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
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