Idea of a Project

[bandit571]

Plan for today....after Lunch,
of course...
  Is to get the rest of the face frame cut and installed....and IF there are enough clamps left over, maybe get the top cut and glued up?   Maybe get most done by suppertime?
 

We'll see.    Ok, what is for Lunch, anyway?  

Stay tuned ( anyone want to stop by, and help out?)

[Grandpa Dave]

Plan for today....after Lunch,
of course...
  Is to get the rest of the face frame cut and installed....and IF there are enough clamps left over, maybe get the top cut and glued up?   Maybe get most done by suppertime?
 

We'll see.    Ok, what is for Lunch, anyway?  

Stay tuned ( anyone want to stop by, and help out?)

Wish I could but think my Buckeye Passport stamp was revoked after last summer.

Anyway, what is for lunch just in case I can sneak across the border?

[bandit571]

Wherever you want to go.   Taking a long break, right now.   Waiting on glue to dry, as I ran out of clamps..
  glued up half the face frame parts...3 out of 5.

Will post a few photos, after I get them processed...

[bandit571]

Needed to cut a couple boards to length, but...

   
Can't get to any mitre saws, let alone the tablesaw....we have ways
 

   
Set up a folding miter box, by GEM...can reach a backsaw, but..

   
There is a Disston D8 Panel saw hanging on the side of the saw til...Got all the rails cut to length..and folded the box up, and back into a drawer it went
 

   
And, last night, I installed these..
 

   
So, needed  to lay out for some dovetails...

   
Then split the lines on the bandsaw..

   
These four rails were the easy ones...the wider one for the bottom of the case, needed a few extra cuts..
 

   
Kind of dresses things up, a bit?   Needed a "plan B", as chopping dovetail sockets on the workbench wasn't working too well...hmmm

   
Not as tall as the tablesaw.  Finish cleaning this off, and open the top all the way..and we have...

   
A Work Mate Joinery Bench!
 
Clamped the case on top of it....one side where it bears right on the top of the bench...hammer and chisel to do a bit of chopping..

   
No saw needed, no room anyway.   Had five sockets to do on this side.   Most were coming out a little high.   Would rather they did, than too low, I can always plane or sand them flush.   Out of space for photos...so, I'll have to do a part 2

Stay tuned

[bandit571]

Ok, worked my  way down one side of the case..

   
Had to move the clamps a few times...then, rotate the entire mess, and start down the other side

   
The skinny rails were the easy ones to do....

   
Used a square to align them with the webframes, so a drawer won't bump anything on the way in.  Wider rail took a bit more chopping to dig a socket..
Decided to glue these as I went...

   
Bottom 3 rails went just fine...then I ran out of c clamps..
 

   
Not enough room overhead to use the F style clamps, either.   So, I'm sitting here, waiting on glue to cure, before I can glue and clamp the last two rails..
 

was going to try to get the case's top glued up...board never made it to the shop...a 1 x 10 x 8' is a bit too big, right now...Maybe after the rails are all glued up?

Stay tuned...moving at the speed of smell

[Grandpa Dave]

Wait, you have a Workmate? Is that new?


Good progress. I knew you'd kick it up a notch or two. I like the front lower apron detail. Classy.

[bandit571]

A neighbor a few years back, decided to clean out his garage,...was going to just throw that Work Mate into the trash...got it for free...
 

last two rails are now glued up...Bottom two are planed and sanded flush...and a cove detail added to the bottom edge of the bottom rail...
 

And, IF I can get those folding legs to actually fold...and lower the work to where I can reach everything....

[bandit571]

Ok, all the rails are glued in..sanded and planed smooth...Work Mate put away...
Details?
 

   
Bottom rail got a cove added...

   
Dovetail joints cleaned up...

   
Curved spots needed sanding...

   
happen to have a sander for that
 

   
Face frame is done, awaiting a top to be glued up, and installed......and I might try to start the drawers, later..

[bandit571]

hauled the 1 x 10 x 8' to the shop....that was .....fun
  and set up a saw table...

   
Turned out I only needed two sections, 28-1/2" long....first section wasn't too bad..

   
Then this little section got in the way...cut it out, then cut a second section...laid both on the bench..

   
3/4" x 18-1/4" x 28-1/2" long....should be enough for the top.   Still had some leftovers..
 

   
Will keep this around, in case a drawer needs something...Ok, "X" marks the spot..
 

   
After flipping the two boards, looking for the best match....this marks how this two go together...then fold these up..

   
Run a Jointer along the edges...

   
Stanley No. 7c, type 9, a Cordless Model
,  Then, unfold, and glue the two boards up..
 

   
Then hang up the apron, and call it a day, letting the glue sit overnight...
 

   
Stay tuned...may start on a drawer, next time..

[bandit571]

Monday, or no Monday...was getting bored sitting around the house...Thought I could remove the clamps from the top panel, and even clean off the bench..

   
Then placed the top back on the bench, while I drilled a few slotted holes in the corner blocks...should have stopped there, but
 

   
Four screws to attach the top. Somehow get this off my bench....trimmed one end square...measured and marked the other end to match

   
Then marked the front corners..

   
The back corners got a smaller curve....then a cove appeared..
 

   
Top has been sanded flat and almost smooth...Should have stopped there, but

   
That 1 x 6 x 8' thing followed me downstairs.....The other 1 x 6 wasn't quite drawer front material
managed to find two sections at 25" long..
 

   
"Pick of the Litter"?   Even got out a couple handles, to see how they would look..

   
Since the router was still lurking about..
 

   
Best face of each board got a cove....
Ok, will have to do a 2 parter, tonight...rest of today's misadventures was by hand tools...


Stay tuned..