Howie French
11-23-2006, 12:01 AM
I am just starting work on an 18th Century Spice box.
This will be a challenging project for me. I will be attempting
many new techniques for the first time.... Tombstone doors, Ogee bracket feet, installing a half mortised lockset, molding etc..
I have seen many pictures of these small chests, some with full inset doors, and a lot with a combination of overlap (hinge side) and inset (lockset side).
It seems to me the advantage and reasoning of the overlap/inset combination
is to facilitate the drawers clearing the hinges when sliding out.
I perfer the look of a balance door (inset both side), so my question is....
how do you resolve the drawer/hinge clearance issue, I am assuming the drawers must be made with a little slop so they have side to side movement
to clear the hinges. Is this correct, or are the hinges (haven't purchase yet)
so small that they provide very little interference ?
As far as the Tombstone doors, the 2 biggest issues I see are laying out the panel to match the rails and stiles, I am assuming it's best to construct the rails and stiles including cutting the arch, then using this as a template for cutting out the panel (after adding 1/4" all the way around to allow for the wood that will be received in the rail and stiles). Is this the right approach ?
The other issue with the doors will be squareing the inside corners of the panel, after it has been routed with a raised panel. I know how to layout the
shape but am not sure of the carving approach needed to insure a sharp crease at the inside corner that runs parallel to the outside corner. (I have
right and left skew chisels that I purchased just for this project)
Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Howie
This will be a challenging project for me. I will be attempting
many new techniques for the first time.... Tombstone doors, Ogee bracket feet, installing a half mortised lockset, molding etc..
I have seen many pictures of these small chests, some with full inset doors, and a lot with a combination of overlap (hinge side) and inset (lockset side).
It seems to me the advantage and reasoning of the overlap/inset combination
is to facilitate the drawers clearing the hinges when sliding out.
I perfer the look of a balance door (inset both side), so my question is....
how do you resolve the drawer/hinge clearance issue, I am assuming the drawers must be made with a little slop so they have side to side movement
to clear the hinges. Is this correct, or are the hinges (haven't purchase yet)
so small that they provide very little interference ?
As far as the Tombstone doors, the 2 biggest issues I see are laying out the panel to match the rails and stiles, I am assuming it's best to construct the rails and stiles including cutting the arch, then using this as a template for cutting out the panel (after adding 1/4" all the way around to allow for the wood that will be received in the rail and stiles). Is this the right approach ?
The other issue with the doors will be squareing the inside corners of the panel, after it has been routed with a raised panel. I know how to layout the
shape but am not sure of the carving approach needed to insure a sharp crease at the inside corner that runs parallel to the outside corner. (I have
right and left skew chisels that I purchased just for this project)
Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Howie