lou sansone
12-04-2005, 5:16 PM
good day fellow woodworkers.
Here are some photos that show some of the steps used in making these sweet heart trays that I have posted in the past. I am making 3 for Christmass gifts. They are made from tiger maple and the stock is about 0.410" thick. I have found the hard way the each and every hole must be predrilled when working with thin stock that is figured. It seems that the grain will just take the nails and send them off course and right out the side of the board.
Picture 1 shows that I have set the tray on top of the base and then traced the inside edge of the tray. I then pencil mark all the holes to be drilled. It turns out that I need to tilt the drill head 24 degrees
Picture 2 the drill press set up to make that angle. You can see that the work remains flat and at a good working height. This is one of the nice features of the RAM style drill press.
Picture 3 . The way I have found to treat thin wide panels is to wrap them up in plastic until they are part of a bigger assembly. You can make a rack and stand them up for air to circulate all around, but I have found that this method works best.
Picture 4 It is quite deceptive where the entry point of the nail needs to go when dealing with angled holes on the bottom panel. The t square shown in the picture is set so as to show the distance from the edge of the hole on the opposit side of the panel. the hole exits ~ 3/8" from the edge on one side and ~ 5/8" on the other side. You could try to do all of this with a hand held drill but I think you would not be pleased with the results.
Picture 5. Shows the unfinished tray parts
enjoy
lou
Here are some photos that show some of the steps used in making these sweet heart trays that I have posted in the past. I am making 3 for Christmass gifts. They are made from tiger maple and the stock is about 0.410" thick. I have found the hard way the each and every hole must be predrilled when working with thin stock that is figured. It seems that the grain will just take the nails and send them off course and right out the side of the board.
Picture 1 shows that I have set the tray on top of the base and then traced the inside edge of the tray. I then pencil mark all the holes to be drilled. It turns out that I need to tilt the drill head 24 degrees
Picture 2 the drill press set up to make that angle. You can see that the work remains flat and at a good working height. This is one of the nice features of the RAM style drill press.
Picture 3 . The way I have found to treat thin wide panels is to wrap them up in plastic until they are part of a bigger assembly. You can make a rack and stand them up for air to circulate all around, but I have found that this method works best.
Picture 4 It is quite deceptive where the entry point of the nail needs to go when dealing with angled holes on the bottom panel. The t square shown in the picture is set so as to show the distance from the edge of the hole on the opposit side of the panel. the hole exits ~ 3/8" from the edge on one side and ~ 5/8" on the other side. You could try to do all of this with a hand held drill but I think you would not be pleased with the results.
Picture 5. Shows the unfinished tray parts
enjoy
lou