Still bumping along on the closet project for the wife. I have all of the chest of drawers construction complete except for the drawer fronts. There are 16 of these puppies and they range in size from 10"x27" to 8"x18". (See Pic below for scale.) So after gluing up the soft maple fronts I figured out I am not going to flatten on my 8" jointer. Time to get out the brand spanking new stanley jack plane and flatten my first board.
1. I felt like I did a decent job on my first board. It was flat except over the 27" span it had about a 1/16" crown. Went back over it and still had the same crown. With just a little pressure it would lay down flat. I am attaching it to the front of a four sided drawer carcass, so I am guessing it will pull down flat when it is attached. Ideally I would flatten every board to perfection but the LOML has me under the gun to finish and I am already months behind my stated completion date. (why does this keep happening?)
2. Tear out can really be bad on maple. Is it best to flatten the back of the board and then use the 15" planer to smooth the front side of the board.
3. I am just starting this this hobby and I do not have a "real workbench", any sugestions on how to hold down a board short of bolting it to a concrete floor. I tried double back tape and secured it to the table saw but found the table saw was moving around.
1. I felt like I did a decent job on my first board. It was flat except over the 27" span it had about a 1/16" crown. Went back over it and still had the same crown. With just a little pressure it would lay down flat. I am attaching it to the front of a four sided drawer carcass, so I am guessing it will pull down flat when it is attached. Ideally I would flatten every board to perfection but the LOML has me under the gun to finish and I am already months behind my stated completion date. (why does this keep happening?)
2. Tear out can really be bad on maple. Is it best to flatten the back of the board and then use the 15" planer to smooth the front side of the board.
3. I am just starting this this hobby and I do not have a "real workbench", any sugestions on how to hold down a board short of bolting it to a concrete floor. I tried double back tape and secured it to the table saw but found the table saw was moving around.