| Blog series by Al Navas | updated 527 days ago | 3 parts | 2647 reads | 13 comments total |
Part 1: The doors
From my blog: This time I show how I made the frame and panel cabinet doors, with emphasis on the simple design elements that enhance their looks. For example, it is desirable to match the grain across the rails – and always keep track of which frame piece goes where ;-) . But the focus is on the bookmatched spalted maple panels. Clamped doors during dry fit, showing the grain continuity in the top rails: .
Part 2: Knife hinges
For the hand tool users: If you have any suggestions on how I could improve my chisel technique to chop the mortises, please let me know ;-) – THANKS! From my blog post: In this episode I show how I did the layout and chopped the mortises for the knife hinges in the doors, and in the carcase. Then, for the first time, I do a dry fit of the frame and panel doors to the carcase. The knife hinges provide an elegant solution in this cabinet, because they are unobtrusive; they remai...
Part 3: Overlapping rabbets to fit the doors
From my blog: In this episode I show how overlapping rabbets provide one solution to fitting the doors to the cabinet, while minimizing the door gap. I used a small shoulder plane to clean up the rabbet surfaces, to improve the fit and allow the doors to close with a nice, tight fit. Credit for the overlapping rabbet solution belongs to Norman Pirollo, who publishes the blog The Refined Edge. Thanks, Norman!
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