pkinneb Posted March 18, 2021 Report Share Posted March 18, 2021 Great job!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bradpotts Posted March 23, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 I started working on the front of the shelves today. Cut one shelf worth of squares. I used the same method as the previous rhombuses. The squares are 2 5/8 from diagonals and the edging is 1/8. Then, set up to cut the holly strips that go around the squares. Got the miters pretty close to where I can appreciate them and batch them out. Tomorrow will be another day of cutting squares, edging and waiting for my glue to arrive. On a side note. This is how I store veneer that is not in use but is in the way. I tape it to my plywood that I am not using anytime soon and stack it up against the wall. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 Really enjoying following along on this, I haven't done much veneer work but hope to do more in the future. Are you cutting with a razor knife or veneer saw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradpotts Posted March 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 23 hours ago, pkinneb said: Really enjoying following along on this, I haven't done much veneer work but hope to do more in the future. Are you cutting with a razor knife or veneer saw? I use both but mainly a razor with the grain and a veneer saw against the grain. The best book I have found for starting in veneer is "the craft of veneering" a complete guide from basic to advanced by Craig Thibodeau. I get almost all of my veneer materials from Veneersupplies.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bradpotts Posted March 24, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 Today I cut out all of the larger squares that go around the squares with Holly. Then I made some jigs to cut all of the Holly that is going around the squares. Here are the jigs. The first one is very simple. I needed the banding to be 1/8" so I made a board with a fence. The fence has to be the same exact with because you are using it as a stop for the edging. Then I took my flush cut saw and made a score. Shoved a razor blade in it. I set the razor in a groove I made that was exactly 1/8" from the fence. Then, I glued a block on the bottom while holding a square onto it. I also glued a little block on the front so it doesn't twist while I pull it. The second jig is a similar setup. I used a previous fence system and cut a 45 with my flush trim saw. I shoved a razor blade and use that as a guillotine to cut the miters. Set up a stop block and give it a wack with the hammer. Then I tape some tape down and assemble the pieces. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 Now that’s a cool idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TerryMcK Posted March 24, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 It should look great when finished. I still have a few old 33 and 45 vinyl records somewhere - probably in the attic. I don't have anything to play them on but I know some people are popularizing the format again. I do have a very old 1930's wind up gramophone player in a wooden cabinet on display in the dining room - it has a label inside His Masters Voice with a picture of a dog on. HMV was a record retail company in the UK until it went bust a few years ago. We have a bunch of 78s that we dig out and put on it from time to time. It has real needles I guess made out of steel. When we show it to youngsters and show them how to turn the volume up and down they can't believe it. This player has a pair of doors on the front. When you want it louder open one of the doors. Even louder? open both. It cracks them up! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 7 hours ago, TerryMcK said: it has a label inside His Masters Voice with a picture of a dog on. HMV was a record retail company in the UK until it went bust a few years ago. That's interesting in the U.S. His masters Voice and the dog were logo's of RCA Victor. The dog's name was Nipper. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 7 minutes ago, Chet said: That's interesting in the U.S. His masters Voice and the dog were logo's of RCA Victor. The dog's name was Nipper. I wouldn't be surprised if they were part of the same company at one time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradpotts Posted March 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 16 hours ago, TerryMcK said: It should look great when finished. I still have a few old 33 and 45 vinyl records somewhere - probably in the attic. I don't have anything to play them on but I know some people are popularizing the format again. I do have a very old 1930's wind up gramophone player in a wooden cabinet on display in the dining room - it has a label inside His Masters Voice with a picture of a dog on. HMV was a record retail company in the UK until it went bust a few years ago. We have a bunch of 78s that we dig out and put on it from time to time. It has real needles I guess made out of steel. When we show it to youngsters and show them how to turn the volume up and down they can't believe it. This player has a pair of doors on the front. When you want it louder open one of the doors. Even louder? open both. It cracks them up! My mom has a lot of records. She never played them when I was growing up because the record player was broken. She just recently got a new one now that they have come back into style. She listens occasionally. My grandad although long passed has hundreds of Jazz records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bradpotts Posted March 25, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Today I got one of the fronts for the shelving done. It was very fussy and took a lot of patience. But, all is well that ends well. Two more to go. I was off about 3/4" over the whole 6' length. This might seem like a lot but turned out to be about 1/128 every inch. Compounding error really catches up to you on spans this long. That is why you build the cabinet around the intricate parts. So now the cabinets final length is 71 1/4. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Patience MA! I just can’t imagine.Very well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bradpotts Posted March 26, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 On 3/24/2021 at 7:15 PM, Coop said: Patience MA! I just can’t imagine.Very well done! Well after I had everything together I didn't like some aspects like small gaps and such. So I spent some time fixing up the errors and making a jig so hopefully the next go around goes a little smoother. You probably can't tell from the pictures but it is a lot better. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 On 3/24/2021 at 5:59 PM, bradpotts said: My grandad although long passed has hundreds of Jazz records. Some of those can be worth some pretty good money these day. Especially in countries like Japan and France where Jazz is huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 That looks great @bradpotts! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradpotts Posted April 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 On 3/26/2021 at 5:47 PM, Chet said: Some of those can be worth some pretty good money these day. Especially in countries like Japan and France where Jazz is huge. I'm not sure what ever happened to the records. I'm sure someone stored them somewhere. It would be interesting to go through them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bradpotts Posted April 3, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 I decided to reimagine how I was going to proceed. I wasn't happy with the amount of time and effort that the first shelf front took. I think that the main problem was that the thickness consistency of the Holly was the problem. As a result, I decided to reverse the order I did on the first one and make the Holly 1/8" thick. Then I would cut the strings into 1/16" on the bandsaw, then sand them down to 1/64. After I made all the stringing, I made a template with the right angle. I taped the stringing together and cut it all at once . Then I was able to use the guillotine and stop to cut the other angle like I did before. Then tape them all together. This produced a lot more consistent squares. I also got my glue. Finally! I was able to put the two sides in the veneer press and glue them on the MDF. Here is the glue that I use and the lightener if anyone is interested. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted April 3, 2021 Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 I have that same roller/applicator. I have been using it for bent lamination glue ups, I've been real happy with it and it certainly speeds things up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradpotts Posted April 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Chet said: I have that same roller/applicator. I have been using it for bent lamination glue ups, I've been real happy with it and it certainly speeds things up. Yeah I’m very happy with it too. It makes large glue ups so much less stressful when you can apply that much glue quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bradpotts Posted April 15, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted April 15, 2021 I was able to finish all of the fronts. The top is the first one that turned out to be the experimental one. You can see the difference it made. The original one was short about 3/4 from the new ones. I made a little different platen because the Holly was very slightly thicker than the ebony. I decided to tape on a very thin piece of foam. This allowed the ebony to be pushed into the glue that was around the ebony. Then taped and glued the fronts. I also finished gluing the bottoms of the shelves. Because the shelves are 3" thick, I needed to make a structure that accommodates that thickness. So I cut some MDF and glued it together to get the thickness. Then I glued on the bottom to give me the shelves. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bradpotts Posted April 21, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 Next step, I cleaned up the fronts of the shelves by cutting them with a track saw and running them through the jointer. The fronts are going to have a 3/16 edging that goes around the square fronts. So, I used the domino to make sure that my spacing was right. I also taped around where the front is because I don't want to have to deal with squeeze out when I glue on the edging. Because the thickness for the square front is only 3/16, I made a little jig to cut the dominos down with the bandsaw. I just cut a hole in some mdf that could hold the domino and ride along the fence of the band saw. Then I used a pice of scrap to keep anything from flying out. . Here is what they look like all glued up. The next step was to get the sides cleaned up. I cut everything down leaving 3/16 extra to add edging around the ebony side. Here is a close up of what the lumber core looks like. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted April 21, 2021 Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 What was the reason to use the track saw instead of the table saw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradpotts Posted April 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Chet said: What was the reason to use the track saw instead of the table saw? I used the track saw because I glued the bottom on after the top so they were not parallel. Now the front is my square reference to cut the back. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bradpotts Posted April 22, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 I started to put on the edging so that I can cut the rabbits for the edge banding. First, I cut some strips of ebony veneer. Then, I made some cauls out of mdf and thin foam and covered them with foam. Similar to before. Then clamped them down with pipe clamps. I used Unibond One for this. Once the glue was dried, I tried off the excess with a exacto knife . I then used a rasp to clean up any veneer that was still overhanging by only using the push stroke towards the panel. Here is how they turned out. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Veneering seems like painstaking work, but the results are undeniable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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