wtnhighlander Posted February 29 Report Share Posted February 29 Nice joinery, and impressively quick progress! You folks that like to work in bare feet or sandals amaze me...have you never dropped a chisel? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h3nry Posted February 29 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 29 On 2/28/2024 at 5:37 PM, wtnhighlander said: Nice joinery, and impressively quick progress! You folks that like to work in bare feet or sandals amaze me...have you never dropped a chisel? A woodworker has a horrible accident in his shop ... a chisel rolls off the bench and stabs him in the foot ... blood everywhere. The ambulance is called. The paramedic comes rushing in and asks "how are you?". The woodworker replies "couldn't be worse, my dovetails are ruined!". The paramedic replies "You woodworkers, all you ever think about is your joinery ... you haven't even noticed that your foot is half cut off.". The woodworker looks down and sees the bone jutting out of his foot where the chisel gouged, and says "OMG, I hope the blade didn't dull when it did that!". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h3nry Posted February 29 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 29 The two middle frames get held into the carcasse with dados. The dados at the back are through dados, but they need to be stopped dados on the front to hide the joint from view ... First chisel out the stop, so there is just enough room to move the saw when cutting the sides. After sawing the sides, a chisel removes the bulk of the waste. ANd finally the #71 router plane to get a nice smooth even depth. Dados all cut ... Time to reassemble the carcasse 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h3nry Posted March 1 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted March 1 The last components for the carcasse ... the vertical dividers. These won't contribute any strength to the structure, so they can just have stub tennons riding in the panel groove. I haven't completely decided whether I want to have just one divider between the cabinet doors at the bottom, or two with a space between them ... Not a decision that needs to be made just yet ... but that should be all the frame pieces for the carcasse. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 If you go with 2 dividers, what would you put in the middle? I think that separation adds visual interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted March 1 Author Report Share Posted March 1 Nothing actually *has* to be there, it could just be a decorative panel ... but it would be a shame to have a void in a piece of furniture without including some hidden drawers or something. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h3nry Posted March 2 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted March 2 Cutting out the plywood panels: And yet another dry assembly ... The plywood is a nice snug fit in the grooves, so once the panels are veneered I'll probably have to widen my grooves a little bit to take the extra thickness of the veneered panels. But the choice for the grooves was 3/8 or 1/2, and I though 1/2 would be too big. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 And not the first power tool yet! I’m impressed. Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted March 2 Author Report Share Posted March 2 On 3/1/2024 at 8:23 PM, Coop said: And not the first power tool yet! I’m impressed. Love it! You must have missed me using my new band-saw to do a bunch of ripping ... it's going to get more use later too I expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 Ooops, I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h3nry Posted March 3 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted March 3 I was not looking forward to this next stage ... I have a nice square carcasse, which could be used to make a nice piece of furniture as is, but I'm going to have to start cutting into it to give it some shape. To add the canted corners, the front corner pieces would ideally have been made out of 12/4 stock, but that wasn't available, so I'm going to have to glue on a piece of 8/4 onto the 4/4 board that I've already cut all my joinery into. In order to hide the glue-line in the panel, I first remove about 1/4" off the outside face, which should cut down to the level of the joinery before gluing on the extra block. Using the bandsaw for this I also got a few bonus sheets of veneer out of the offcut. Then after flattening the sawn face, cover it in glue and clamp on another 2" thickness. After trimming the ends etc, and repeating for the other side ... I now have two pseudo-12/4 pieces. There's a bit of squeeze-out in the joinery that will need cleaning up before reassembly. Next, these blocks need some shaping to make the canted corners. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer5573 Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 Maybe I missed it in the posts, but are you planning to go with the serpentine front? If so, are you planning to make it out of solid stock or laminate it…? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted March 3 Author Report Share Posted March 3 I have decided to go for the serpentine front ... but the drawer fronts and doors will be made from solid stock ... still not actually sure how I'm going to make the doors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h3nry Posted March 3 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted March 3 Shaping the corner posts ... first cut off the excess with a saw, deliberately wide of the line ... Then plane down to the lines to make the corners triangular The "front" face of the corner will remain flat, but the side needs to be curved. Starting perpendicular to the corner face, and ending parallel to the panels. I found that using the widest hollow plane I had was easiest. I made a little template out of plywood to keep checking on my progress And finally put it back in the frame and make sure the curve runs fair into the stiles on the side of the panel, the last little bit finished with some 60 sandpaper and a scraper. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h3nry Posted March 5 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted March 5 Making a template for the serpentine front ... Unfortunately my batten wasn't 100% uniform, so the opposite sides weren't 100% symmetric when drawn, so I had to touch it up a bit. I also had to tweak the curve at the corners because I wanted it approximately symmetric with the curve I put on the corner posts. cutting out and shaping the template ... checking for fit on the assembled carcasse Then, I spurned my old bow-saw for the new bandsaw again (gotta get good use out of it) the frame fronts were soon cut out close to the line, and ready for shaping down to the line with the rasp and spokeshave. Then I ganged all four frames together to make sure that they were all the same shape, again using mostly the spokeshave ... and then reversed two of the pieces left to right, and once again used the spokeshave to bring them all to the same shape - this ensures that the pieces are symmetrical on the left and right side. I then did a bit of touch up on the plywood template to make sure that it was also the same shape as the finished frames ... And finally putting the frame fronts back into the assembled carcasse ... The corner posts still need a curve cut on the inside fair to the serpentine front ... but I think that will be best to wait until after the carcasse is glued up. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted March 5 Report Share Posted March 5 WOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughsawn Posted March 5 Report Share Posted March 5 Outstanding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted March 5 Report Share Posted March 5 I've always marveled at furniture styles like this, and I've wondered how they could be made, so it's fascinating to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted March 5 Report Share Posted March 5 This is awesome thanks for sharing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted March 6 Author Report Share Posted March 6 On 3/5/2024 at 8:56 AM, Mark J said: I've always marveled at furniture styles like this, and I've wondered how they could be made, so it's fascinating to see. I had as little clue as you until I started researching this project ... It's fun trying to make it all come together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h3nry Posted March 6 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted March 6 Time to make some drawer fronts ... These will be cut out of glued up blocks, and then veneered, so it doesn't matter if there are glue-lines on the face. Jointing one edge of the glue-up so that Iit can run through the bandsaw When trying to draw on the curve from the template I realised I needed to add some extra wood on the front at the ends ... Then once the curve was drawn on in the right place using the template ... off to the bandsaw ... I do know how I'd make this cut by hand, but I'm quite glad I don't have to, it would add an extra couple of days work. This kind of cut is precisely why I bought the bandsaw. To smooth the cut down to the line, I had hoped the compass plane would be the perfect tool ... but I guess the curve has a constatnly changing radius, which made the compass plane frustrating since it is best for a uniform radius curve. So I ended up doing most of the shaping and smoothing with the spokeshave. Then, once the shape was pretty good, it was back to the bandsaw to cut the back side of the curve, and then shaping and smoothing the back ... I didn't quite finish the shaping this evening, so there is still a bit more work to do on these tomorrow. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 I'm impressed! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyoak Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 On 3/5/2024 at 11:32 PM, h3nry said: Then once the curve was drawn on in the right place using the template ... off to the bandsaw ... I do know how I'd make this cut by hand, but I'm quite glad I don't have to, it would add an extra couple of days work. This kind of cut is precisely why I bought the bandsaw. If you bought yourself a quality jointer the time savings would be much more than the bandsaw. Years ago I had a friend that created some amazing work. His only power tools was a router table and a jointer. I have an old 8" delta that continues to provide good service. On occasion I have a need for a 12" jointer. A neighbor has a very old fully restored and modernized 12" jointer. To adjust the bed it has a small ships wheel to turn. I call it the benevolent beast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 Never heard of a compass plane before. Interesting tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h3nry Posted March 6 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted March 6 On 3/6/2024 at 6:09 AM, Mark J said: Never heard of a compass plane before. Interesting tool. I bought it because I thought it was so cool, and once I started adding curves to my project it would surely get a lot of use ,,, but no ... It's extremely good at planing broad curves of fairly constant radius, like the rails on a boat, but so far I think I've effectively used it only twice on furniture pieces ... and this isn't one of them. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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