OK, since ya'll say it's slow on here, I'll post a project I finished a while back. I would have posted earlier, but after finishing it we were camping a good bit, I forgot about it and it pales in comparison to most of the fine work I see from other members.
You may recall I posted earlier while working on this project as I encountered some issues and with the help of you folks, I was able to overcome the issues and finish the job. The earlier posts were:
http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=31467
http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=32668
http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=31467
http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=32668
this first pic shows how I resolved the rabbett dilemma. I made a new fence for the router table and was able to cut the rabbett on the short piece...still using the new fence...why would you want a 3.5 inch gap in a router fence anyway ?
Next pic shows the 5 sided frame glued up with the band clamp I've had a long time. I couldn't use the band clamp to dry fit the frame to the camper stove as the metal corner pieces and the band itself would have kept the frame from being up against the two walls...keep reading, you'll see
Here is the frame after glue up, ready to have the plywood glued into the rabbett. The white panels in the background are another camper project...I'll post it sometime.
Here is the stove cover all glued up & clamped with every clamp I own except for the 4' pipe clamps I have. I decided not to nail thru the sides into the plywood edge after seeing how well I was able to clamp it in place.
And last, here is the finished product, sitting in place on the stove in our camper. We now have a nice counter space for the coffee maker, paper towel rack, etc. Oh yeah, did I mention we don't use the stove as we always cook outdoors...keeps humidity & food smells out of the camper too. If we ever did need to use the stove or oven, the cover just lifts off. Hopefully you can see how the back left corner had to be that short piece in order to miss the bottom of the blind. the blind is anchored so it doesn't beat itself to death as you ride down the road. I wanted this to fit very closely to the walls and the stove, again so it doesn't fall in the floor as we ride down the road.
Thanks for looking.
Brent