I took a break from posting on this project because my progress has been so slow. With wife's travel plans, holidays and weather interruptions it has been intermittent shop time. But here's where I am
The bottom of the desk was moved in months ago and is in use waiting for the bookcase. Bookcase has been built and shellac applied ready for rubout and hardware.
Bookcase and one of the doors ready for hardware.
Here are the two doors The left-hand door on top has been rubbed out with steel wool and is ready for wax. The door on the bottom shows the shellac finish before the rubout.
This is the rubout pad I use for cutting the shellac. It is 0000 Liberon steel wool backed by a felt pad. Works great on flat surfaces. For moldings I just ball up a pinch of wool and rub the molding by hand.
Here's an escutcheon laid out for fitting. I scratch around the inside perimeter and chisel it out a little more until I get a tight fit.
This is the inside latch mounted on the left door. It is a reproduction I found at Ball and Ball. Very similar to the one on the desk at Salem I am using as a model. It slides up and latches into a plate on the bottom of a shelf. The brass piece is the separate lockplate that the right door locks into.
The bottom of the desk was moved in months ago and is in use waiting for the bookcase. Bookcase has been built and shellac applied ready for rubout and hardware.
Bookcase and one of the doors ready for hardware.
Here are the two doors The left-hand door on top has been rubbed out with steel wool and is ready for wax. The door on the bottom shows the shellac finish before the rubout.
This is the rubout pad I use for cutting the shellac. It is 0000 Liberon steel wool backed by a felt pad. Works great on flat surfaces. For moldings I just ball up a pinch of wool and rub the molding by hand.
Here's an escutcheon laid out for fitting. I scratch around the inside perimeter and chisel it out a little more until I get a tight fit.
This is the inside latch mounted on the left door. It is a reproduction I found at Ball and Ball. Very similar to the one on the desk at Salem I am using as a model. It slides up and latches into a plate on the bottom of a shelf. The brass piece is the separate lockplate that the right door locks into.