August 28, 20169 yr Well, I got the panel close to the right size this morning, needed to joint the sawn edges Plane is a Millers Falls No.11 Got all the edges done. Laid out a stop line 1" in from the edges, all the way around. Put the #11 away, got out a #3 plane. I go at a diagonal to the grain, working towards the edge from the line. After a while, I can check for fit.. I have both ends done here. No rebate was done on the back of the panel. Next, came the long edges.. Yep, it has a split going on. Turned out, the panel was a hair too wide, anyway. What better spot to joint away. Note how the corners come together. Line should run in a straight line out to the corner. Clean up was with a #60-1/2 block plane. Time to see if Murphy will allow this mess to fit together.. Not quite, as usual. This is where I found out about the panel being a little too wide. Corrected and try again. Third time is a charm. There is no glue...yet. Had a finger or two that needed adjustment. may go back and round over the top edges. Tried the lid on the box....cross your fingers... Plane is there for scale. Maybe by next weekend, I might be ready for a finish? Note: this trick on raising a panel came from Paul Sellers. I adapted it to fit in my shop.
August 28, 20169 yr used the same basic design for our kitchen cabinets, but with lots of doors to make, i used my table saw. way faster and more consistent.
August 28, 20169 yr Excellent work with the hand plane (again)! If you round over the corners will it be with hand tools?
August 28, 20169 yr Steven, your product, methods and choice of tools is outstanding... Edited August 28, 20169 yr by Stick486
August 28, 20169 yr 5 hours ago, DAB said: way faster and more consistent. Ah yes, but DAB, sometimes "consistent" is well, you know, just consistent. The imperfections in life is what makes it interesting. By the way DAB, those are some beautiful cabinets, very nice sir. I do love that tile work too, wife has been wanting to do something like that too.
August 28, 20169 yr +++1 on the use of the tools. Although, wouldn't have been better to go buy a $100 panel bit for the $500+ router table, or run it through the table saw with that tall aux fence that took you two hours to build? (sarcasm off).
August 28, 20169 yr 5 hours ago, DAB said: used the same basic design for our kitchen cabinets, but with lots of doors to make, i used my table saw. way faster and more consistent. Love the inset glass on the corner cabinet...top notch.
August 29, 20169 yr Author At the moment , subject to any better ideas.....the box will be home to almost all of my auger bits....I'd store the bits IN the braces, but...I don't have enough braces. Thinking some nesting trays to hold as many as I can fit in each tray, by sizes. Might be doable? As for the tools I use? One can have every tool ever made, but, if they don't know HOW to use them, they will just sit on a shelf, collecting dust. I try to give each tool a chance to be used, again. Just depends on the size of the project I am building. And, by doing a few projects from time to time..it tends to keep me out of the local Taverns....too broke. So, we'll see how this little box project turns out, then maybe I can do some other project as I go along. Just having fun, usually..... BTW: If you look carefully in the background of a lot of my pictures....see how many different toys...er...tools you can ID. Edited August 29, 20169 yr by steven newman
August 29, 20169 yr 5 hours ago, schnewj said: Love the inset glass on the corner cabinet...top notch. Thats galvanized sheet metal.
August 29, 20169 yr 8 hours ago, DAB said: Thats galvanized sheet metal. Oooops, looks like frosted glass in the photo. I must be seeing your reflection as you took the photo. Still really like the effect.
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