Coop Posted June 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2022 That was my thought. And replace the end wood screws with pan head ones. My first mistake (well, maybe not the first one) was to make the drawers as wide which required the runners to be so thin with less meat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotrob Posted June 19, 2022 Report Share Posted June 19, 2022 Knot sure how much worry i would put into it. I built full lenght draw slides on a work bench i made the slides are screwed and glued to both the paneks and the draws, they have never tightened up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted June 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2022 It ain’t purty but functionally will have to trump beauty this time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotrob Posted June 19, 2022 Report Share Posted June 19, 2022 Perfect! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted June 23, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 As my doors get a panel of dark tinted glass, I chose tongue and groove construction. After cutting the rails and stiles to length, I cut the grooves in all of the 8 pieces on the ts using the dado stack. I ran them thru and flipping them end for end thru again to insure the groove was centered. Using a scrap of the same thickness, I set the blades to cut the tongues. After these came out of the clamps, the rabbet on the inside was cut on the router table with a rabbeting bit. The corners were squared up with a chisel. I installed the Blum Euro soft close hinges after closely following the instructions. The doors are made from the same maple as the case sides and this was the last of that lumber so no room for errors. I’ll tackle the legs next. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 Looking great, Ken! I like how you turned the t&g into rabbets for the glass, very clean. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 Looking great Coop as I would expect from you, really coming together! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 That's looking real good Coop. Not trying to stir the pot but did you give any thought to a frosted design for the glass? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted June 23, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 On 6/22/2022 at 9:18 PM, wtnhighlander said: Looking great, Ken! I like how you turned the t&g into rabbets for the glass, very clean. I have to give credit to Stumpy Nubs. He came by one afternoon and gave me some pointers! On 6/22/2022 at 9:29 PM, Chet said: That's looking real good Coop. Not trying to stir the pot but did you give any thought to a frosted design for the glass? We considered it, using the same glass in my door. We went to the glass store and decided that the dark glass would look better and help tie in the dark streaks in the ambrosia maple drawer fronts and the walnut top. A piece of walnut that will be used for the top, rests on top in the previous series of pics. Here is a piece sitting in place, that will be used for one of the drawer fronts. I wish the background of these were more whitish but, you gotta dance with the one what brung ya! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonPacific Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 That ambrosia is going to look stunning. The whole piece is looking excellent Coop! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted June 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 On 6/22/2022 at 11:33 PM, BonPacific said: That ambrosia is going to look stunning. The whole piece is looking excellent Coop! Thanks. I sure hope so. Again, I wish the heartwood here was a little lighter to accent the ambrosia streaks. I have a stunning piece of sap wood curly maple that is very white that I would like to use but I’m afraid it would be too light in color and be distractive. It would almost be the same shade as the drawer boxes shown now. The wild side of me says band the outside edges of the ambrosia maple drawer fronts with walnut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 Are you going to use an oil based finish or water based? Given the color of the wood and how things look now, I don't think you could go wrong with either. I would say that the walnut would look a lot better with an oil borne finish though. I think the color and tone of the abrosia ties in really well with the color and tone of the heart wood maple. Maybe your comment on it being lighter will be more obvious later but I think it looks great right now. Also the heart wood color and tone ties in really well with the walnut that you have on top. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted June 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 I made a sample board from the inside of one of the drawer fronts and applied ARS, GF HP, and Zinsser Seal Coat (dewaxed shellac). So far, I like the shellac the best. I mixed up some WellerMart blonde shellac flakes yesterday and will try it today. The top will definitely be ARS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 I'm a little behind here, but I do love me some finger joints. They are my go to for drawers. Easy, fast, and strong as a bull. And they look darn good too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 25 minutes ago, drzaius said: I'm a little behind here, but I do love me some finger joints. They are my go to for drawers. Easy, fast, and strong as a bull. And they look darn good too. What's your go to method for making them? I have a router jig to make drawers but it isn't my favorite. I've often thought about the iBox jig but never have been motivated enough. It'd also be tempting to make a dedicated fence for a miter gauge but i haven't gone down that avenue yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 4 hours ago, Chestnut said: What's your go to method for making them? I have a router jig to make drawers but it isn't my favorite. I've often thought about the iBox jig but never have been motivated enough. It'd also be tempting to make a dedicated fence for a miter gauge but i haven't gone down that avenue yet. I use William Ng 's method, using a table saw. It's simple and almost foolproof. I love the guy, he's brilliant and has a goofy sense of humor that amuses me. I wish he could produce more videos though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 5 hours ago, Chestnut said: What's your go to method for making them? I have a router jig to make drawers but it isn't my favorite. I've often thought about the iBox jig but never have been motivated enough. It'd also be tempting to make a dedicated fence for a miter gauge but i haven't gone down that avenue yet. I’ve made 3 or 4 for the TS and saved the good test pieces for setting it up works like a dream also I’ve made them on my Leigh jig and that works even better once it’s set up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 Coming along nicely Coop! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 I really like the grain in those doors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 On 6/23/2022 at 12:12 AM, Coop said: The wild side of me says band the outside edges of the ambrosia maple drawer fronts with walnut? I don't know if you still have this idea rattling around. But something else that might look good would be to make horizontal walnut drawer pulls that run the full width of the top of each drawer front. These horizontal elements would echo the horizontal top. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted June 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 Interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted July 24, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted July 24, 2022 After 6 weeks out of the shop due to a couple of minor medical procedures, I finally got to turn on some machines and drive again! I got all of my drawer fronts cut to size and screwed temporarily into place. I still need to raise the bottom drawer a tad. I also cut a test leg for size from some scrap. Being unable to source 8/4 lumber to match, I’ve having to laminate two pieces of 4/4 ambrosia maple that I had left for the legs. These pieces came from this board. With the grain as such, it may be hard to hide the joints which will be viewed from the sides. I got pretty lucky on this one. The legs are flared but only to the left and right and not front and back. To flare them both ways, I would have had 12/4 lumber instead of the laminated 8/4 (legs are 1.5” square at the top). To halfway compensate for this, I tapered them on the inside. I’ve not seen it done but that is my alternate. Face side. And the end side with the glue line. One down and three in the clamps. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted July 24, 2022 Report Share Posted July 24, 2022 Looks good to me! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 Great progress @Coop and glad to hear you’re back in the shop, that’s going to be a beautiful piece sir 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 Looking good, @Coop! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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