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RE: Bombe Adventure - Project Status - Don_M - 12-26-2019
Thanks for the encouragement. Serpentine drawer fronts will be a challenge. Probably no easy way to shape them other than to rough out w/ bandsaw and then a lot of hand work (excuse to buy some quality rasps and carving tools!)
RE: Bombe Adventure - Project Status - professore - 12-26-2019
Calling Peter Tremblay!!
He's been down this road and may have some useful suggestions from his experience.
Frank S in Iowa
RE: Bombe Adventure - Project Status - MarkSingleton - 12-26-2019
Excellent work!! Thanks for posting this and keep it up!!
And yes, I too saw "Bombe" and immediately thought of our "banjo pickin priest."
Did he ever finish his?
RE: Bombe Adventure - Project Status - Joel H. - 12-27-2019
Wow! What a great and challenging project. It's looking fantastic so far, and exactly what this woodworking hobby is all about.
Keep the updates coming. And yes, any reason to get more tools is a good reason.
Joel
RE: Bombe Adventure - Project Status - joe1086 - 12-27-2019
What the others said.....I'll be watching for updates. Take more pictures as you work through milling the drawers!
RE: Bombe Adventure - Project Status - Big Dave - 12-27-2019
Yup, I'm gonna be watching this one, too...
Great work, so far!
Dave
RE: Bombe Adventure - Project Status - Handplanesandmore - 12-28-2019
Impressive. The kind of work Phil Lowe or Chuck Bender would be good at if only hand tools are mostly used.
If I had to guess, the drawers are not easy but the frame was the more difficult part...getting it dadoed (?), assembled (dead square!) etc. Such casework can look deceivingly easy.
Simon
RE: Bombe Adventure - Project Status - Dave Diaman - 01-01-2020
The drawers are by far the most challenging part. The case is actually not that difficult. I used a table saw and dado blade to remove all my waste then a hand plane to take it to final shape. I’m mine I curved all my drawer sides to match the case so the compound angles on the dovetails can offer some challenges too. Her is the one I made a few years back
RE: Bombe Adventure - Project Status - Handplanesandmore - 01-01-2020
Labor-intensive pieces!
Simon
RE: Bombe Adventure - Project Status - Hank Knight - 01-01-2020
Dave Diaman, you are a magician! That's a beautiful piece!