Great Idea or Just Madness...
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Thanks for the pictures - now I understand what you have in mind.
1985 Mark V upgraded to 520 PowerPro. Shopsmith cast iron table bandsaw, jointer, belt sander, and 60's vintage 610 jigsaw SPT's. Makita 2040 15" planer, JessEm Mast-R-Lift II router table.
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I am currently building the drawers. Each of the three cabinets will have four drawers. Two at 4.25" on top, a 6" in the middle, and a 10" on the bottom. The drawers are each about 14" deep except one of the 6" drawers will be extra deep to store lathe chisels.
While I am trying to do most of this project on my Mk V, my box joint jig will only work on my other table saw.
I built all of the smaller 4.25" drawers first. Tonight I started on the first of the three 10" drawers. Herein I found my error.
As best I can figure, I do not have quite enough of a tight fit on my spacing for each notch cut. It did not show itself on the smaller drawers other than a slightly tight fit. However, on the larger drawers, the error shows itself readily. Fortunately I only did one drawer, so I can fix this with only having to recut that one drawer. I will have to run a longer test cut to ensure I have corrected my error before moving on.
Box joints are simple and tedious; a recipe for errors and accidents. I am moving slowly on this part and if I have time in the evening, I only do one. At my slow and methodical pace, each drawer takes about 30-40 minutes to cut.
I already nearly ruined one of the smaller drawers. I was all set up to make a cut and realized I had positioned it wrong in the jig.
The last time I did box joints on plywood I had a good deal of blowout. To remedy that on this project, I am using scrap pieces behind each workpiece.
While I am trying to do most of this project on my Mk V, my box joint jig will only work on my other table saw.
I built all of the smaller 4.25" drawers first. Tonight I started on the first of the three 10" drawers. Herein I found my error.
As best I can figure, I do not have quite enough of a tight fit on my spacing for each notch cut. It did not show itself on the smaller drawers other than a slightly tight fit. However, on the larger drawers, the error shows itself readily. Fortunately I only did one drawer, so I can fix this with only having to recut that one drawer. I will have to run a longer test cut to ensure I have corrected my error before moving on.
Box joints are simple and tedious; a recipe for errors and accidents. I am moving slowly on this part and if I have time in the evening, I only do one. At my slow and methodical pace, each drawer takes about 30-40 minutes to cut.
I already nearly ruined one of the smaller drawers. I was all set up to make a cut and realized I had positioned it wrong in the jig.
The last time I did box joints on plywood I had a good deal of blowout. To remedy that on this project, I am using scrap pieces behind each workpiece.
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IT IS I, ENSIGN PULVER!!
AND I JUST THREW YOUR STINKIN PALM TREE OVERBOARD!!
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I am still stuck in “drawer purgatory” but I am now ready to install them. Prior to gluing them up, I decided to build Nick Engler’s gluing jig.
Here is a link to The Workshop Companion website:
https://workshopcompanionstore.com/
This is a fantastic gluing jig and provides a dead flat surface with a 90 degree corner and holes everywhere for getting a clamp anywhere it’s needed.
Also, to mitigate glue squeeze out I waxed the edges of each piece.
My plan was to remove the wax after the glueup by aggressively wiping it down with mineral spirits.
I knew that mineral spirits will dissolve the wax and then evaporate and wouldn’t otherwise harm the wood.
Here is where I learned something new. I also found it would remove any pencil lines and red crayon marks I had missed.
Took ‘em right off!
Am I the only one who didn’t know this?
Here is a link to The Workshop Companion website:
https://workshopcompanionstore.com/
This is a fantastic gluing jig and provides a dead flat surface with a 90 degree corner and holes everywhere for getting a clamp anywhere it’s needed.
Also, to mitigate glue squeeze out I waxed the edges of each piece.
My plan was to remove the wax after the glueup by aggressively wiping it down with mineral spirits.
I knew that mineral spirits will dissolve the wax and then evaporate and wouldn’t otherwise harm the wood.
Here is where I learned something new. I also found it would remove any pencil lines and red crayon marks I had missed.
Took ‘em right off!
Am I the only one who didn’t know this?
IT IS I, ENSIGN PULVER!!
AND I JUST THREW YOUR STINKIN PALM TREE OVERBOARD!!
AND I JUST THREW YOUR STINKIN PALM TREE OVERBOARD!!
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The drawers are installed and I will be working next on drawer fronts. I got a good deal on some hickory, but I underestimated and will need to get a little bit more to have enough for the drawer fronts.
I'm happy with the way the drawers work. I put some double sided tape on a few scraps of wood to use as temporary drawer pulls.
I'm happy with the way the drawers work. I put some double sided tape on a few scraps of wood to use as temporary drawer pulls.
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IT IS I, ENSIGN PULVER!!
AND I JUST THREW YOUR STINKIN PALM TREE OVERBOARD!!
AND I JUST THREW YOUR STINKIN PALM TREE OVERBOARD!!