I decided to start on the bottom trim today, and I had been looking at it in comparison to the rest of the box, and had a feeling it would be too wide. I put it against the box and took a look and..
... yup, I felt aesthetically, it was not in balance with the rest of the box.
So, I took a few measurements and decided where I wanted to end up, set up the tablesaw and ripped down the length, trimming off the rolled edge.
I then re-rolled the edge with the same molding plane.
As I was rolling the edge, I felt the plane start to drag and the iron started to dig, time to resharpen the iron. A few passes on the medium diamond stone, the 1000 grit and 4000 grit water stone, and the leather strop, and we were back in business.
A good morning's work produced four new pieces of bottom trim
And a quick check showed they would be more in balance with the rest of the project.
As requested, here is a better look at the CT Hot Stuff repair. When the final sanding is done, this will blend so well you won't know it's there.
The next trip to the shop will have me cutting them to fit, and adding the interior panel for the bottom. We are moving closer to the point where I begin to start the real finish sanding and apply the finishes.
** Keep in mind that in ALL the pictures so far, the pieces you see are in the rough stages and have not gotten thru the sanding stages. Scraping with a card file is the most they have seen.
On some of my projects, I go to 400 grit... on some just to 220, on some, I go much higher... depends on the project.