..Kev Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 Still pretty good progress for the day! Nice work Shane! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted May 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 2 minutes ago, TIODS said: Still pretty good progress for the day! Nice work Shane! Ya I guess you're right. Too often i'm a glass half empty kind of guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wtnhighlander Posted May 24, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 Shane, your slow days are better than my fast ones by a long shot! Keep it up, man. Its looking good! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 Shane, The drawers look great. We visited some friends over the weekend and a neighbor of theirs is building a $1m plus house with some fine woodworking throughout. Huge exposed beams, secured with pegs, knotty alder kitchen cabinets but the drawers were ply butt joints, secured with pin nails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted May 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 Shane, The drawers look great. We visited some friends over the weekend and a neighbor of theirs is building a $1m plus house with some fine woodworking throughout. Huge exposed beams, secured with pegs, knotty alder kitchen cabinets but the drawers were ply butt joints, secured with pin nails. Thats a shame. Those drawers will be coming apart pretty quickly ! Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenskye Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 20 minutes ago, shaneymack said: .Feels like this thing has been in my shop for years. Shane uses a calendar similar to measuring dogs lifetime. 1 month = 2 years. All kidding aside it looks fantastic! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted May 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 Shane uses a calendar similar to measuring dogs lifetime. 1 month = 2 years. All kidding aside it looks fantastic! Lol. I have been looking past this project since it started for some reason. I guess it doesn't help that I did a couple other little projects during this one thats why it seems longer. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 2 hours ago, K Cooper said: but the drawers were ply butt joints, secured with pin nails. My brother in law is a home designer does nothing but high end homes and he talks quit a bit about clients that do stuff like this al the time. They have to have there marble, glass and gold bathrooms with custom made auto flush toilets but to make up for it they cut corners in cabinetry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shaneymack Posted May 26, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Got a little more done, I can smell the finish in the air !! I started by screwing in the drawer bottoms. Square for alignment was critical because drawer backs are only 3/8" thick. Wasn't trusting my eye on this one... I had the idea of trying out the runners as drawer stop all in one. I left them long when i made them. Now was time to shoot them to length Next i marked center from front to back on drawer bottoms for runner alignment I decided to do the bottom of the drawer part of the runner in two pieces that get glued in tight to the central piece that's in the case. I used some scrap and the edges needed squaring up and had to remove the burn marks Very carefully with the smoother Got er dunnnnn And with no fancy jigs or doo dads.... So to ensure a perfect fit i applied a piece of tape as a spacer to either side of the central drawer runner and pinned it temporarily centered to the drawer bottom Next i brought my two pieces and snugged them up to the center piece and glued and pinned them in place I waited a minute and then knocked the center piece out to be sure it didnt get glued with the squeeze out. I took the tape off and tested it out and it was a PERFECT fit. This is a simple and accurate way to do this Next i glued the central runners into the case Cleaned up the doveys Planed my drawer fronts untill i was happy with my line Boom za za boom So this is a rough fit. Drawers aren't final sanded, no finish, runners not waxed and the drawers are pretty smooth. No binding. They are wide drawers and im able to close them pushing to one side. The drawer stop incorporated in the runner worked amazingly as well. Glad i lied in bed sleepless last night figuring all this out! Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Awesome work as usual Shane! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephThomas Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Niiiice. Do you ship to california? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted May 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Just now, JosephThomas said: Niiiice. Do you ship to california? If the price is right, I'll ship anywhere, bud ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan G Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Looks great as always. I really enjoy following your builds. Gives me inspiration to do more and do better. I also have to start working faster. Man you get a lot done in a short amount of time!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Only you would have "Green" drawer pulls?. Great job dude! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted May 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 17 minutes ago, Alan G said: Looks great as always. I really enjoy following your builds. Gives me inspiration to do more and do better. I also have to start working faster. Man you get a lot done in a short amount of time!!! Thanks Alan, much appreciated. That pace is from being a tradesman. Twenty-three years old fresh out of Carpentry school, I started framing houses as an apprentice. I learned very quickly that there is only one speed that was accepted- VERY VERY FAST. I would get yelled at if i dropped my measuring tape and stopped to pick it up. Also the boss wasnt very happy if we made a mistake, to say the least. This boss probably sounds like a jerk BUT he was an incredible carpenter, and tough as nails. NOTHING stopped this guy. NOTHING! And we were expected to be the same. He would be on a 14/12 roof installing plywood in -30c in a snow storm. He was walking on the foundation walls one day and lost his balance and fell in the basement. He finished the entire work day and showed up the next day in a cast. This guy was a beast and had a lot of traits that i really admired and learned from. So i spent a large part of my 6000 hour apprenticeship working under this guy. All to say that I learned to work with tools very fast and accurately and I guess that just got applied to the shop eventually. 13 minutes ago, K Cooper said: Only you would have "Green" drawer pulls?. Great job dude! HAHA !! Good one Coop ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 looks fantastic Shane, woodworking from a guy who is at the top of his game, well done, and i learned a lot about how to do a journal the right way, thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 I have said it before, but it is worth repeating, your journals are lessons in themselves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted May 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 1 minute ago, treeslayer said: looks fantastic Shane, woodworking from a guy who is at the top of his game, well done, and i learned a lot about how to do a journal the right way, thanks Thanks Dave! I just take pictures as I go of things that I would like to see if I were reading someone else's journal. I love seeing how people do things and all the steps involved. I have a really hard time understanding steps if I just read them, i'm a very visual person. That's why I take lots of pictures, I figure its easier for folks to follow along that way. I also hope it is useful to someone someday as others peoples journals have been for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Very nice!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ..Kev Posted May 26, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 1 hour ago, K Cooper said: Only you would have "Green" drawer pulls?. Great job dude! Hey, I have an extra Festool cord hanger for the back of one of my CTs I could send you.. Would give it your personal touch 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 I'm beginning to suspect Shane is actually a cyborg. How else can he do precise work so fast and still have time to write these detailed journals??? Nice tip on the drawer runner. Consider it stolen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pwk5017 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 What everyone else said; it is all incredible. Do you use a granite slab as an assembly table top? That has to be brilliant. Glue comes right off it, right? I probably have about $30 in titebond III dried to the markerboard surface covering my assembly table. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted May 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 What everyone else said; it is all incredible. Do you use a granite slab as an assembly table top? That has to be brilliant. Glue comes right off it, right? I probably have about $30 in titebond III dried to the markerboard surface covering my assembly table. Thank you! My outfeed /assembly table is an mdf torsion box with the same black laminate as the Sawstop. I'm a nerd like that..... Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheperd80 Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 Looking great so far Shane. As a fellow carpenter i really enjoy following your builds. Seeing the blend of meticulous woodworker and git'r'done carpenter is inspiring. I think it makes for a deadly combination! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shaneymack Posted May 31, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Had short amounts of time here and there over the last few days. We've been crazy busy. Try to get as much done when the kids take a nap. So here is where im at I made the shiplapped pieces for the back Had to notch each end piece. Remember i stopped this rabbet early to keep some strength in the pin in the case. You can see in this picture I didnt square the corner quite square enough with my chisel....oops > Rip cut Cross cut Fit I cleaned up the rabbets with the new planes. I LOVE these little blockies !! Friction fit, no screws yet I sanded everything to 180grit and setup to spray. Nice wet coat Minutes later Couple random shots while spraying Sanded with 320 grit after first coat. Vacuumed and recoated. Sanded with 600 grit after second coat. Third coat is like silk Here is third coat a few minutes after spraying I will install the pulls tomorrow and post some final pictures. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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