All that in an hour!! Takes me that long to find a pencil!!!

Today took a wee bit longer...even had to stop for Lunch... The 2 glued panels came out of the clamps...needing a bit of clean up..

The Ash was just as bad.   So...

Stanley No.4, Type 10.....

A little bit better?

 

Cleaned up the rest of the panels...needed the 2 sides to be flat.   Then the joinery work began...needed two corner joints done..

Rebate and dado.  Then more dados..

This is the Pine panel. Upper drawers will be sliding on it...more dados..

This is the bottom of the case..dados look good?  Except ...wrong face   Design change...instead of the case sitting flat on the plywood bottom, the Ash sides now sit lower than the bottom.   The sides, also go 2 more dados..for the Ash floorboard..

 

Pine panel and the Ash floorboard also get a few more dados...for the short dividers between the drawers...pine got 4!

Got a bit thin in the center..

The panel is 1/4", BTW...Ash floorboard only got 2 dados. 

The plywood back...has a series of rebates around all 4 edges,,,

(this is going to be a BEAR to assemble with glue)  I then did a dry fit...

Arrow points to an Ash filler strip to cover the pine edge. I also needed to cut a few parts down to size..

As they needed ripped and crosscut to fit into the dados...so each drawer will have it's own space...

Then, still in dry fit mode...stand the case up..and check the back panel for fit...or lack of..

Yep, needed two more dados...

Think it has enough?   Back to the dry fit...

Come glue-up day, this spot will need a couple cauls...then, made sure the Ash for around the top would fit...

Trying to decide on which type of joint to use for it...maybe 1/4" finger joints?   Ash, so hinges will work better than the edge of a plywood back.

You would think I would learn to better mark out layouts......center two were supposed to be on the other face..

Will see how tommorrow goes....would like to get the case glued up, and fine tuned....THEN start on 6 drawers....

Stay tuned..

Was not a great day...all around...tried twice to get my eyes checked....they keep changing focus.   Then, some dummy tried the shop...1630 to 1800 hrs....got 6 rebates made..

Will need to ad a few cauls tomorrow...

And pull all this flat...

Then, the real fun began ...

We have a glue up...I think....this is a view of the bottom of the case....

Almost ran out of clamps!   Will go back through later, and add brass nails to all the joints, when I trim it out.   Letting this sit overnight ( don't even sneeze near it )

Tomorrow, IF this mess doesn't blow up when the clamps come off.....I have the plywood back to attach, and the other top Ash trim...

 

( What the little boy shot at and missed, but.....)   Just one of them days....

46 minutes ago, steven newman said:

Almost ran out of clamps!

Looks to me like you need 4 more.   

They are hanging up, waiting for the call.....all 4 of them...

1 hour ago, steven newman said:

They are hanging up, waiting for the call.....all 4 of them...

This is TPW, we don't leave clamps behind.  

Another day, another dollar, after I sang and hollered...

 

Half the clamps came off..

Paused whiled I put the first batch away....for a bit...nothing blew up, good sign.

Had to also clear off a small parts cutter, after the rest of the clamps came off..

Fiddled around for a while...got most of the face frame cut and fitted...and glued in place...

Then the back of the storage box was glued on...

Between this, and the face frame parts...most of the clamps are back on..

More clamps...more clamps....

Stay tuned....

Ok, those clamps came off....then I fiddled around fitting the plywood back to fit....and some glue to it, and the clamps came back..

Had to use the BIG cauls, this time...

As the little ones wouldn't be strong enough...letting this sit a day... had a jack plane to sharpen up...

Stay tuned....

 

Well...those came off...had to "tap" one of the cauls loose..

Sanded the back flat ( had a bow in the center....)flipped over, and flattened the face frame flat ( had a lot of high spots and bows )

Decided a base would be needed...milled a few parts..clamps came back...

Arrows pointing to the base parts.  Back is flat..

Need to add some feet...tomorrow.  

 

Next up..resaw that 1 x 4 x 6' Pine down to something I can use as drawer sides, and backs  crosscut things close to sizes, and get rid of some bad knots...then set up the saw for resaw work....zero clearance overlay...fence set so the blade is centered in the board's thickness....run each through along both edges...

Yes, that is as high as that blade will go....8-1/4" blade on a Craftsman 8" saw....normally, I'd run this through on the bandsaw, to remove the narrow strip...but.....bandsaw needs the motor changed out...

Might be "old school"?  All it has to do is follow that saw kerf....about a dozen strokes later....

Saw lands on the wooden deck.   Same problems as the bandsaw..

tablesaw makes a wider kerf...a couple passes with a smooth plane should fix that...

 

More rips and cross cuts...then stack the parts where they will be safe..

All 6 drawers now have a front, and 2 sides that will fit...still need a back and a bottom milled..

Stay tuned

A tale of 2 one long sessions, today....with a break in-between them.   1st hour was about removing clamps..

And milling all the parts for 6 drawers.  plywood cut to size for drawer bottoms.  Sides were sized for width and length...even made the backs for the drawers.   Milling also meant rebates, and dados.   Sides needed 2 rebates...one for the backs to sit in..

Also needed to rip the sides and backs to allow for the plywood bottom...front needed dados and a rebate..

fancy way to build a drawer...plywood fits the rebate along the bottom edge.

Checked the case for square?

About here was  Breaktime!...And at least I'll remember to bring the camera with me, for the next session...

"Plan" is to nail and glue the sides to the plywood bottom....then glue and nail the back in place....then the clamps and cauls..

To glue the Ash front in place..no nails..then set this one aside, and assemble a second drawer..

Left just enough room for a 3rd one....had enough clamps to build a 4th drawer..

But nowhere to set it aside....maybe next time in the shop...I can build the last 2...

I did drag out a small pilot hole drill, just in case...

yep, those are the nails used...

Dungeon Creeks had been running today...since we had all that rain, lately..

And...

Right where I'm working....

Maybe next time, things will be a tad drier down there? 

 

Stay tuned..

Guess this has become August Project.

29 minutes ago, Gerald said:

Guess this has become August Project.

This is 2020, anything is possible.  It might in fact be July 2 all over again.  Hard to tell.  

Roh-Kay, Raggy....Clamps came off of the 4 drawers...and tried to clean them up, and get them fitted...

Will slide them all the way in, once the handles arrive....Still had 2 drawers to build, so

Build-a-Drawer..

Drawer bottom, and a side  I cleaned up the rebates, and made sure all the parts will fit each other...

bead of glue on the edge of the side (remember, large rebate faces in, small faces out)  I used the drawer's back as a support, will I hammered 3 nails in place.  Repeat for the other side

Back is next.  Glue on 3 edges...

2 nails through the bottom, 2 nails in from the sides.   Then the fun..

Those 2 grooves (dados) and that rebate along the bottom.they each get the bead of glue,,,,then press/tap/hammer  it into place..

Then about 4 clamps...

And let sit overnight..

Decided I need filler strips, and a different base treatment...first the fillers..

Then wrap the molding around three sides.  Mitered at the corners, too....maybe tomorrow, eh

 

Tongue & Groove joint?

Keep in mind, these are barely 1/4" thick parts...BTW...lid has been cut to size, ripped for width, and the ends square...

Once this is done, I can round the corners a bit...sand/plane it flat and smooth...

When it gets out of the clamps, that is...

Stay tuned

Last night, snuck back to the shop about Midnight, or so...was to check on the glue-ups...

 

About an hour or so later...came back upstairs....

Ran the mitersaw for a bit...couple straight cuts (pine backer board, molding has a rebated backside) and a couple 45 degree cuts (black line)

Bolts for the uprights the saw runs in...needed tightened back up, was way too loose. 

Molding?  Miters?

You could say that....nails and glue to install ( sorry, I don't have Norm's pin nailer..)

Drawers were taken out of the clamps, cleaned and fitted...

Upper center, and upper right.  Molding kind of dresses things up..

That lid came out of the clamps...needed one of it's LONG clamps to help clean up the base where the molding was going....needed that flat and square....also work on the sides a bit better, and around the top, so the lid will sit flat....Lid?

Need to work on this, next.   First need the bandsaw up and running...

Someday, I might, just might, get the hang of molded corners...

 

One hour.....see what happens when I can't get to sleep..

Stay tuned..hardware may arrive this Friday...we'll see

 

Bandsaw update....old motor has "bearing issues"...

So, the motor the saw came with...is now back on..

Will see how long it works, this time around....right now, everything seems to be working.

 

Waiting at the Mail box today..hardware box is "out for Delivery" ....according to the USPS...

 

Lid work today,,,after I get it flattened and halfway smooth...curves need laid out, and then the bandsaw can make a few cuts...need the curve tools...

ONE of these MIGHT work?

 

Stay tuned..

14 minutes ago, steven newman said:

old motor has "bearing issues"

I've picked up several old motors cheap/free for that very reason. Usually a reasonably priced fix. 

7 hours ago, Larry Buskirk said:

Usually a reasonably priced fix.

True for those that have some basic mechanical knowledge and tools.  Oh and some patience...

3 minutes ago, Gunny said:

patience.

........

Hmmmm  Mail came....bandsaw works..

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After a few curves were drawn..

Even some french ones..

All this after a hand plane worked over the lid..

Nice to have a level playing field...Handles were installed..

Like that little screwdriver? Candle to wax the threads. 

Fancy hinges were installed...brass nails, too...

Set this thing up on it's own feet...

Slide the drawers in...maybe open the lid?

Almost done....

 

Stay tuned..

1 hour ago, steven newman said:

Even some french ones..

 

 

Educate me on this particular tool.  I recognize it from a tool my Grandfather had but I never saw it used.