To recap, the project is a walnut corner cupboard. I am working on the bottom which has two doors with birdseye maple panels. Panels were split and bookmatched. Now it is time to bevel the edges so they will fit and float in the door grooves. I tried out several planes, but the LN #62 worked the...
Well I cut the door panels to rough size and put them aside for later. Now is time to tackle the backboards. Since I hate seeing plywood in case goods, I take a little time to make something handcrafted. Usually starts with furring strips that have been split. In this case, the strips were 4"...
The birdseye panels were a little rough from their trip through the bandsaw. Since birdseye is prone to tearout, I am scraping them smoothe. This is why you need a LN #112 scraper plane.
Of course, sometimes you need to scrape just a little bit. Here is where his little brother, the LN #212...
I thought that birdseye maple door panels would add some bling to the walnut cabinet and keep it from looking so dark. The maple boards have had about a month to adjust to the shop, so I split them this morning. For you hand tool users, I used a bandsaw, but could have used a frame saw. Bandsaw...
It took two weekends to pare and plane the 8 tenons to fit the 8 mortices. They are all done now. Tight, but not too tight. Next operation is split the birdseye maple and make some bookmatched panels for the doors.
Then I will start on the back. I split some furring strips with the bandsaw...
I am making slow but sure progress on my corner cupboard. I am still working on the bottom cabinet; specifically, assembling the doors. I am trimming the tenons on the rail pieces to fit into the mortices on the stiles. I just raise the bench dogs about 1/4" and clamp the rail between them while...
So I took one of my rare vacation days Friday to watch the ACC tourney. Then spent the rest of the weekend glued to the set watching the Tar Heels bring another championship home.:cool:
Also snuck in some woodworking between games. Made the grooves thru grooves on both rails and stiles. Then I...
My day job is pretty stressful and this project is how I relax. It is more of a journey than a destination. Sorry for the slow progress--it may take another year to finish. This weekend's task was to cut up the rails and stiles for the doors.
I was able to get all pieces cut out of some...
This has been a good weekend for the corner cupboard. First I got the moulding applied the the foot build up. Next I installed the top door rail. This piece was an afterthought. The door frame just looked unfinished, so I added a rail. There is a rabbet on the back where it attaches to the top...
The walnut corner cupboard project is inching along--just the way I like it. This weekend I was able to install the foot buildup on each side along with a step up moulding on the front skirt. The drill--joint rough 5/4 wood with #7 and glue up. Use LN 40 1/2 to take off high spots. Use #7 to...
I love to see a project come together and thus had a great day in the shop! The wood was 5/4 rough NC walnut. After quite a bit of handplaning, I had enough pieces for a glue up. Here is the bottom of the cabinet. It needs glue blocks, stacked feet, moulding, and two paneled doors.
Well, I have finished my corner cabinet (set of drawers) for my parents (Christmas gift). It is constructed out of spalted quartersawn Beech (Fagus grandiflora) harvested by our beloved Jeff, and dried by Scott (butchered by me :lol:)
The finish is blond shellac, which I am not 100% satisfied...
I have seen 90 degree corners done on bands on a table that were not 45 cuts. The top piece would form the corner and the side piece would join at say a 22.5 degree. The joint would not be on the corner but down the side.
I know I may not be describing this very good.
Larry R. Tysinger
As I progress with my kitchen cabinets I have come across something that is giving me a difficult time. If someone will move my kitchen cabinets over to the post I would appreciate it. As you can see I have a set of pantry cabinets on the right followed by a wall cabinet and another cabinet...
Cabinet door with .75 panel>>>
1st Question Would kind of corner joint would you recommend?
2nd Quesiton What Mortising machine would you recommend or have?
Finally got enough pictures to show that it did happen, but I appologize for the quality. They certainly aren't calendar quality. I think this is a case of the pictures being harder to get than the cabinet was to make!!!
Cabinets are Birch ply and Popular. Face frames are made with lap...
When we got married,we thought we would find a nice antique cupboard for our china. With 5 $100 bills in hand, off we went to Metrolina Expo, only to be sorely dissapointed.
With some discussion, the new Mrs. agreed to let me buy a table saw and try my best. As you can see, it was a big...
DIL has asked me to build a corner display cabinet to show off some antique china and glassware of her grandmothers. I have a basic idea of what I want to build. She wants a mirrored back and glass sides with glass shelves. My main problem is how to attach shelf supports and still have the...