Mike Allen1010
11-28-2017, 5:30 PM
Earlier parts of this build are described in previous posts.
I used Holly stringing inlay in a few different places on this Walnut chest. Cutting the grooves of the inlay is fairly straightforward, however thicknessing the stringing to fit that groove has always been a challenge for me; too thick and it doesn’t go into the groove, too thin and you leave unsightly gaps.
One solution is to thickness the stringing in a wedge shape to fit the groove tightly. Here’s a picture me trying to do that with a LV thickness scraper and a jig told the stringing.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4563/38653701716_de18c6a7e1_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/21TGjR3)1 (https://flic.kr/p/21TGjR3) by Mike Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157847244@N02/), on Flickr
Regrettably, I forgot to scrape the stringing into a wedge shape on this project so here’s some pictures of trying to cram stringing into groove.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4565/38653701596_96f16bc3c5_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/21TGjNY)2.5 - Copy (https://flic.kr/p/21TGjNY) by Mike Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157847244@N02/), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4569/38653701536_510e3feef3_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/21TGjMW)2 (https://flic.kr/p/21TGjMW) by Mike Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157847244@N02/), on Flickr
Construction of the chest is weird. Here is the side of the chest showing the dovetails connecting top and bottom rails and M&T’s for the Stiles. Straightforward chest construction/joinery is probably a way better choice – I’ve tried this construction couple times before and it’s a big challenge to get baseline of the top/bottom rails dovetails to line up with M&T's joints for sides so that you get a consistent reveal of the bottom rail proud of the frame members.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4570/38709350341_0a62f559a2_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/21YBxf6)3.5 (https://flic.kr/p/21YBxf6) by Mike Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157847244@N02/), on Flickr
Couple pictures of assembly and cleanup.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4555/37991944944_9b7853b95d_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ZTdDBw)4 (https://flic.kr/p/ZTdDBw) by Mike Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157847244@N02/), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4523/38653701196_e557ccd4cb_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/21TGjG5)5 (https://flic.kr/p/21TGjG5) by Mike Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157847244@N02/), on Flickr
I used Holly stringing inlay in a few different places on this Walnut chest. Cutting the grooves of the inlay is fairly straightforward, however thicknessing the stringing to fit that groove has always been a challenge for me; too thick and it doesn’t go into the groove, too thin and you leave unsightly gaps.
One solution is to thickness the stringing in a wedge shape to fit the groove tightly. Here’s a picture me trying to do that with a LV thickness scraper and a jig told the stringing.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4563/38653701716_de18c6a7e1_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/21TGjR3)1 (https://flic.kr/p/21TGjR3) by Mike Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157847244@N02/), on Flickr
Regrettably, I forgot to scrape the stringing into a wedge shape on this project so here’s some pictures of trying to cram stringing into groove.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4565/38653701596_96f16bc3c5_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/21TGjNY)2.5 - Copy (https://flic.kr/p/21TGjNY) by Mike Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157847244@N02/), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4569/38653701536_510e3feef3_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/21TGjMW)2 (https://flic.kr/p/21TGjMW) by Mike Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157847244@N02/), on Flickr
Construction of the chest is weird. Here is the side of the chest showing the dovetails connecting top and bottom rails and M&T’s for the Stiles. Straightforward chest construction/joinery is probably a way better choice – I’ve tried this construction couple times before and it’s a big challenge to get baseline of the top/bottom rails dovetails to line up with M&T's joints for sides so that you get a consistent reveal of the bottom rail proud of the frame members.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4570/38709350341_0a62f559a2_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/21YBxf6)3.5 (https://flic.kr/p/21YBxf6) by Mike Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157847244@N02/), on Flickr
Couple pictures of assembly and cleanup.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4555/37991944944_9b7853b95d_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ZTdDBw)4 (https://flic.kr/p/ZTdDBw) by Mike Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157847244@N02/), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4523/38653701196_e557ccd4cb_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/21TGjG5)5 (https://flic.kr/p/21TGjG5) by Mike Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/157847244@N02/), on Flickr