Ok...boxes are done, for now....cleared off the bench. put a bunch of toys away...then "pulled inventory" on the supply of Ash scraps in the shop..
Along with a 6' long 1 x 6 of the same stuff still upstairs....hmmmm
Looking at the "parts"...I see a few shelves, a Top, and a Bottom...Parts for a frame & paneled door....maybe a face frame to go with it? The six footer could be sides of a cabinet? But, what kind?
have a decent collection of DVDs and a few CDs...scattered about in drawers....maybe build a cabinet to hold, and organize them? Have a table beside the computer desk...might sit the cabinet on it? Since I usually watch these things on my computer, wearing headphones....vol. set to 100%+..to drown out the sounds of GrandBRATS, and Robo-callers. ..Would be nice to have things to where I can reach over, select the "Movie of the Week".....
Might be enough of the 1 x 6 to make the raised panel(s) for the door? May get started this coming weekend....we'll see..Might even match the existing flavour of the Computer Desk?
(10-10-2019, 10:41 AM)hbmcc Wrote: Sounds good to me....
[From the guy trying to burn old decking before wife dreams up stupid birdhouses from it....]
I tried to salvage some deck boards. Ran some of them through the planer and noticed it was cutting slower and slower. Looked at the blades and they were beat to pieces by the grit embedded in the boards. Penny wise and pound foolish. They burned well though. I live on a beach so no shortage of grit carried up to the deck. Maybe it wouldn't be a problem with paved walks and a grass lawn, but you don't need to tell your wife that.
10-11-2019, 08:59 AM (This post was last modified: 10-11-2019, 09:23 AM by bandit571.)
The 3 "shelf" boards may get resawn down a bit.....or just replaced with 1/2" or 3/8" thick Poplar....can always add a facing to the edges. 7/8" is way too thick for the shelves in this cabinet....need the room for the DVD cases, after all. may do a through dado, then add the face-frame to cover. Will add a 5mm plywood back, set in rebates...will have to allow for that, when sizing the shelves. Not sure if the bottom will be that wide 1x or cut the sides into feet...
Need to decide which one to use ....May use a panel saw, to cut that 1 x 6 x6' plank to lengths i can use...
To get it down to where the #358 Mitre Box can take over...
So far, this is about all the Single Brain Cell Sketch Up has come up with.. ..need to go find either a Mr. Gumption, or a Mr. Motivation. ..so I can start making some sawdust..
First off, I need to "clear the deck" for action...
Stay tuned
And now...you won't. This will be the back of the case, and I can run a rebate for that plywood...
Other end had more ..."issues"..
Trying to "arrange" the cuts, to remove the issues....
Got all the pins done....made chopping tails almost a breese...to where I could test fit both of the sides, to the bottom of the case..
So I could check the top for size......
Since the blank I was going to use turned up too short...meet the new blank. Will cut it for the proper length( with overhangs) and add those 2 strips to get the right width....I hope. Blank WAS going to be a raised panel in the door...was. Will need to buy a Handi-panel of 5mm plywood for the back of the case, and try to use that fancy grained plywood for a door panel.
Might even match the door panel on my Computer Desk's door....
Shop fan has "died", may need a new one, soon. 2 hours of shop time, not much got done.
Stay tuned
Going shopping, Friday....and see what I can pick up for this project. Need to also get the Stanley 45 set up to do dados and rebates.....difference between the two? Whether the spurs are up, or down. Across the grain (dado) spurs rotate down.....with the grain, spurs rotate up...not needed.. Then make a jig to hold things steady..
Took today off....was watching some of the DVDs I intend to store in the cabinet....
maybe Saturday....I can get back to the shop....no rush...
Jigs for a router? We don't need no stinking router jig for dovetails...
Some may see those black lines as gaps....when they are merely black sharpie lines..
And since I need a mallet to install this in place....doubt IF there is any "gaps". This is the second corner.
Top was rough cut for length..
Decided to see how this "new" saw worked on Ash....11 ppi, 26" long D-8...wasn't too bad, too much set on the right side, will stone that. Took the blank over to the #358 Mitre box, and squared up both ends....then the jointer plane ( Millers Falls #11) and then the Stanley No.4 , type 10 for the flattening of the faces..found a close match for the front's add-on...and planed it, too...
Idea being I can do through dados into the top, then glue the add-on to the front edge to close off the dados...tried to match the grain...
Not too worried about that bad spot ( knot) as we have ways...
dados mean I need to cut tenons...
So..how to cut these ( shoulder work to be done..)
Backsaw to cut a shoulder, (tried splitting off the waste, grain fought me..) chisel and a plane to complete..(plane is a Stanley #39 3/8" Dado plane)
Made a decent mess on the floor...along with a pile of saw dust over on the #358 Mitre Box....Used it to try shoulder wall cuts...was hard to see.
Not too bad, for an hour's work. Started getting cramps in the toes....Uncle Charles said it was time to stop
Maybe Tuesday, I can try again? Dados and rebates to do....shelves to cut to size....should be enough for one afternoon
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But, what kind?
..Would be nice to have things to where I can reach over, select the "Movie of the Week"..... 
