Just another Box Project?

[bandit571]

Hey, gotta use up the leftovers, some how.....Maybe resaw a stack down to 1/2" thick...glue a few into panels?  


IF anyone wants to follow along.....will start this after all the errands for today have been run....

Stay tuned...

[professore]

I'll be following.

Frank S in IA

[MarkSingleton]

Yup. Me too!!

[stav]

Did you pick up a new tool you need to share that needs a box?  Should be interesting.

[bandit571]

Resaws were done on the tablesaw...stuff that wasn't usable, was tossed.   Trying to keep the better looking stuff...like these...
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Goal was to find enough pieces that I could match up..
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Some better than others..
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And try for 4 panels glued up....
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#4 was sitting over on the bench...Panels are 1/2" thick Ash.
Let these sit a day or 2...Middle one of those 3 was to be the "Lid"....Turned out, that I needed a 3 strip glued to it..
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Still have not removed THOSE clamps, yet...will wait until I start Lid Work...

To help things out, panels were rip to 6" wide...as that is all the wider the vise will open..
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This is Panel #4, the "Back" of the case....needed planed flat and smooth..
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A #3 seemed to work just fine....other planes in use?
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A #4-1/2 and a #6c.mainly to joint an edge or 2 before a glue up...

There was one board that wasn't a glue-up, though..
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Just needed smoothed down a bit.....Case has 2 drawers, and an upper compartment.....and this is the front of that compartment...
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Stay tuned...corner joints will be through dovetails..LOTS of Through Dovetails...

[bandit571]

Through Dovetails for the corners...
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Lay out tools...and..
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Lay out lines...
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Saw the lines...doing pins first, of course...
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Start with the face that will show, chop half way down....leave a little "porch" for support...flip panel over..
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Chop out the waste...use these pins to mark out the tails...Bandsaw to cut strictly on the waste side of the lines, leaving the line, in fact...remove the waste, and try a dry fit..
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When I NEED a hammer to drive thing "home", I think that will be tight enough...repeat for the second full height (6") corner...
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Yes, these sides are a whopping 6" tall...however...across the front?
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This sits above 2 drawers..

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And will be the front of the Compartment...
Clamps, glue and cauls..
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Let this sit a day..or 2...

Stay tuned..Have slips and a base to do next.....then work on 2 drawers

[BpB123]

Looking good!

Thanks for sharing!!

[bandit571]

Hey,, is my slip showing?
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These...are called "slips"...I used 4 to install a floor inside this box...mitered corners means...
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Rotating the saw to 45 degree detent...and start here..
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As this one is as low as I can go...Was going to use a square to draw a couple lines for the other 3...wound up setting a small combo square for depth...glued in the back slip...then glued in the end slips..
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Just glue..no metal was used...

Once the clamps came off the next day..
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A 1/4" plywood panel was cut to a loose fit...then some weight was added as the panel was glued down...
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And let this sit a day...
Stay tuned...

[bandit571]

A Base by Bugtussle?

There USED to be a 1 x 8 x 6' plank in the shop...mainly Ash Sapwood...Used to be?
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Went all through that plank..cut out the "good" stuff...and this mess is what was left...will go to the fire pit...soon...
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Yep, this is what is left....I also resawed the worst face...until the slat were 5/8" thick...I jointed the edges a bit for a glue up..
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Let this sit a day....then..
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Planed the panels faces ( both of them) as flat as a Stanley #3, Type 15 could get it...then...to keep it reasonably flat..
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It had already started to curl a bit, so..it got clamped to the bottom of the case....

Then, I could try to get the drawer front(s) sized...
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Turned out, that the fronts plus the divider were a tad too FAT....we have ways..
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Ripped about half the thickness of the tablesaw blade off one edge of each front....then the plane to joint the edges...as I wanted both drawers to match each other...

Stay tuned..Drawer building 101 will be next episode..

[bandit571]

Drawer boxes....use through dovetails just like the rest of the box...except for the "Front" which also gets a rebate to "house" the bottom of the drawer..
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With the sides and back ripped to match the depth of the drawer.
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Front has 3 tails...

So, once the pins are done, I use them to trace out the tails....then cut on the waste side of the lines...on the bandsaw..because..
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I can SEE the lines to be cut...and on these small critters..I can actually cut the waste out...

Backs get one less tail...

All 4 corners are done, I also cut a 1/4" plywood panel to size...then do a glue up of all 5 parts....
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Then do the same for the other drawer...
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And, since the corners of the plywood are square, I use it to make sure the rest of the drawer is square...

Once the first drawer is out of the clamps and cleaned up...
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I have a pair of wood knobs, as Drawer Pulls....but, they came with a hole to add a dowel in, to act as a "tenon"...glue in the dowel, cut it to length...drill a hole centered in the drawer front...and glue it into place..
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And wait while the second drawer cures in the clamps....

Stay tuned...have to install something for the "upper" drawer to slide on...Next time...