Showing posts with label progress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label progress. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Chair Progress A 6 Pack
If you dont like mortise and tenon, dont build these chairs :) The are 22 of them per chairs so I cut a total of 132, not counting the ones I screwed up. I think overall the chairs came out well and I will post some photos of the upholstered chairs after we return from the Christmas trip.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
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...
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