Frame & Panel Mini Chest,

[bandit571]

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...

[bandit571]

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 see

Set 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..

[bandit571]

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..

[bandit571]

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
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Stay tuned....the cussing has begun...

[bandit571]

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..

[hbmcc]

Your original (inspiration) looks very nice. This is a good 'cook up', as I have read these travelogues described twenty, or so, years ago.

[bandit571]

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

[bandit571]

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

[bandit571]

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...

   
 Hmm...a forest of clamps has appeared on top of my bench
 

   
Needed one pipe clamp to pull things into square. another because the F style clamp didn't have enough hp to do the job..
 

   
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?
 

   
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

[Arlin Eastman]

As always I love the project and how you do it.  Looking forward to seeing more.