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Mark Stutz
04-21-2007, 7:31 PM
Just thought I would show some in progress reports on my current project, a Cherry Chimney cupboard. I've dovetailed the subtop of the carcases to the sides and cut the dadoes for the bottom shelf, as well as the stopped rabbett along the sides for the T & G back. Of course, all done while listening to music instead of howling machines.:D I'm getting better on the dovetails, though still have some room for improvement! I ended up with the tails and pins more than 1/16 proud...though it didn't weem that much when I set the guage!:confused: . No big deal on the pins, but planing all that end grain flush on the pins made me work up a sweat. Someshere I've read that you should purposely make them proud, but obviously not that much. I think Ian Kirby advocates making the tails shy on drawers and planing the sides flush to have perfectly sized drawers, but not very practical on a large carcase. I would have filled the gap on these, but didn't bother since they won't show on the final piece.http://http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e187/mws55/chimneycarcase.jpg

This was my first attempt at stopped rabbetts and dadoes by hand. They are not as intimidating as they sound, so I encourage all you other budding Galoots to try it!:D The pics show the 778 I used for the rabbett. This was also the first for hand cut dadoes. The Bishop saw works great for this, and once I got the cutter for the router plane honed it worked great. I have to admit I was a bit skeptical, but then they wouldn't be a dime a dozen on that auction site if a lot of them hand't been sold in the past. As with all joinery, layout is important. I ended up with a slightly wedged shaped dado and had to clean it up with side rabbet planes, which also work very well. For just a few, I can't see myself fussing with dado blades in a TS again.http://http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e187/mws55/firstdado.jpg
http://http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e187/mws55/firstdadozoom.jpg

Mark

Mark Stutz
04-21-2007, 7:37 PM
OK, I tried to insert images in the text...no luck, so here they are.

Mark

Jim Dunn
04-21-2007, 7:55 PM
A little machine noise is music to my ears sometimes:) Nicely done Mark. Did you precut the sides of the cross grain dadoes before you used your dadoe plane?

Jim

Mark Stutz
04-21-2007, 8:01 PM
Jim,
I sawed to depth and knocked out most of the waste with chisels, and then cleaned up the bottom with the router plane. Don't have any dado planes yet, but can see that they could be desirable. The advantage I can see to doing it this way is the infinite variety in width. You can size the dado to fit the shelf rather than planing down the shelf to fit the dado.

Mark

Alan Turner
04-21-2007, 8:13 PM
Mark,

Nice bunch of work there. Keep your eyes open for some Stanley 39's. They are quick, accurate, and pretty easy to use. Prices vary a bunch. If you want a 13/16", for example, have your checkbook handy. The more common sizes are more reasonable. Perhaps $100 or so.

Gary Herrmann
04-21-2007, 8:58 PM
Very nice Mark. I'm fighting the bug my son gave me, so no handtools for me this weekend. I got tired sanding a dang pen on the lathe...

Dave Anderson NH
04-23-2007, 6:43 AM
Nice job Mark. The bigger the box, the more "interesting" it gets when you do the glueup. This little thing is 42" long by 19" wide by 18" high. Life was a little bit easier with the longer open time Titebond Extend.

Charles Jackson III
04-24-2007, 5:42 PM
Nice Job, Mark.