no set? Put the 4 x 24" saw back into the box..
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Had work for it to do.....

One task was to get rid of things like this..
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I cut out any "bad areas" and tried to get the "good" sections squared up...
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Not a straight edge to be found.....well, I dug out a straightedge, marked a few lines along the worst of the curved edges.

Tried to use the bandsaw to rip the curved spot off.....Motor was running....pulley to the drive wheel was turning....but NOT the drive wheel? Hmmm, dug out the allen set, and checked the set screw....wasn't even close...cranked it down, TIGHT. Tried it again...saw ran like new! Imagine that..

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Soo...this is the Walnut parts, so far. They will need to have the edges jointed. Then a groove milled here and there...maybe a T&G for the corner joints? I set aside the too thin Maple stuff (tray parts?) and that left me..
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Need to flatten these. need to park the mitre box...elsewhere...and start on some frames.

Back was hurting, right between the shoulder blades....swept the floor, turned the light over the bench off, and called it a day...not going to push things too hard, after last night...:(

Stay tuned....might be something else getting done..tomorrow....we be moving along at the speed of.....smell...:D

[Mike Baker 2]

Lovely, as always. Both the Cherry and Black Walnut. I love both of them; they make excellent neck wood. But if I had to choose I am sooooo partial to Black Walnut. Love the way it smells, the way it planes, lovely.

[steven c newman]

Teaser alert.....there was a glue done this morning.....film @ 2300 Hrs....stay tuned

[steven c newman]

Glue up #1...
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Panel work for #2..
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Beveled the edges..
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Easier than trying to plane the entire panel down...
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Ends....
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Will need a groove made for the T&G corner joint,,
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Going to see how these look, as either raised panels, or flat panels...glue up #2

Have also started work on the end assemblies...

Have had old internet removed, new Cable Bundle Internet installed......have chased a bat out of the house...Bat tried to crawl away, cat found it, and that was the end of the bat...threw the "remains" out to the street.

And, how was YOUR day?

[steven c newman]

Out of the clamps...
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Side #1, with the raised panel look..
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Or..the flat panel look?
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Side #2, raised panel look...might go with that...
Once I get the end panels made, I need to change cutters..twice...
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This is my Tongue & Groove set. 3/16" I think is the size. match is a #6, groove cutter is a #11...
Maybe someday..I might find a bench under there?
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Maybe?
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BTW: I got tired of the bench light always being in the way.....it now has a better place to sit, and I can reach more areas with it.
Single Brain Cell Sketch Up has come up with a couple more "design changes" .....stay tuned...

[steven c newman]

Ok...Bit of work done, until the shoulder blades started hurting, again...
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Made four of these..
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And four of the rails...beveled a couple panels..
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And glue a set up..
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Red C clamp to hold a caul in place, to keep things lined up...
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Mitre saw to cut to length. It also cut the shoulders for the tenons. Bandsaw to do the cheek cuts...
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Checked to make sure these matched each other. Mitre saw to correct. Need to set up to use these cutters..
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Once the ends are out of the clamps, I can set up to mill the tongue. Then set up to mill a matching groove..
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Dry fit, while waiting on the clamps..Bottom will rest on a small "ledge" I will attach around the bottom edges. Still working on a design for the top/lid...

Stay tuned...

[steven c newman]

First end assembly is out of the clamps. Stanley 45 has been reset..
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And the tongues have been milled on both edges..
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Found a better way to hold the part, than in the vise...
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Two c clamps to clamp the assembly to the side of the bench....then I am in-line with the bench, instead of going across it.
Second assembly is sitting in the clamps
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maybe tomorrow, I can mill the edges on it, too.

Then I can reset the 45 to make a matching groove for the tongues to get glued into?

Stay tuned...about halfway done...:D

[steven c newman]

Second end panel now has been milled..
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Needed to build a jig, and reset the plane's cutter
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Narrow cutter, needs only one skate, and the fence
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Simple enough jig, to make sure the panel doesn't move. I also checked to fence setting, by a nibble on one end. needed moved a hair..
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Mill one groove, test the fit..
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Reset the depth stop a bit higher, for a deeper groove.
Got all four grooves milled, made another jig..
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Supposed to help when I am glueing things up...
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Then spread some Elmer's around, and get out a forest of clamps..
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Had a diagonal clamp, to pull things into square...will let this mess sit awhile....need to see about what kind of top/lid I can cobble up...
Stay tuned..

[steven c newman]

Have put the Stanley#45 away, for now.....may need it again, later.


Have a couple cleats glued in place, for the Poplar bottom panels to sit on. May just use a dab of glue in the center, to hold the bottom in place....we'll see

Stay tuned...

[steven c newman]

Clamps are off...
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Had to trim the panel for the bottom for width..
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And, straighten a wavy end..
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Takes a while, when you are getting see-through shavings...
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Custom Fitted, of course....

Might move all this stuff aside, and try to make the lid/top for this box...stay tuned...

[David Ragan]

Thanks for taking the time and trouble to post your build. I enjoyed it a great deal :)

David

[David Eisenhauer]

Nice Steven. I like raised panels. How did you join the end frame assemblies to the side frame assemblies? T&G? Just glued? Can't quite see what happened there.

[steven c newman]

Made a T&G to glue the parts together...Stanley 45 made the tongue and groove cuts.

[David Eisenhauer]

Thought so. Thanks for the info and photos.

[steven c newman]

New stick of Black Walnut has been "processed".....parts for the lid rough cut to size. 3 pieces have been glued into a panel...."Plan" is for a Walnut raised panel, sitting in a Walnut frame...a bit boring....out of Cherry. waiting on the glue to dry....and the camera's battery to charge up....

Will "update" as things develop....stay tuned....

[steven c newman]

Ok...camera is back up and ready to go...:D

Three boards to make a panel...
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Will be running a plane all over this panel..tomorrow. This will be a raised panel..
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Needed to rip this right down the center, to make a couple Long rails.....Clamped them back to back in the vise...
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As the edges were a tad..rough..
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Planed both edges like this, trying to get them to match each other..
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All of these parts were roughly cut to length, on the Langdon Mitre Box. Even the two for the short rails..
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One blank was a tad wider than the other....ripped most of the excess off....then clamped both in the vise, and planed the edges smooth.

Letting the panel blank sit overnight. Will trim it to size and square....then bevel the four edges to make a raised panel.

Need to reset the Stanley 45 to plough a few grooves for the panel to sit into. Stay tuned...

[steven c newman]

Blank is out of the clamps..used a plane to level it out a bit..
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Made a mess on the floor, again...
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Made a jig to hold the panel still....
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So I could bevel the edges...
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Then I had to re-do the jig..
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So I could milled a few grooves..
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For the raised panel to sit in. Milled a few tenons, spread some glue, and fought with a few clamps..
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Cauls at each corner. A clamp, two cauls and two hands....too many of one, not enough of the other...


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Spent a little time this morning...rearranged the til a bit. Couple planes needed a bit more "elbow" room. need to build an add-on, to house the "extras" ?

[James Pallas]

Looks good Steven. How thick is your panel?
Jim

[steven c newman]

3/4" thick. Need to find some hinges..next

[Stew Denton]

Steven,

Nice job on the raised panel. I really like the way it looks.

Look out for your planes, as it looks like they are reproducing when it's dark. They don't realize that if they aren't planning ahead they can out grow their home. I have the same problem to some extent, except my planes never had a home to start with. If they don't have a home to out grow to begin with, and you don't have room to begin with, they can out grow their space pretty fast, even if I have less planes than you do.

Stew

[steven c newman]

Lid is out of the clamps, and has been trimmed a bit..
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"We have work to do.."

[steven c newman]

Tried a single coat of Amber Shellac tonight..
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Back of the chest....no hinges have been installed..yet
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A view of the end....note the feet...
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Missed a couple spots on the edges....get them on the next coat.
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And the lid.....maybe tomorrow, I can get a bit more done....

[Pat Barry]

Nice project steven. Boy you sure work fast!

[steven c newman]

Yep...might get this done by next weekend.....

I only work 2-4 hours in the shop...before the back acts up. Sometimes, I get bored, and make a return trip to the shop.....

Gouge to make a finger groove to lift the lid.....hmmm, might have a gouge in the shop. Might trace out the outline first, then "dig out" the waste....we'll see..

Need to look into making a tray..or two.....lift-out ones. I'd rather not mess with a mirror under the lid...IF someone else wants to add a mirror.....

[James Pallas]

Very good looking box Steven.
Jim

[steven c newman]

And I thank you!

Groove for the finger rest has been made, used a nice wide gouge for that. Hinges have been installed.....trays have been canceled....

Case is upstairs, awaiting coat #2 of the shellac..will post a picture later...

[steven c newman]

Coat #2 is dry and tack ragged off. 1st coat of a clear gloss poly is now on. waiting on it to dry enough that I can rub it out.

Trays were not working out the way I was looking for. Not enough thin material for the bottoms, nor enough for the sides....rather than cobble something together, and have it look bad (ugly) I decided to skip the trays....until I have better stock to work with.

Maybe later this evening...I can post a couple pictures of the completed box? Does anyone want the dimensions of the box?

Which..leaves...that ....LARGE ...stash...of Maple...to build something out of....never ends...

[steven c newman]

Needed a gouge to make a detail.
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And the "Detail"
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A place for a couple of fingers to rest, as they open a lid....
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Small hinges. Bottom panel is 1/2" thick Poplar.
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Close the lid....
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Front of the chest..
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Hinge view...
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One of the end views..

Chest measures: 9-1/4" tall. Front to back: 11", counting the finger rest in the lid... Side to side: 15-3/8" over the ends of the lid.

Mainly Black Walnut, case has Cherry Raised panels. Not too bad of a little project?

2 coats of Amber Shellac, then 1 coat of Clear Gloss Poly.

[Pat Barry]

One of your best yet! Very nicely done steven.

[steven c newman]

Thank you, Pat.

[Nathan Johnson]

I really enjoy following your build threads, Steven. Your approach is amusing and motivating.

[steven c newman]

Thank you, I try not to be too boring....it is all about having fun, is it not?

[Mark Stutz]

Looking good! I would never have thought to do the T&G joint on the corners.

[steven c newman]

Thank you. Used those instead of screws for quite a while now.

[Mark Stutz]

Given that it is a small chest and probably not subject to lots of stress, wouldn't the long grain to long grain joints be sufficient by themselves?

[steven c newman]

The tongue & groove helps align the joint, much like a biscuit would. Last thing I need is for the four corners to get squirrely on me while I am trying to clamp them all up. Have also used this type of corner on Blanket/Hope Chests.

[Mark Stutz]

The tongue & groove helps align the joint, much like a biscuit would. Last thing I need is for the four corners to get squirrely on me while I am trying to clamp them all up. Have also used this type of corner on Blanket/Hope Chests.

Alignment! Something I hadn't considered.