Power and hand together

[Derek Cohen]

I did promise Eliot (on the WoodCentral forum) that I would post a box I am building. Actually, it is not really a box-box ... but everything is a box, of one sort or the other. What I am building are two night stands. These are essentially Tasmanian Oak, boxes on Jarrah stands, sort of Krevnovian in concept. Each will have a single, rectangular drawer, curved at the front, and with a small, window-like drawer at the side rear.


I am not doing a build this time, but will show photos at the end. What I do want to share is some of the construction of the basic boxes. These have mitred sides, and it is the making of the mitres which I think will interest Eliot.


Two panels glued up. Here, removing the squeeze out with a cabinet scraper ...

https://i.postimg.cc/4f8NF9RB/A1.jpg
The Oak is quartersawn and the grain has rowed sections. This is alternating hard and soft striations, and tears out with the scraper. Smoothing the four-board panels with a LN #4 1/2 (the bronze Anniversary model), and closed up chipbreaker, leaves the surface smooth and clear ...
https://i.postimg.cc/wzFXd46b/A2.jpg
The panels are sawn into four sections - the four sides of the box - and the grain is arranged to flow around sequentially.
The mitres are cut on a sliding tablesaw, a Hammer K3. Here a side is being mitred, held on on side by a parallel guide I built. This essentially is a fence, like a rip fence, but the work piece is held stationary while it is moved past the blade ...
https://i.postimg.cc/KcRvX8ZF/9-1.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/NsP22VFs/A11.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/FrKJRm9C/A10.jpg
Once this is dialled in, all one has to do is flip the board for a perfect, parallel mitre on the opposite side.
What is seen here is one of the sides with the opening for a little "window" drawer.
Linked to this, a few years ago I built a large ... giant! ... shooting board designed for jointing panels ...
https://i.postimg.cc/Dn4LL21t/A3.jpg
This has now been converted into a giant mitre shooting board ...
https://i.postimg.cc/33MpZPBW/A4.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/RVwW8ZRh/A6.jpg
This is clamped down from the inside using the mitre tracks ...
https://i.postimg.cc/0NyrbdqK/A7.jpg
The underside, for those interested in the construction. The screws in the base are adjustable legs ...
https://i.postimg.cc/Dzp0sJ2j/A8.jpg
After sawing the mitres, the shooting board is used to ensure that these are perfectly straight for the cleanest possible joint ..
https://i.postimg.cc/SQBXDMcH/A5.jpg

Regards from Perth
Derek

[Jim Ritter]

Very nice Derek. You sure have some nice woods to work with. Love seeing your thought process.
Jim

[Jim Koepke]

Interesting piece Derek. It confused me for a moment, seeing a right hand shooting plane set up for left hand use.

Some times you've got to do what you've got to do.

jtk

[Matt Riegerix]

Great work. I’ve never experienced tear out with a scraper, I always use the scraper to fight tear out.

[Christopher Charles]

Oooh, heavy metal and fluffy shavings :)

Did you leave the miters a bit proud and then plane down to final size or were you just trimming them up?

Will look forward to seeing the completed nightstands.

Best,
Chris

[Derek Cohen]

Hi Chris

The mitres are cut on the K3 slider with a quality crosscut blade. The finish is good but there are still some high spots and a little waviness - I am being very critical here. The shooting board simply removed the high spots. The width of the boards is checked by placing them back-to-back. This must be identical if the end result is to be square and fit well.

The inside of these nightstands is far more complex than their simple outside. I’ll try and post photos later.

Regards from Perth

Derek

[Reed Gray]

Your accessories and jigs are wonderful. I might have to replicate them, if I can find the time....

robo hippy