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RE: Small cabinet build-along - C. in Indy - 10-26-2020
It's looking great!
I also like making snug drawers and then planing them to fit well.
Chris
RE: Big question - Aram - 11-01-2020
Here is a little more progress. Yesterday was Halloween, so The Crow soundtrack, and Oingo Boingo Dead Man's Party.
I finally glued the cabinet. Everything left to glue but the divider panels, which are still in loose at this point.
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The mitered frame pieces were not exactly level with one another. A little card scraper work here, and on the top frame, took care of that quickly.
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I am pleased with the mitered top. It looks tight without gaps.
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I touched up the drawers a little with hand planes, then screwed and glued the drawer runners onto the dividers, touched up the divider fronts with a hand plane to get rid of a couple dings and to make them flush with the cabinet, and glued them in.
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RE: Big question - Aram - 11-02-2020
A friend pointed me towards Bear Family Records last year. I had never heard of them. They are a German label who release mostly American (as far as I can tell) sets on CD. I have the two Waylon Jennings box sets from them a while back, and they are fantastic. I listened to a little of that between making power tool noises.
I routed grooves in the sides of the drawers.
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The fronts intentionally overlap, so I can trim them for even reveals. Anyway, they don't look unbelievably crooked, so i think I can work with this. We'll see.
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RE: Big question - Aram - 11-08-2020
This is a build-along. When I screw up bad, you'll hear about it.
I had the drawer supports in like this. How long do you think they last before they break off? They are mostly not supported. That was stupid.
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I added these cross pieces. They are are glued all around.
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The next part went well. I used chisels and a router plane to extend the drawer grooves by the right amount, so that the runners act as stops. Also hand-planed the lips on the bottoms of the drawer fronts, which I had left a little long on purpose, for an initial fit.
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First fit is pretty good. I'll touch it up later for even reveals between the drawers.
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The next part is bad. I was fitting the large drawers, and I managed to push the cabinet off the bench, onto the concrete floor. You probably heard me right afterwards. It could have been a lot worse. The only visible ding I see is on the top of one of the rear legs, and it's not huge. I can work something out. The drawers appear to be fine. Some of the cabinet joints separated a little, which alarmed me as I thought they were tight and glued well. I snuck in a little more liquid hide glue and clamped it again. That brings us up to now.
RE: Big question - Aram - 11-08-2020
Correction. The drawer I was fitting had one of the rear pins break off. Repair in process. Otherwise, it looks like this. So i have that going for me. Which is nice.
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RE: Small cabinet build-along - Bill Holt - 11-09-2020
Oh my gosh!!! I think my heart would have stopped when the cabinet fell off of the bench. It's looking pretty good, your craftmanship is paying off.
RE: Small cabinet build-along - Scoony - 11-09-2020
I have had parts fall off the bench. Yesterday a drawer front fell and dinged up a corner but it was a corner getting cut out for a half pin.
The cabinet is looking great.
RE: Big question - Aram - 11-09-2020
Drawers fitted, reveals as even as I could get them all around. Touched up the sides here and there to make them slide well. Hopefully, I allowed for the finish. I stuck the door in to see how it all looks together.
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This is the first project I've done where I thought turned pulls would look good. I am not a turner. I'll have to carve something instead.
Johnny Hodges and Howlin' Wolf.
RE: Small cabinet build-along - TomFromStLouis - 11-13-2020
I am pretty sure I use similar tools and take as much care as you are doing here, but my work never looks this good.
Yer pissin' me off.
RE: Small cabinet build-along - Aram - 11-13-2020
(11-13-2020, 01:53 PM)TomFromStLouis Wrote: I am pretty sure I use similar tools and take as much care as you are doing here, but my work never looks this good.
Yer pissin' me off.
Thank you, sir
