Scrap Boxes - September

[gee-dub]

After the buffet, the blanket chest, and the jewelry cabinet I have a swell of scrap.

I dig through and find enough pieces that will yield a given size of parts.



I even lucked out on some birdseye for some of the tops.



I find taking a pass or two with a hand plane saves me from any peek-a-boo saw marks showing up after assembly.



I have 3 of one thickness and three or four of another. I try for repeated parts but sometimes the scraps drive the design. Therefor I do a dry fit on each variation.



Side note -- If you don't want to go the whole hose-boom route this little clamp on hose/cable manager from Rockler has served me pretty well over the years.



Another side note -- I had a senior moment. After working my fingers to the bone I suddenly realized that I had a variable speed detail sander available . . . Doh!



I clamp a straight thing to an assembly surface for reference. I put tape at each joint and line up the parts. I add a dab of silicone rubber to each piece in the top and bottom groove for the floating . . . er . . . top and bottom.



I add the top and bottom (in the right locations . . . don't ask) and add the glue to the miters.



Roll the case parts up.



And tape off the last joint.



I don't trust tape alone at a certain size. These are borderline. I add some clamps. After an hour I glue up another box and move the clamps as I only have two sets right now. An hour after that I pull the tape on the first box and continue that sequence.  I can adjust the tops and bottoms a bit to assure they are centered.  Once the silicone cures they will stay centered over he seasons.



I don't feel like sanding anymore right now so I may cut a top off and add the hinges on one. I will have to make trays and pulls for all of them as I go along. Plenty to do so I don't get bored and don't burn out on repetitious tasks.

[D W C]

Beautifully executed boxes! Very nice. 

 

Edited Sunday at 03:39 PM by D W C
Removed question

[pkinneb]

Some great tips in there @gee-dub the straight edge trick is one I will be using going forward!

[Mark J]

On 9/16/2023 at 2:33 PM, gee-dub said:

Roll the case parts up.



And tape off the last joint.

There will be some glue squeeze out on the inside of the blue taped corner joints.  But it's going to be inaccessible till dry.  How do you manage this?  Is it small enough to ignore, or do you scrape it out when dry?

[BillyJack]

Too bad you don’t live close to me. I just dumped two 96 gallon trash cans with wood scraps and working on my third..

[gee-dub]

On 9/18/2023 at 5:03 AM, Mark J said:

There will be some glue squeeze out on the inside of the blue taped corner joints.  But it's going to be inaccessible till dry.  How do you manage this?  Is it small enough to ignore, or do you scrape it out when dry?

I've gotten pretty good about guessing the right amount of glue but there is always the chance of a bit of squeeze out. I pre-finish the insides with shellac. This makes popping or paring the squeeze out pretty easy.  I use a paring chisel or something like this if required.

I have used the blue tape along the inside seams method but find it . . . meh.  The pre-finish helps with the finished appearance and the squeeze out.

[BillyJack]

Cabinetry we don’t over glue, furniture we flood  it.

[gee-dub]

Having out of town guests this week.  Had to take some time off to dress up the house.  Back at it this morning.  Here's a batch of tops waiting for floating panel joinery.  I do this at the tablesaw with a FTG blade.

For whatever reason I didn't take a pic of the joinery but it looks sort of like this from another batch some time ago.

We've all seen the top removal process but I will show it here just to make the thread more complete for future visitors.

 

 

 

I take a pic like this every now and then . . .

. . . just to let LOML know how much work I go through so she can rock her Christmas gifts.