Projects
Journal Index:
Page
1 (Bedside
Table; Kitchen Cabinets)
Page 2
(Trivet; Writing
Desk; Trad. End Table; Lamp)
Page 3 (A&C Coffee
Table; TV Cabinet; Walnut Coffee Table; A&C End Table)
Page 4 (Walnut
Hall Table; Granite Top Mission Table; Mission Hall Table)
Page 5 (708 Style Writing Table)
(Mission Trestle Table)
Page 6 (Arts and
Crafts Bench)
Page 7 (New
Construction 2005-Kitchen)
Page 8 (Tool
Drawers; Stacked Tansu)
Page 9 (Plan
Rack; Door Restoration; Spice Rack; A&C House# Frame)
Page 10 (Craftsman
Chair Reproduction)
Page 11 (A&C
Kitchen Dining Set)
Page 12 (Cherry/Walnut
Hope Chest)
Page 13
(Mission
Sideboard)
Page 14 (Kitchen
Drawers; Calendar/Chalk Board Frames)
Page 15 (Corner
Cabinet)
Page 16 (2008
Kitchen Project/Trash Pullout)
Page 17 (2009 Straw
Bale House
Kitchen Project/Kitchen Hutch)
Corner
Cabinet
11/07 - Plans are in the mill for a corner cabinet of quartersawn
white oak, with flat panel doors designed for the bottom, and glass doors on
the top.
Due to limitations of the corner wall space at the intended location, the
height to width ratio is less than desirable for my taste, as I would much
prefer a wider cabinet, but it is maximized to utilize the available space in
the preliminary CAD drawing below:
The 4/4 hardwood stock for main casework has already been selected and is
acclimating in the shop while the final design/construction details are
worked out.
Casework:
After
the usual dimensioning of the rough stock to project thickness, batch
cutting of the face frame rail and stiles and other project parts;
routing of dadoes and grooves in the face frame components to accept the
side panels; and routing of the side panels and back to accept the top,
bottom, and middle shelf; the flat, front part of the face frame was
constructed using loose mortise and tenon joinery.
At
that point a glue-up jig/fixture, pictured in use below, was fabricated
to facilitate gluing the mitered left and right side components of the
face frame to the already assembled front part:
The gluing jig, pictured here from both sides, is basically a 'to scale'
mock-up of the front third of casework top, bottom and the middle shelf.
Along
with the application of biscuit joinery in the mitered parts, and the
previously routed dadoes in the face frame components and sides, this
jig allows the parts to be held in precise alignment, and at the proper
45 degree angle, during the gluing and clamp-up process.
Scraps
were used to make angled clamp blocks and, with the aid of three band
clamps, one side at a time of the angled face frame is glued and
clamped, then set aside to dry.
The completed casework face frame ready to accept
the sides, floor, top, and the middle shelf/partition.
Applying the finish
before glue up will help with clean-up of glue squeeze out, and also makes it easier to apply a gel stain, which can
be hard to wipe off in the confines of an already assembled corner
cabinet, with all its hard to reach angles.
Pictured above is the results of one coat of Rockler's "Mission Oak" stain
applied to the face frame of solid quarter sawn white oak, as well as to
the quarter sawn white oak plywood cabinet back in the foreground of the
picture on the right
Glue-up of the
floor, middle shelf/partition, top, and the two sides to the face frame.
Using the table saw to
cut the cove for the crown molding, and the end results after ripping
the stock into two parts.
The newly made crown molding dry fitted to the face frame after cutting
to fit.
Since it already has
finish on it and the risk of glue sticking to the finish is nil, the
face frame itself can be used to hold the three crown molding pieces in
the correct orientation during glue-up (#0 biscuits are used to
reinforce the 22 1/2 degree miter joints).
After glue-up and
staining, the crown block
assembly is attached with glue and screws from the back side on the long
grain front; and screws with elongated holes, but no glue, on the two
cross grain sides.
The base is then
constructed, and attached, in much the same manner/method as the crown
block, and can be seen
below.
The basic corner
cabinet casework, complete with base and crown, finally standing on its
on.
The trim piece on the
middle rail and the four doors and shelves remain to be fabricated, but
the 76" tall case, which has been taking up space in the shop and making
it difficult to move about, is finally out of the way and work can now
commence on those parts.
Cabinet Doors -
12/07: Four doors are planned for this corner cabinet: two wooden
panel doors for the bottom section, and two glass panel doors for the
top section.
Face frames, dry
fitted, for the top two glass doors. All the doors are assembled with
loose tenon joints, with mortises cut on the Multi-Router.
Glue-up of the bottom
two, wooden panel, doors. The panel and inside edges of the face frames
were stained before assembly.
Starting to look
amazingly like the original CAD drawing
now that the doors are temporarily mounted for fitting.
.
Finished and in use:
Page
1 (Bedside
Table; Kitchen Cabinets)
Page 2
(Trivet; Writing
Desk; Trad. End Table; Lamp)
Page 3 (A&C Coffee
Table; TV Cabinet; Walnut Coffee Table; A&C End Table)
Page 4 (Walnut Hall
Table; Granite Top Mission Table; Mission Hall Table)
Page 5 (708 Style Writing Table)
(Mission Trestle Table)
Page 6 (Arts and
Crafts Bench)
Page 7 (New
Construction 2005-Kitchen)
Page 8 (Tool
Drawers; Stacked Tansu)
Page 9 (Plan
Rack; Door Restoration; Spice Rack; A&C House# Frame)
Page 10 (Craftsman
Chair Reproduction)
Page 11 (A&C
Kitchen Dining Set)
Page 12 (Cherry/Walnut Hope Chest)
Page 13 (Mission
Sideboard)
Page 14 (Kitchen
Drawers; Calendar/Chalk Board Frames)
Page 15 (Corner
Cabinet)
Page 16 (2008
Kitchen Project/Trash Pullout)
Page 17 (2009 Straw
Bale House
Kitchen Project/Kitchen Hutch)
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