Laundry Hamper Build


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I've been working on the posts to finish the framework...

 

First I needed to cut a notch (is that the correct term?) into the posts to match the curved stiles. The bottom cut is straight, so could come straight off the saw, but the top cut is curved to match the stile, so I pared back with a chisel from a straight cut close to the line:

 

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This was where I made my first screw-up - I cut the notches to fit the stiles in a different order for the to pand the bottom. So either the top fit together, or the bottom, but not both - fortunately it didn't take too much to fix, although one of the corners isn't quite as tight a fit as the others now. Test-fit and the laundry basket fits inside.

 

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Before the posts can be shaped, they need to get a groove to take the panels. Unfortunately the groove is stopped at both ends so I couldn't use the plough-plane. So I used a dado saw to cut the sides, and then chopped out the waste like a very long mortice.

 

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The posts get the same subtle shaping as the stiles - this time I worked out how to hold a bent yardstick to act as a drawing spline.

 

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Finally ready to dry-fit the complete frame. The joints only go together one way. First the pin-piece goes into the notch on the post, with the slight taper on the top of the stile locking it in place, then the tail-piece locks in from the other side making a surprisingly solid joint.

 

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completed progress so far - solid as a rock  ...

 

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now it needs a floor, a lid, and four panels...

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Now on to the lid ...

 

The lid is going to be made by a frame with four mitred boards, with an uplifted panel in the centre.

 

After cutting the bards to length and mitring the ends - I decided to reinforce the mitres with loose-tennons.

 

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I put a sweeping roundouver on the underside of the lid - but I made one of the mortices a little too deep, and planed right through to expose one of the mortices in the roundover ...

 

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With the lid and floor complete - now it needs some panels ...

 

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You guys are the awesomest!

 

It's time for another screw-up. I thought I had made sure that the size would fit panels made out of three boards glued together. But I must have planed a little too much off when jointing the boards for glueing, and the panels came out about 1/4" - 3/8" to narrow. Doh!

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If I could be sure that the panels would only expand and not contract I could probably get away with it - but this is a humid climate, so there's going to be shrinkage when I move back to Canada. So I ripped some narrow strips to add to the edge of the panels, and back into the clamps ...

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After cutting and planing to what I hope is now the correct size, it was time to raise the panels...

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I haven't planed the top of the panels flat and smooth, because my resawing wasn't particularly great, and some of the panels would have ended up a bit thin - since I'm planning on carving the panels I thought I might like the extra thickness in places.

 

I haven't figured out what design I want in the centre of each panel yet, so I'm starting with the borders. First tracing out the pattern ...

 

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Now the hard part begins ...

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Starting work on the lattice border.

 

The holes need to be cut away. SO first with the brace to drill out as much as possible. Then the keyhole saw to cut away the larger bits. The coping saw was needed for some of the fiddlier curves (I still managed to break off a couple of corners). Then paring with a chisel...

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finally the first corner cut and ready for carving.

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One down, fifteen to go ... I may be some time.

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