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Box#3, a bit different sort of box.. - bandit571 - 03-16-2023
Instead of a lid...it will have a pair of doors....
Sorted through the stack of parts...looking for enough to make the doors with..
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Figured I'd start with the doors, and size the rest to them...
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Jointed matching edges...then cross cut for length from those straightened edges..then glue up a panel
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Then do the second door, same as the first...
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and set these aside, for now...
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And, see about 2 sides and 2 ends....sides were the easy part...just rip a board right down the center..
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Maybe clean up the saw marks along the edges...
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But...needed to flatten things out a bit..
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Hmmm....we have ways..
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That was the 2 sides...the 2 blanks for the ends?
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Would be a different story...
Stay tuned....
RE: Box#3, a bit different sort of box.. - bandit571 - 03-16-2023
The 2 blanks for the ends...shorter one was too bad, a bit of clean up with the plane was about it...the longer one? The more I worked on it, trying to get it flat, the thinner it became, until I simply scrapped it...Did not have another blank long enough to replace it, that matched the thickness I needed...so..
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This is called a kerf cut. tablesaw can not reach high enough to meet in the middle...Set the fence to leave just over the thickness I needed..then the hand saw took it from here..
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Old D8 ( no hyphen) rip saw..a little Cardio for the day...results?
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This is the blank I was trying to match up to...
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Then cut away what didn't match for size...length and width...and cutting for best look...
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Waiting to see what size I need to make the box....doors are about ready to clean up..
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Get these 2 squared up, and flat...then milled for bread board ends...and then..
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Where the 2 doors meet, they will lap.
Wednesday was Pay Day...bills to pay shopping to do..and a stop at Hobby Lobby to replenish the stash of hardware...
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So..will see how things go, today...
Stay tuned...
RE: Box#3, a bit different sort of box.. - bandit571 - 03-16-2023
4 squared this morning..
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Match up for grain details..
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getting the bread board end blanks ready
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Milled tongues on the ends of the door panels...then used this set up to mill the grooves..
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And that is door #1 in the clamps, waiting on glue to dry. Door #2?
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Is sitting over on the bench, for now...Details?
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Sometime around 1800 or 1900 hours, I'll head back to the shop...and clean them up...maybe tomorrow, I can start on the 4 sides of this project..
Stay tuned..
RE: Box#3, a bit different sort of box.. - bandit571 - 03-18-2023
Doors have been cleaned up, bread board ends have been trimmed. Everything is flat...made a few cuts on the tablesaw..
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Had to double check which cut went where...
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I think a latch will go about in the center...
Now that the doors are to final size...I can cut the 4 box sides to size..
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And see how big a box we are looking at...
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Then lay the doors on top...
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Rather plain looking...just don't stare too long at the grain patterns...you might see something, that isn't there..
Set the doors aside, for now..lay out some Lay out tools..
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Chisel as a "layout tool"? yep, it sets the spaces for the fingers..
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Then I need a saw of some sort..
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Mr Jackson seems to fit the job...
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So..next up...some chopping to do..
Stay tuned...
RE: Box#3, a bit different sort of box.. - bandit571 - 03-18-2023
I set up a chopping block on the bench...
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Sitting right over the top of the bench's leg...screwed down. Then a clamp to hold the part still...
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Chop from both faces, until...
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Clean this up, then..
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Trace around each finger with a sharp pencil...saw and chop the waste out..and try a dry fit..
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Pare to get a better fit. Then repeat for corner #2...
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So...later today, I'll see about the other 2 corners. I also need to see about a few dados, to hold a couple shelves/dividers....
Stay tuned...
RE: Box#3, a bit different sort of box.. - bandit571 - 03-19-2023
All 4 corners are now done...and dry fitted together..
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Stepping off into 3rds..because..
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These need to be set into dados...
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Laid out...yep, right went I let go to push the shutter button on the camera..one board slid a bit...next,
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Knife a few lines...Then chop those lines with a 1" wide chisel to deepen the lines...and a 1/4" wide chisel to remove the waste..
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And a router plane to level the floor of the dado...dry fit?
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1 done, 3 to go...
That done, tried a dry fit of all the parts....shelves were about a 1/16" or so too long..or..the dados weren't deep enough..was easier to buzz the end of the shelves a little bit, and try again..
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No glue, yet....the hardest part will be to get this pulled into square, once the glue-up starts in, later today.....we have ways..
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Right now, this dry fit is squared up.....I need to tear this all done, make some cauls, get a brush for the glue....and a few more clamps.....
I am sure there will be cussing involved....all them clamps, and cauls..and just 2 hands available? Hmmm...and only 1 cold beer in the fridge?
Stay tuned..there may be a "Blue Streak" coming from the shop...wish me luck..
RE: Box#3, a bit different sort of box.. - bandit571 - 03-19-2023
So, right after Lunch, today...got an assembly table ready.
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All the clamps were removed...
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Needs to be taken to the assembly table..knocked apart and set out in order...clamps were laid out, either close to hand..
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Or, hung up close by...like about 2 steps away..
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And all set up to go...Had a mallet to assist the stubborn parts along
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Bottle of glue at the ready, along with a H-F Acid Brush to moosh the blobs of glue into place
Once things start..there is no stopping to take a picture..
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Should be enough...check for square?
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If not, pull until it is...
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Over on the bench, there is a blank for the back of this thing...
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Will need to trim it for size, once the box comes back out of the clamps..in the mean time..
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Need to put most of the toys away...ya think?
Stay tuned..
RE: Box#3, a bit different sort of box.. - bandit571 - 03-20-2023
Box is out of the clamps...
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Checked to see how the doors look..
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Will install hinges after a bit...first..need to trim the panel for the back to size..
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Cutting gauge to mark a line deep enough for the saw to follow..
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Then repeat on the end ...
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Spread some glue around, and clamp the panel to the back of the box...
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Will let this sit a day..
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Tomorrow, I'll clean it up, see about those hinges..and start on a stand...
Stay tuned...
RE: Box#3, a bit different sort of box.. - bandit571 - 03-22-2023
Those clamps have been removed..and the back of the box has been cleaned up...Front edges of the box have been leveled...
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Things were checked for square
Couple corners needed leveled up..
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We have ways...had thought about adding the doors, even laid out the hinges..
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Had also laid out a few pieces of scrap...
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Decided to build something this box/cabinet could stand on....made up a pattern, and cut one piece, to see how it looked..
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The hard part, to cut the matching one, so that they did indeed ...match..
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Needed a way to attach these 2 to the bottom of the case....searched through the stack of leftovers, found a decent piece of Pine...beveled the ends..
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Then did a glue-up of the 3 parts...
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(back right leg is sitting on the arm of a square, BTW)
So, later today, these clamps can come off, get everything cleaned and leveled....drill a couple countersink holes...and attach the "Stand" to the bottom of the Cabinet..
May add a bit of glue, while I am at it.....still need to install the hinges to the case and the doors,,a couple knob to the doors, and a latch...
Maybe a couple of stain? We'll see..stay tuned...
RE: Box#3, a bit different sort of box.. - grwold - 03-22-2023
Breadbox ends on the doors, AND a stand?! You weren't kidding about the "different"! Looks really nice.