October 8, 20232 yr Popular Post The past weeks a little more progress has was made making the Mission style chest-of-drawers. Thanks for looking. Danl Mission style chest-of-drawers-1 Used a template to aid in making the corbels. It is the same template that was used for the bed. The top boards have been rough milled to 1" thick. Final thickness will be ~7/8". I have a good chop saw but not a good method to make repeat cuts to cut the rails to final length. So, I put together two shop made tools and had great results. Time to cut the twin tenons using another shop-made jig. I used a combination of two shims to get the desired spacing between the tenons and tenon thicknesses. They are the same shims used with the mortising jig. Test fit into a set-up board. Nice fit. Pro-tip: when testing the fit for twin tenons, have the mortises longer than the tenons because you want to verify the fit between the tenons, not the fit of the length of the tenons. Twin tenon before clean-up. Twin tenon after clean-up and making the tenon ends round using a bench chisel and a light sanding. Many of the casework mortises and tenons are complete. I know I still have more to make. Time for dry-fit. Thanks again. Danl
October 10, 20232 yr Author 31 minutes ago, Masonsailor said: Looks Great Danl. Are the side panels stained white oak ? Paul Yes. I used mid-brown dye, seal coat with shellac, then gel stain antique walnut, and another coat of shellac. When I apply the final finish, I will spray (3) coats WB lacquer to the complete side panel subassembly. Danl
October 10, 20232 yr An ambitious project for sure. Wish I could have convinced at least a few of my students to design something other than mid century modern or later. The classic look is what makes such a piece something I'm sure your descendants will fight over inheriting. 4D
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