Apothecary chest - part five

[Derek Cohen]

The previous weekend had seen the completion of the drawer blades. There were 24 to make - 6 rows with curved faces.


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The walnut was flushed ...


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... and then were slid along the dados in the carcase ...


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At this point the build came to a grinding halt. The drawer blades ... dados ... were not coplanar ... level ... damn! We are talking a millimetre here-and-there, but the combination looked terrible.


What went wrong?


It was the marking out. I ignored a very simple rule - I failed to use a common reference point. This should have been done with the dividers installed - with the inside base of the carcase as the reference - and not marked outside the carcase.


I could have repaired the dividers, but I decided to scrap the lot and make new ones, and cut new dados.


The carcase was repaired. The dados were filled in ...


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Flushed ...


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None of this would be visible when the new dados were made.


Then I did what I should have done when marking the positions of the dados - made a series of MDF templates, which could be used as left- and right hands ...


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These were used for all dividers, with a line scored by a sharp knife ...


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The power router and guide were used again. Tempting fate, perhaps, but I was convinced that the fault lay with the marking out, and not the cutting of the dados. I was tempted to just do the dados by hand - I do feel more in control with hand tools - but 40 needed to be done in all, and in hard merbau, before the weekend was over.


I am not going to bore you with pictures of the dados being made. It was the exact same as before ... except this time I did not cut on the wrong side of the line with one! :)


Here is the rear of the chest with the drawer blades inserted ...


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And a couple of the front ...


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The dividers and the drawer blades have yet to rebated to fit the stopped dados, nevertheless the shape of the chest is becoming more defined.


http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/16a_zpsisnjvjth.jpg


Regards from Perth


Derek

[Dave Anderson NH]

I feel your pain Derek. That is a huge amount of extra work. What's done is done however so don't beat you self up too badly about it. All in all,it is starting to look good.

[James Pallas]

Derek, Nice recovery and good choice on the method. If it were me it would haunt me every time I looked at it. We all have had them if we have done many builds. I've made a few piles of ashes over the years. Back on track and looking good.
Jim

[Jeff Ranck]

I feel your pain. Seems like I end up remaking at least one part too often on a project.

Great progress though and I am really enjoying the thread.

[michael langman]

Been watching your build Derek, and learning a lot along the way. Thanks for taking the time to post for us.

The Apothecary is looking really nice.