| This blog is written by DustyMark | 36 entries so far |
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Building a Dr. White's Chest #9: Turning Knobs
I like to turn the knobs on the cases I build. Dr. White’s chest has a total of twelve knobs. I...
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Building a Dr. White's Chest #8: Hanging Doors
Mortising the HingesHanging doors involves a mixture of precise work and some trial and error. T...
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Building a Dr. White's Chest #7: Raised Panel Doors
Raised Panel DoorsBuilding a set of raised panel doors might seem like a daunting process. Howev...
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Building a Dr. White's Chest #6: Trim
TrimChests and wardrobes benefit greatly from the added visual detail of trim applied at the top ...
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Building a Dr. White's Chest #5: Case Legs
Case Legs Watch this video to view the leg construction and track my progress on the face fram...
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Building a Dr. White's Chest #4: Face Frame
Complicated Face Frame The Dr. White’s chest is a combination wardrobe/chest of drawers and ha...
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Building a Dr. White's Chest #3: Case Construction and Glue-Up
Design Considerations Watch this video to explore design considerations. Solid wood case cons...
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Building a Dr. White's Chest #2: Multiple Mortise and Tenon Joints
Multiple Mortise and Tenon Joints I’ve owned a Leigh dovetail jig since the early 90’s. I sta...
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Building a Dr. White's Chest #1: My Interpretation of Thos. Moser's Design
What to Expect This blog series will highlight some of the techniques I use in solid wood case...
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Building a Houseful of Furniture #4: Guest Bedroom
Watch this video to take a quick tour of the furniture I’ve made for our guest bedroom. Th...
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Building a Houseful of Furniture #3: Living Room and Dining Room
Watch this video to take a short tour of the furniture I’ve made in my living room and dini...
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Building a Houseful of Furniture #2: Kitchen and Family Room
Watch this video that gives a quick tour of the furniture I’ve built for my kitchen and fam...
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Building a Houseful of Furniture #1: Master Bedroom
Watch this video that takes a quick tour of the furniture I’ve made for my master bedroom. ...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #23: Final Thoughts
Video Watch this video to see two completed rocking chairs as I share my final thoughts about ...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #22: Assembling the Arm Rests
Watch This Video The assembly of the arm rests is pretty straight forward. Click this link t...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #21: Making the Arm Rests
With the back assembled, I turned my attention to the arm rests. I turned six spindles with 1/2&...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #20: Pinning the Seat Tenons
With the seat tenons wedged, it’s time to pin the tenons. I wedged the tenons first so tha...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #19: Wedging Spindles Below the Seat
Watch This Video With the spindles locked in place in the top crest with cross dowels, it̵...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #18: Pinning the Top Crest Spindles
After confirming that the top crest was even, I pinned six of the 3/8” spindles with a 3/16...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #17: Glue the Upper Assembly
Today we glued the upper assembly. Everything went smooth with the Rum’s alignment jig and...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #16: Making the Final Top Crest
With Rum’s assembly jig complete, I was free to make the actual top crest. I realized that...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #15: Rum's Brilliant Solution for Lining Up 14 Spindles for Glue-Up
Vexing Problem In my last blog, I wondered how I could possibly line up 14 spindles under tens...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #14: Evaluating the Prototype Top Crest
Ready to Cut Final Top Crest? I finished turning the 14 back spindles on the first rocking cha...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #13: Shaping the Rocker/Leg Joint
The joints where each leg meets the rocker need shaping to transition from a rectangular rocker t...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #12: Flushing the Seat Tenon
After assembling the lower half of the rocking chair, there is some clean-up work that needs to b...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #11: Assembling the Lower Half of the Rocking Chair
Watch This Video! Follow this link to a 13-minute, real-time video of the glue-up of one rocke...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #10: Designing and Cutting the Rocker
Designing the Rocker I’m working from a handful of photographs and a sketch from the Th...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #9: Producing Wedges and Sawing Kerfs
Wedges provide a bit of extra security in a leg joint. If the glue ever fails, the mechanical po...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #8: Fitting a Laminated Leg Brace
With the mortises plunged in the legs, the braces need to be fitted to the leg and seat. This in...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #7: Plunging a Mortise in a Turned Leg
To use a laminated brace, there must be a 1/2” wide mortise in the leg. This is a simple p...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #6: Laminating a Curved Leg Brace
Advantages of a Laminated Chair Brace Thos. Moser makes good use of laminated leg braces in hi...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #5: Drilling Spindle Holes
Determining the correct angles for the spindle holes in the seat blank and the top crest is an im...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #4: Mistakes So Far...
It’s been a while since I posted an update on my rocking chair project. I got busy with li...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #3: Modeling a Seat Blank from Pine
Necessity of a Model The seat blank is a critical piece of this rocking chair. All of the spi...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #2: Turning Long, Thin Spindles
Stock PreparationRun one face of the rough ash board across the jointer. Then run the opposite f...
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Building a Thos. Moser Design New Gloucester Rocking Chair #1: Reproducing a Design
I recently started a major chair-building project and thought it might be fun to document the pro...
