Monte Milanuk
12-11-2007, 10:02 PM
Hello,
Working on my first 'real' projects for others (i.e. not shop related and/or trim-carpentry/built-in stuff) - a blanket chest for the daughter, and a candle centerpiece for the wife.
I've been following the plans for the blanket chest, and most things are coming together okay, but two areas are bugging me and I'm debating whether to re-do the parts or not. Part of the debate is whether they'll come out any better the second time 'round! :confused:
Part 'D' is a cross rail, 3/4" thick x 3" wide rail w/ a centered 1/4" groove along the inside face for a panel, and stub tenons on the ends to fit into matching grooves in some other pieces. The problem here is I'd done some test cuts, but apparently there were some slight differences between my test stock and the 'real deal' stuff... the tenons didn't fit quite as tight on piece #1 as I'd liked, so I tweaked the handle on the saw a little (using a dado blade to cut these tenons) and had at it on the other three. Of course... I turned the handle the wrong way so now I have one not-very-tight piece and three really loose-fitting ones. I can *probably re-cut these, just more of an irritation factor than anything.
Part 'A' is a vertical end piece for one of the panels, so it has a centered 1/4 groove like the other rail-n-stile pieces. No problems there. The headache here is these parts have a 1/2" thick x 3/4" wide rabbet on the outside edge, for another piece to fit into. The fit is fairly good... other than a few little whoop-tee-doos where the stock must not have fed quite as smoothly as I thought across the dado head. All four pieces have similar little waves in the rabbet, and I'm not entirely sure where to start looking for where/what is at fault here. I used a pretty healthy system of feather boards, etc. when feeding the wood thru on that size of a cut, but still got the waves in the cuts. This will end up being exposed right on a corner of the chest, so the less-than perfect fit of the rabbet joint is giving me some heartburn. I'm considering re-cutting that rabbet on the router table where I can sneak up on it a little differently... but I'm not 100% certain at this point if my router table *plate* is flat enough to avoid similar headaches. Kind of running out of time to investigate too many new options.
Will the daughter ever notice? Probably not. It's still eating at me though, and I'm not even done with it!
Any suggestions, etc. would be welcome.
TIA,
Monte
Working on my first 'real' projects for others (i.e. not shop related and/or trim-carpentry/built-in stuff) - a blanket chest for the daughter, and a candle centerpiece for the wife.
I've been following the plans for the blanket chest, and most things are coming together okay, but two areas are bugging me and I'm debating whether to re-do the parts or not. Part of the debate is whether they'll come out any better the second time 'round! :confused:
Part 'D' is a cross rail, 3/4" thick x 3" wide rail w/ a centered 1/4" groove along the inside face for a panel, and stub tenons on the ends to fit into matching grooves in some other pieces. The problem here is I'd done some test cuts, but apparently there were some slight differences between my test stock and the 'real deal' stuff... the tenons didn't fit quite as tight on piece #1 as I'd liked, so I tweaked the handle on the saw a little (using a dado blade to cut these tenons) and had at it on the other three. Of course... I turned the handle the wrong way so now I have one not-very-tight piece and three really loose-fitting ones. I can *probably re-cut these, just more of an irritation factor than anything.
Part 'A' is a vertical end piece for one of the panels, so it has a centered 1/4 groove like the other rail-n-stile pieces. No problems there. The headache here is these parts have a 1/2" thick x 3/4" wide rabbet on the outside edge, for another piece to fit into. The fit is fairly good... other than a few little whoop-tee-doos where the stock must not have fed quite as smoothly as I thought across the dado head. All four pieces have similar little waves in the rabbet, and I'm not entirely sure where to start looking for where/what is at fault here. I used a pretty healthy system of feather boards, etc. when feeding the wood thru on that size of a cut, but still got the waves in the cuts. This will end up being exposed right on a corner of the chest, so the less-than perfect fit of the rabbet joint is giving me some heartburn. I'm considering re-cutting that rabbet on the router table where I can sneak up on it a little differently... but I'm not 100% certain at this point if my router table *plate* is flat enough to avoid similar headaches. Kind of running out of time to investigate too many new options.
Will the daughter ever notice? Probably not. It's still eating at me though, and I'm not even done with it!
Any suggestions, etc. would be welcome.
TIA,
Monte