Some Long Overdue Progress on Lingerie Chest

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Bryan S

Bryan
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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

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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

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A few cycles of plane then check fit, plane then check fit and we are good.

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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.
 

CDPeters

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Chris
Lookin' good there Bryan:icon_thum nothin' wrong with the improvised "vice thingy" - whatever it takes!

Keep us posted...

C.
 

LeftyTom

Tom
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Bryan, if you can improvise a vice when you needed it, I am sure you can think through any bumps along the way to getting the chest completed.
 

Bryan S

Bryan
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Bryan, if you can improvise a vice when you needed it, I am sure you can think through any bumps along the way to getting the chest completed.


I would love to take full credit for the ingenuity, but I saw a similar setup in one of the wwing mag's tips section. He drilled holes thought the clamps and used dowels to hold them to his work table. I think this means I can take credit for remembering it.

I see the need for a real vise here and Fine Woodworking's shop projects has a simple but well built design that will probably be in my future. Like I said delays have been many and long lasting. After 2 long semesters at school of nothing but accounting it has felt good to get in the shop and make some chips
 

Jeff

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Jeff
That's looking good Bryan. An interesting and rewarding aspect of this hobby is the often needed improvisation in the shop!

How can I make this work with what I have on hand? Voila, ya got it! :eek:ccasion1
 

mkepke

Mark
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I see the need for a real vise here and Fine Woodworking's shop projects has a simple but well built design that will probably be in my future. Like I said delays have been many and long lasting. After 2 long semesters at school of nothing but accounting it has felt good to get in the shop and make some chips
FWIW, ShopNotes (Woodsmith) has plans for a very serviceable small bench with shop-made vices (x2).

http://www.shopnotes.com/plans/small-workbench/

-Mark
 
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