Popular Post wnaziri Posted December 17, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 I have decided to make one final project for 2016. It will be a hanging wall cabinet. It was in FWW Nov/Dec 2005. When I bought cherry for my workbench, I bought a little (actually a lot) too much 10/4 stock, by about 200 bf. So, I resawed some stock and let it sit for about a week. Inspired by Matt Kenny boxes, I decided to cut some rift sawn pieces of cherry, especially for rail and stile of the front panel. The grain is amazingly straight. That main box is a dovetail box with 1/2" stock. First order of business was to construct the big box by cutting the dovetails. I first cut the tails on my table saw with blade that is ground to 9 degrees. Then I cut the pins. I am really fond of doing this by hand these days, using my Lie-Nielsen tapered dovetail saw. It is really far superior to the other saws I own. Major pieces all done read for the first dry fit. The fit turned out better that I had hoped. I did employ a Pekovich trick by making pins longer by about 1/16. Unlike Pekovich, I will plane the ends nice and super-flat. I used to try to get pin heights just perfect but when I missed, boy, my language would quickly consist of only 4 letter words. As you can see, the piece has two shelves and one drawer at the bottom. The final piece will have solid cherry flat panel in front. However, the more I look at the partially completed piece, I am thinking a glass front could make for a better design. If I could get old / antique glass, it would work well. I am still thinking though my options. In the meantime, I am gluing up a 1/2" panel with flame cherry to see how I like it. I am not sure I will get it done this year but it will be very close. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Nice work so far Wade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Very nice start to your cabinet . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 They sell old fashioned types of glass today. Just have to find the right shop that carries it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan G Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Either will look fantastic on this cabinet. Heckuva decision. Gonna be a great last hurrah for 2016!!!! 47 minutes ago, Chet K said: Nice work so far Wade. How did you know his name is Wade? Why don't I know stuff like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephThomas Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Looks good. Did you do all that work in one day? Nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfitz Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 21 minutes ago, K Cooper said: How did you know his name is Wade? Why don't I know stuff like that? it's at the bottom of his post..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaziri Posted December 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 3 minutes ago, JosephThomas said: Looks good. Did you do all that work in one day? Nice job. I wish. I was in my shop for 4 hours on Saturday where I did most of the work. I went back Thursday night for two hours to do the rest of the work where I fitted the two shelves and the mortise and tenon for the front frame. I did a lot of planing with my No. 4 smoother for all the pieces. As a side note, I recently spent a few weeks improving my workshop. I improved my dust collection system, installed new fence for the Northfield No. 4. All the improvements really streamline my workflow. It has become much easier to resaw lumber, joint the stuff, plane it, and then cut to size in matter of minutes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfitz Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 It's looking really good Wade. I am looking forward to seeing the finished project. And the completed project as well You missed a golden opportunity....you could have deleted your signature and really messed with me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 IMO i would go with some sort of antique glass for this one Wade just so you can see whats inside of it, great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 13 hours ago, wdwerker said: They sell old fashioned types of glass today. Just have to find the right shop that carries it. Just look for a local glass shop that does custom work. They usually have some different glass patterns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaziri Posted December 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 Spent a little more time on the project today. In the interest of finishing the piece by the end of the year, I will not experiment with a glass front. If I make another one, I plan on using a piece of antique glass. In the meantime, the flame cherry panel is done, sanded, and dry fitted. It actually looks reasonable. There is good contrast in both color and figure between the flame cherry panel and the rift sawn cherry rail & stile. Fitting the drawer. It is a piece of sapele that I had laying around. Not sure I will go with it. The cherry panel sanded to 320 and a couple coats of shellac. I think I will use shellac as my finish for this project. Drawer and back on the agenda for tomorrow. Keeping my fingers crossed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 Looking good. That cherry will age beautifully. Small wall cabinets have to be my favorite relaxing thing to make. You can still make them involved enough to be interesting but, the scale keeps things moving along. Lots of therapy, little wait time; I like to do them between large builds to mellow out. ;-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 Very nice, Wade. Have any plans for what will go in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaziri Posted December 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 17 minutes ago, micks said: Very nice, Wade. Have any plans for what will go in it? Thanks @micks. We have decided to gift the piece to my sister in law. She is 5 years post successfully fighting advanced breast cancer. She is very special to us and I hope I have the piece all finished to present it to her by Xmas. However, I really lover the piece so I see one just like it in our future as well. I plan to make another one early next year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 That door panel is going to look real good on the cabinet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wnaziri Posted January 6, 2017 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 This project was going to be my last project for 2016. Well, it took 4 days into 2017 to get it all done. The final product turned out OK. I used Brusso hinges. The pull for the door is my very fist turned project. I had never made anything with my lathe. The finish is super-blond shellac, rubbed with wax using 0000 steel wool. The surface has real nice feel to touch. The back has a French cleat for hanging it. Now that is all finished, I noticed that the door will swing open slowly. I need to add a latch most likely. Happy New Year everyone. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 This project was going to be my last project for 2016. Well, it took 4 days into 2017 to get it all done. The final product turned out OK. I used Brusso hinges. The pull for the door is my very fist turned project. I had never made anything with my lathe. The finish is super-blond shellac, rubbed with wax using 0000 steel wool. The surface has real nice feel to touch. The back has a French cleat for hanging it. Now that is all finished, I noticed that the door will swing open slowly. I need to add a latch most likely. Happy New Year everyone. That looks great! Will you do anything to speed the darkening of the cherry, or just let it take its time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 looks great Wade, tell me about the joints for the door as i'll be doing one this weekend, the panel floats in a stopped groove i assume or something else? you might consider a rare earth magnet on the bottom of the door to keep it shut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephThomas Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 Turned out great...I think the extra 4 days was worth it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaziri Posted January 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 (edited) On 1/5/2017 at 11:02 PM, wtnhighlander said: Will you do anything to speed the darkening of the cherry, or just let it take its time? I will not be do anything special to speed up the color change of the cherry. I realize the two variants of cherry will eventually look very similar in color but in the meantime, I like the contrast. On 1/5/2017 at 11:25 PM, treeslayer said: looks great Wade, tell me about the joints for the door as i'll be doing one this weekend, the panel floats in a stopped groove i assume or something else? you might consider a rare earth magnet on the bottom of the door to keep it shut. I used pinned BRIDLE JOINT (mortise and tenon, corrected) for the frame with a floating panel. The panel sits in a 1/4 groove in the rail and stiles. I put a drop of glue in the middle of each rail to keep the panel in place and keep it from rattling. I think the panel has ~3/16" for movement. The frame is 3/4" and the panel is 1/2". Edited January 7, 2017 by wnaziri corrected to state Bridle joint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 Nice project, Wade! I like to use the rare earth magnets to hold the doors closed, like treeslayer suggested. Just be sure to accurately position the target far enough back that it pulls the door shut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 Looks great! I love the joinery in this piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 Great Job Wade. I was going say rare earth magnet for a door latch, but Dave and Micks beat me to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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