It's very beautiful wood, so I can sympathize. As for your back, give it a rest. Always pay attention to your body. Some of the worst injuries I ever had was when my body said "That's enough", but my brain said, "Just a little bit more".
It's very beautiful wood, so I can sympathize. As for your back, give it a rest. Always pay attention to your body. Some of the worst injuries I ever had was when my body said "That's enough", but my brain said, "Just a little bit more".
Dropping back here, again.....and it is ugly outside....snowbound.jpg so I snuck down to the shop for a little bit, got the panel out of the clamps
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Worked on getting both faces cleaned up....Measured for final width..had to trim an edge back a bit
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Got the ends about as square as I could. Laid out for the end grain bevels..
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Marked a stop line about 1-1/2" in from the edge. Doing the end grain first...
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Left a 1/2" thick edge. Got both ends done, and set up for the sides.
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Instead of these smaller planes to make the bevel..
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The red logo Stanley is set coarse, Plain Jane is set fine. Run at a diagonal to the grain, one roughs out the bevel, the other refines it....
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Long edge grain, I used a jack plane....
Trying to get a mitered corner...
Stay tuned, more to come..
Corner details...supposed to be about like this..
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Got fairly close...
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Once the bevels were done, time to flip the panel over, and use the Wards 78
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Was almost done with the end grain ends...happen to notice the spur wasn't used..ooops. Saw cut on the end.Test fits as I went along..
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Wound up shorting the rails by a hair....more coverage on the side rebates...more dry fits..
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Got all four edges rebated and fitted....final dry fit
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Before the glue, clamps and cauls come out..
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Will let this mess sit overnight..
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maybe install the door, tomorrow? Not much left to do on the project....needs a skinny drawer build under the bookcase...Hinges, knobs...final sanding...then the stain & shellac finish.....Golden Oak stain, couple coats of Amber shellac...
Stay tuned...almost done...
Nice looking panels. I need to find me one of them there combo planes.
Teaser alert...teaser alert!
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Door is installed...
Stay tuned for further updates....
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Spent less than an hour IN the shop today....all four sides of the skinny drawer are cut to rough size. Blank for the drawer front has been fitted to it's new home.
Then had to go on an all day road trip....picked a couple chisels...not much wood working got done, today...
Love pickin'!
Well, was a busy morning, today. Built a skinny drawer..
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And fitted into the spot it will call home..
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Added a pair of cleats..
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Two countersunk screws into the top, and two screws to attach the bookcase with. project is designed to be taken apart for transport ( like up my stairs) the cleats will hold the bookcase upper unit in place, when things are sitting still. The cleats also act as drawer guides.
Got four pads for the feet installed...
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And added a coat of Golden Oak stain..
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Even the inside of the door was given a coat..
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Had to "arrange " the grain on the drawer front, and matched the knob to it..
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A freckled drawer. I also stained the two shelves. Those get a pair of folding baskets each.
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waiting on the stain to dry, before the top coats of Amber Shellac go on...shop is not the best place to take Project pictures...might try after it gets upstairs?
Almost done, stay tuned..
Lovely..
Things came to a standstill, yesterday....Friday night wound up in the ER, A-Fib attack...BAD ONE. Then most of Saturday in the ICU...released back home last night
LONG nap...still not feeling very good...have to call my Cardio Doctor Monday, and see what he says...
Might be another day or two..before the Shellac goes on...stay tuned.
Whoa. Yep, slow down and wait and see what the doc says. Wood ain't going anywhere.
My prayers are with you and yours.
Yeah, do what you need to get better. Thoughts and prayers with you bud.
Heart issues, head issues, and now a Thyroid issue....Might be a while before the next build-along happens.
So, until a finish suddenly happens on the Pine Stepback Cupboard Project....this thread is done. If it does get a finish on it, I WILL post it in the Projects forum.
Again, I want to thank all who followed along with this little project...Thank you.