Managed to sneak some time in the shop and got the back started the back.
I used up the last of my 1/2″ tongue and groove pieces left over from another projects to form up the back.
This is pretty easy to do, but now I have screw a strip on to hold the pieces together so that glue up isn’t a nightmare.
Man! In spite of color coded tape, hand drawn in grooves, etc. SOMEONE, I’m not namin’ names, put a groove on the opposite side of the piece. Geez!
So now I have to fix it.
And this is one reason I fell in love with hand planes. For me, it makes this repair possible and fairly easy.
First I squared up the end of the groove (don’t tell anyone, but for long stop grooves, I use a router).
After cleaning it up, I cut a piece slightly over-sized and then trimmed it to fit ..
.. using the jointer.
Then the shooting board to trim the ends. Shooting Board – Evenfalls – Picture Frame Shooter shown.
Wee! fun! you can still see it, but it looks way better than a gaping groove.
And .. its on the top of the cabinet, so it’ll be hard to see.
Note to self: when the fit gets really close, put glue in the groove. A good fitting piece will be really hard to get out during dryfitting.
Oh .. and some one tell the cat that we bought that electric blanket for us … not the cat. 😀
Started working on the dividers for the tool cubbies. I decided to make them of walnut for contrast.The drawer fronts will also be made of walnut.
Dados done and starting to put the back together.
Things are going so slow. The end of the year has so many things to take me away from the work. Oh, and I’ll be sneaking off to buy so more work to rebuild the base of my work bench. More on that later.
Here’s a fun fact. I started this blog about a year and 1/2 ago and I’m up to 10,000 views. That’s pretty good as far as I’m concerned.
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