Derek Cohen
07-27-2019, 1:35 PM
I am in the process of completing the Harlequin Table. I will post the finished piece in a couple of days. Here are a few pictures of making the drawer bottoms for the slips, which may interest a few.
Bill was not enamoured with the slips as they has this ruddy great groove down one side. That was a too-wide quirk from the beading blade. Not to worry Bill, I cut that section away, leaving just the bead.
Here are the slips being glued in ...
https://i.postimg.cc/zv2P72QQ/Slips1.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/NGdVQL0x/Slips2.jpg
The drawer slips and bottoms are Tasmanian Blue Gum. The drawer sides are Tasmanian Oak. Both are 1/4" thick.
The groove in the slip is 1/8" (3mm). The slip requires a matching 1/8" rebate. This was planed with a skew rebate plane on a sticking board ...
https://i.postimg.cc/LswpFSht/DrawerB1.jpg
Although the plane has a nicker, I always scribe the line as well ...
https://i.postimg.cc/WbTPvXpH/DrawerB2.jpg
It is worth the effort to set up the rebate plane for a precise cut ...
https://i.postimg.cc/wvNd6rsS/DrawerB3.jpg
Once the one side is done, slide the tongue into the groove of the slip, and mark off the width of the drawer bottom ...
https://i.postimg.cc/XqcS5yLL/DrawerB4.jpg
Then saw to width ...
https://i.postimg.cc/D0K3mcrm/Drawer-B4-1.jpg
Any fine tuning is done with a shoulder plane ...
https://i.postimg.cc/59wMTZJz/DrawerB5.jpg
The drawer fronts are all curved, and the drawer bottom must be scribed to match this ...
https://i.postimg.cc/L6DF6Ln6/DRawerB6.jpg
Here is the fit behind the front of the drawer, and the match with the beaded slips ...
https://i.postimg.cc/RZ053hH1/DrawerB7.jpg
The rear of the drawer, with the added bearing surface from the slips ...
https://i.postimg.cc/kghrWCQ0/DrawerB8.jpg
The profile of the drawer sides ...
https://i.postimg.cc/DzW9gN58/DrawerB9.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/6QDD1h1z/Drawer-B10.jpg
Until the final pics ...
Regards from Perth
Derek
Bill was not enamoured with the slips as they has this ruddy great groove down one side. That was a too-wide quirk from the beading blade. Not to worry Bill, I cut that section away, leaving just the bead.
Here are the slips being glued in ...
https://i.postimg.cc/zv2P72QQ/Slips1.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/NGdVQL0x/Slips2.jpg
The drawer slips and bottoms are Tasmanian Blue Gum. The drawer sides are Tasmanian Oak. Both are 1/4" thick.
The groove in the slip is 1/8" (3mm). The slip requires a matching 1/8" rebate. This was planed with a skew rebate plane on a sticking board ...
https://i.postimg.cc/LswpFSht/DrawerB1.jpg
Although the plane has a nicker, I always scribe the line as well ...
https://i.postimg.cc/WbTPvXpH/DrawerB2.jpg
It is worth the effort to set up the rebate plane for a precise cut ...
https://i.postimg.cc/wvNd6rsS/DrawerB3.jpg
Once the one side is done, slide the tongue into the groove of the slip, and mark off the width of the drawer bottom ...
https://i.postimg.cc/XqcS5yLL/DrawerB4.jpg
Then saw to width ...
https://i.postimg.cc/D0K3mcrm/Drawer-B4-1.jpg
Any fine tuning is done with a shoulder plane ...
https://i.postimg.cc/59wMTZJz/DrawerB5.jpg
The drawer fronts are all curved, and the drawer bottom must be scribed to match this ...
https://i.postimg.cc/L6DF6Ln6/DRawerB6.jpg
Here is the fit behind the front of the drawer, and the match with the beaded slips ...
https://i.postimg.cc/RZ053hH1/DrawerB7.jpg
The rear of the drawer, with the added bearing surface from the slips ...
https://i.postimg.cc/kghrWCQ0/DrawerB8.jpg
The profile of the drawer sides ...
https://i.postimg.cc/DzW9gN58/DrawerB9.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/6QDD1h1z/Drawer-B10.jpg
Until the final pics ...
Regards from Perth
Derek