bed side table

Bedside table – Hinges in and case glued up

In order to get the hinges in, I super glued the hinge in place using a card scraper for spacing from the side of the case. Once I had the hinge outlined and marked using my marking knife, I knocked the hinge off the wood. Then I used my router, chisels and finally the router plane to remove the wastes. I used this same process to install the knife hinges in the wall cabinet with good result.

Hinge layout.

Cleaning out the hinge mortise.

Hinge in.

Hinge in after glue up.

Mortise for top attachment.

Case glued and square.

Back side of glued case.

So where was I .. oh yeah .. The Bedside table

And now back to the bedside table that I was working on. After the initial dry fit, it seems like every thing still fits .. whew! Things have been stickered, but its been since before Thanksgiving that I’ve been able to work on it.

Curly cherry for the door panel.

Dry fitting for the hinges and back panel.

Signing my work and making grooves – Bedside table

Signing my name with letter and number punch.

In order to groove the bottom rail, I set my double marking gauge to the width of the plow plane blade.

Then scored the edges of the groove to prevent tear out.

Using the plow to make the groove.

Final groove.

I used a Paul Seller’s work holding method and a Rockler clamp to hold the board while I plowed the groove. I was pretty happy with how well it worked. I clamped the edges of the piece in the clamp and then clamped the clamp in my vise.