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...
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 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

[Arlin Eastman]

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