I started this lingerie chest over 2 years ago, since then there has been one delay or stumbling block on top of another. Finally, today I made some progress. The major problem was how to get around the varying depth of the dado's in the sides for the dust panels. My guess is that the spacers I used to glue the sides to the legs varied during glue up.
I have not had a project with a dado go right yet, but I have always been able to come up with a solution. Eventually the light turned on :widea: hand tools. That process has had a whole learning curve all its own, but we are getting there. It was also a source for delay, I did not have any hand tools I needed. Time has caused the thickness of the dust panels to change a bit, so with each dust panel numbered it is time to hand fit the panel to it's dado. A few swipes of the plane down each side did the trick.
First we need one of those vice thingy's on my make shift work bench. Since I have no vice, I needed to improvise with a couple of screw clamps clamped to the table
I know it is pretty low tech. but it worked and held much better than I thought it might. It would have been nice to have seen that bench on the Raliegh craigslist at the right time. :cry_smile :BangHead:
The shavings rolled off
A few cycles of plane then check fit, plane then check fit and we are good.
I was relieved to find this process working as well as it did. I was really concerned on how to get to the next step without turning the whole project into firewood. :nah: I finished all but one of the right side, if all goes well tomorrow, maybe the left side will be fitted.
I have not had a project with a dado go right yet, but I have always been able to come up with a solution. Eventually the light turned on :widea: hand tools. That process has had a whole learning curve all its own, but we are getting there. It was also a source for delay, I did not have any hand tools I needed. Time has caused the thickness of the dust panels to change a bit, so with each dust panel numbered it is time to hand fit the panel to it's dado. A few swipes of the plane down each side did the trick.
First we need one of those vice thingy's on my make shift work bench. Since I have no vice, I needed to improvise with a couple of screw clamps clamped to the table
I know it is pretty low tech. but it worked and held much better than I thought it might. It would have been nice to have seen that bench on the Raliegh craigslist at the right time. :cry_smile :BangHead:
The shavings rolled off
A few cycles of plane then check fit, plane then check fit and we are good.
I was relieved to find this process working as well as it did. I was really concerned on how to get to the next step without turning the whole project into firewood. :nah: I finished all but one of the right side, if all goes well tomorrow, maybe the left side will be fitted.
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