Working plan

Tambour Progress

Heres the process Ive come up with for making the slats for the chisel cabinets tambour door.

First I round the edge of some 3/4 stock with a nosing plane. Since there is no stop, I used the pencil hatching trick to make keeping an eye on progress a little easier:






The section of odd texture on the end of this plane is from the overzealous stamping of F.A.H. - obviously that guy didnt cotton to others borrowing his tools.

Once its rounded, I use the slitter on a Stanley #45 to cut most of the way through...



...and then finish removing the slat with a knife.


The slat is then placed curved face down into a jig so I can clean up the back with a jack plane.


And thats it - one slat finished (well, actually two since its double length) and many more to go.



And heres a shot of the planes used:


Since each slat doesnt take very long to make, Im hoping to sneak out to the shop and work through the total a little at a time. Well see...