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Frame & Panel Mini Chest, - bandit571 - 07-31-2018
A start up....
Bandsaw is been "on-line" now. It did have a few issues....until I mentioned that the motor could be replaced, again....dang if it didn't start right up....
Right now, I'm taking things easy with it.....running a 1/4" wide blade...less stress on the saw.
Have a pile of scraps to mill..
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mostly 3/4" thick stuff...needs to be resawn to 3/8"...
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Kind of brown, and wavy......tried a jack plane to flatten these....plane was too big, went with one a bit smaller..
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I also had to cut a few ends square..
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Works for me. The Stanley No. 3c also did some Jointer work...
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Once I got most of the parts close to the same width.
Stay tuned for the next exciting episode...
RE: Frame & Panel Mini Chest, - bandit571 - 07-31-2018
There was one longer board..turned it into a "Book Matched" set...
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One was a little misshapened...wider at one end....bandsaw to trim that. Then the plane again, trying to get two edges to match..
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Will wait and see IF this will be wide enough to make a panel for a lid.....may need one more piece
we'll seeSet the thin stuff aside, for now....reset the bandsaw..
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Need to mill 1" wide strips...to build frames to house those thin panels....
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Some Maple, some Ash. Will need to mark a cut line to follow, so I can keep track of where the blade is going
Made a big mess on the floor, today..
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Guess I had better bring the trashcan back down to the shop...
Well, it is a start..we'll see how this turns out. Single Brain Cell Sketch Up is still working on the details..
Stay tuned..
RE: Frame & Panel Mini Chest, - bandit571 - 08-01-2018
Frame parts have been ripped for width....some @ 1-1/2"....some @ 1"..
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Even found a few extras to mill.
Found a few extra parts that should be thin enough for panels...
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Need to get some measurements made, and see where to start crosscutting things...
Added a filler strip to the blank for the lid..and did a glue up..
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Was a Royal PITA to do
, but somehow made it. Might have had enough clamps? Measurements? Well there IS a Walnut & Cherry version I made a while back...
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This newest version will be a Maple flavoured version.....
Stay tuned..
RE: Frame & Panel Mini Chest, - bandit571 - 08-01-2018
Plan has been drawn up...more of a guide-line, than anything set in stone..
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Managed to mill enough parts for a front frame..
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and the rear frame..
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And enough skinny parts for the end frames' corner posts...
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Once I remembered I need to mill tenons on the ends of the rails....the panels didn't look quite as short..
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So, maybe tomorrow, I can adjust the tenon sizes to match the panel lengths....since I haven't cut the tenons yet
....Stay tuned....the cussing has begun...
RE: Frame & Panel Mini Chest, - bandit571 - 08-02-2018
Maybe after Lunch is done, and settled....I can meander done to the shop...for a while? May make use of the Stanley 45 today.....need a bunch of grooves cut. Some of these parts even need two grooves done. Then maybe the tenons can be done, too
Depends on how much time I get IN the shop, today..
Stay tuned..
RE: Frame & Panel Mini Chest, - hbmcc - 08-03-2018
Your original (inspiration) looks very nice. This is a good 'cook up', as I have read these travelogues described twenty, or so, years ago.
RE: Frame & Panel Mini Chest, - bandit571 - 08-04-2018
Well....Despite the leg and toe cramps...got a little more done...
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The other frame's mortises were done...
Ran a plane around..
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To make raised panels out of both panels..after they had been trimmed to size...
Back was then glued up..
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Then the front frame was done...
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Both were checked for square, too..
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maybe later today, I can start on the frames for the ends...and maybe a lid?
Stay tuned
RE: Frame & Panel Mini Chest, - bandit571 - 08-04-2018
Somehow managed to get the two end frames into the clamps today....
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Used the Stanley 45 to mill both the grooves..
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And those tongues
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Used a compass to lay out the feet details
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Used that Stanley No. 3c to raise the panels..
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Thinking this is actually Cherry? was all out of the thin Maple stock...
Will let the two end frame cure over-night...then see how tomorrow goes
Stay tuned
RE: Frame & Panel Mini Chest, - bandit571 - 08-05-2018
Took the two end frames out of their clamps today...only to have one corner post pop right off....more glue, and a nail through each tenon. Got to checking where the panel of the box's bottom will go....too low on the ends to cut a groove.
A Rebate would not be of much help, either....decided to just leave the ends alone, and hang the bottom from the grooves already there....notched to fit around the corner posts...[attachment=12002]
Hmm...a forest of clamps has appeared on top of my bench
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Needed one pipe clamp to pull things into square. another because the F style clamp didn't have enough hp to do the job..
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Either the groove was off-center, or the tongue was....will fix this corner with a glued on sliver of maple. Then tomorrow, I can use a plane to clean all the corner joints up.
Maybe I can also start work on a lid?
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Should be enough to do that. May look into adding some brass corner braces.....we'll see.
Have one more day to get as much done as I can....stay tuned
RE: Frame & Panel Mini Chest, - Arlin Eastman - 08-05-2018
As always I love the project and how you do it. Looking forward to seeing more.