wtnhighlander Posted May 8, 2016 Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 H3nry, is that Sapan stuff oily? Maybe you need to wipe the joints with acetone before glue-up to get a solid bond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted May 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 3 hours ago, wtnhighlander said: H3nry, is that Sapan stuff oily? Maybe you need to wipe the joints with acetone before glue-up to get a solid bond. That's a good question. It's not oily like rosewood, but probably more than I'm used to. It's also pretty dense. I scuffed up the joint with 60 grit sand-paper for the second go. If that doesn't work I'll try wiping it down with a solvent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted May 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Getting started on the legs: After cutting out the template I thought it looked a bit anaemic under the knee, so I gave it an extra inch to beef it up a bit. Then some more work with a saw - And I have four very rough-sawn leg blanks. It's going to take quite a bit of work to shape them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 I dig your leg design and I like your band saw * ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 All this hand work and I'm getting tired just looking at the pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Good move, beefing up the legs. The original shape left very little mass right where the grain is weakest. Nice work with all hand tools - you must be a wizard at sharpening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted May 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 As I suspected it took quite a bit of work with the rasp, spokeshave and planes to fair up all the leg blanks to the template, and (crucially) make sure that they are all the same length. Then it was time to make sure all the case parts fit together ... not bad, but not perfect, nothing that can't be fixed, but that can wait until after the legs are morticed ... which isn't going to be so easy, since the legs are going to be attached at a 45° angle. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted May 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Slowly starting to take shape ... to mount the legs at 45° I first needed to plane bevels on the corners of the leg blanks: ANd then chop the mortices: Finally dry-fit all the parts to see what I've got ... well, it stands up on its own, so not too bad, it'll take a little more work to make it all fit tightly, and then that should be the easy part of the project done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Henry, you are turning out some fine work, my friend! Makes me want to dump my power tools and go au naturale (almost)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted May 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 Thanks Ross ... I think going "au naturel" in the woodshop could be dangerous though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted May 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 The centre drawer at the front is going to be set back 2" from the side drawers. This means that I have to make some pieces to extend the frames to the front. Plan-A is to have a curved front to the side drawers, but if the curves seem to complicated then plane the pieces flat for a straight front. So I made the pieces to fill in the space, and then had a D'oh moment as I realised that I had cut them the correct width for a flat front, and not left any extra for the curve that should extend 1/4" forward. I was just about to throw them on the firewood pile, when I realised that I could just cut a 1/4" shim and add it to the back, and nobody would ever see it. So the piece that has me most intimidated for the curved front, was the moulding that will run along the bottom. This post, more than any other, will probably have most of you screaming through your computers "use the correct tool for the job, you knuckle-dragging Neanderspawn!" - yes I'm well aware that a router could have done this in a few seconds. But for those of you who want to watch a masochist self-flagellating ... First cut the rabbets for the top and bottom beads using a chisel and router-plane: Then add the beads using the Veritas beading-tool. For the upper bead I used the reeding cutter mounted sideways... Then the main ogee curve was cut out using a chisel: and finally some 60 grit sandpaper to smooth out any remaining roughness: It's not CNC precision, but I think it'll pass. The other thing that I wanted to practise before completely committing to the curved front idea was cutting a curved drawer front... First I made a series of relief cuts down to the profile line: Then chiselled out the bulk of the waste: Then attacked it with a rasp and finally a scraper to smooth out the curve. I managed to rescue the chip that came off the corner and glue it back on. Now I have to actually fit all these pieces to the frame, which is ever-so slightly not square. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Awesome, H3nry! I love the progression of hand tools used for the molding. Seems like hand tool or limited tool work really brings out our inner MacGyver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Impressive work with diligence and hand tool skills has become what we expect from H3nry. He's batting 1000 so far ! Thanks for letting us watch over your shoulder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Way to stick with it! Would have been way too easy to fire up the power tools for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheperd80 Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Nice work so far Henry! This would be alot of work with power tools, i cant even fathom trying to do it by hand. Cant wait to see this come together and see that Sapan with some shine on it! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janello Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Henry, you remind me of the painter i seen down the shore. He takes rattle cans and some templates...starts spraying colors on top of colors...nothing really makes sense and it looks rather muddy. Then all of the sudden there is art that only someone with special skill can create. To me, you're that guy but with wood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted May 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Thanks Guys, 3 hours ago, Janello said: Henry, you remind me of the painter i seen down the shore. He takes rattle cans and some templates...starts spraying colors on top of colors...nothing really makes sense and it looks rather muddy. Then all of the sudden there is art that only someone with special skill can create. To me, you're that guy but with wood. I feel more like the kid who took the toaster apart without paying attention to how it went. Then when trying to put it back together has to bend pieces to fit, has a few bits missing and a few bits left over. The end result looks like a toaster, but it will probably burn your bread. I have an idea (with a bit of help from sketchup) of what I'm looking for, and I've mentally pulled it apart, and now I have a pile of pieces in my brain that need putting back together again. So I build the pieces and see if they fit together properly. Some do, some don't so well. Hopefully the end result will look like furniture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janello Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 4 hours ago, h3nry said: Thanks Guys, I feel more like the kid who took the toaster apart without paying attention to how it went. Then when trying to put it back together has to bend pieces to fit, has a few bits missing and a few bits left over. The end result looks like a toaster, but it will probably burn your bread. I have an idea (with a bit of help from sketchup) of what I'm looking for, and I've mentally pulled it apart, and now I have a pile of pieces in my brain that need putting back together again. So I build the pieces and see if they fit together properly. Some do, some don't so well. Hopefully the end result will look like furniture. LOL...good analogy, i suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 14 hours ago, h3nry said: Thanks Guys, I feel more like the kid who took the toaster apart without paying attention to how it went. Then when trying to put it back together has to bend pieces to fit, has a few bits missing and a few bits left over. The end result looks like a toaster, but it will probably burn your bread. I have an idea (with a bit of help from sketchup) of what I'm looking for, and I've mentally pulled it apart, and now I have a pile of pieces in my brain that need putting back together again. So I build the pieces and see if they fit together properly. Some do, some don't so well. Hopefully the end result will look like furniture. Either way brilliant artist or mad scientist i enjoy following along. In a way it's almost comforting to know that doing things the hand tool way works just as well if not better than the power tool way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted June 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 A little bit of progress: time to shape the centre posts... And then the dry-fit... and that should be the case work pretty much complete. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 Wow! Looking awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 I second the awesomeness! Sent from my XT1058 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 You make the hand fabrication of a fairly complex part seem routine. Consider me impressed yet again ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 Wow ver cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 H3nry, does that sapan wood work well with your hand tools? You certainly get great results, but that grain reminds me of wenge that's been bleached. I just wondered if it was splintery like wenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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