Derek Cohen
05-14-2018, 11:39 AM
The previous weekend had seen the completion of the drawer blades. There were 24 to make - 6 rows with curved faces.
https://s19.postimg.cc/zed11f4jn/24a.jpg
The walnut was flushed ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/2a_zps8moghm2o.jpg
... and then were slid along the dados in the carcase ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/P_zpsqojv42mm.jpg
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 ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/6a_zpsvgywdkhc.jpg
Flushed ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/7a_zps9yhhm8op.jpg
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 ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/8a_zpsxasxxdmi.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/9a_zpszlidlrxr.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/10a_zpsfiwfksxy.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/12a_zpszmir3sk9.jpg
These were used for all dividers, with a line scored by a sharp knife ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/13a_zpsbonfgygp.jpg
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 ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/14a_zpse8u2tk0c.jpg
And a couple of the front ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/15a_zpshwq4jpvj.jpg
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
https://s19.postimg.cc/zed11f4jn/24a.jpg
The walnut was flushed ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/2a_zps8moghm2o.jpg
... and then were slid along the dados in the carcase ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/P_zpsqojv42mm.jpg
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 ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/6a_zpsvgywdkhc.jpg
Flushed ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/7a_zps9yhhm8op.jpg
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 ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/8a_zpsxasxxdmi.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/9a_zpszlidlrxr.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/10a_zpsfiwfksxy.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/12a_zpszmir3sk9.jpg
These were used for all dividers, with a line scored by a sharp knife ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/13a_zpsbonfgygp.jpg
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 ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/14a_zpse8u2tk0c.jpg
And a couple of the front ...
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Furniture/Apothecary%20Chest/15a_zpshwq4jpvj.jpg
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