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#1 ·
The Plan - definately not SU

Well its getting mighty close to Christmas and I have one big project left . . . a jewelry armoire for DW.

I started by planing down a bunch of 15\16 Poplar to 3/4". I'm not really sure if I have enough, but if I don't I can run to Home Depot and pick up some D4S. I have to joint the boards before using, but that will be another day.

Last night I developed the plan for the project. This is how I plan most of my projects: grab a piece of paper and a pen or pencil, sit down at the kitchen table with a cup of tea and start sketching.

Once I get the below built . . . then I will continue with the plan. Or maybe not . . . I might just wing it.

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#2 ·
The Plan - definately not SU

Well its getting mighty close to Christmas and I have one big project left . . . a jewelry armoire for DW.

I started by planing down a bunch of 15\16 Poplar to 3/4". I'm not really sure if I have enough, but if I don't I can run to Home Depot and pick up some D4S. I have to joint the boards before using, but that will be another day.

Last night I developed the plan for the project. This is how I plan most of my projects: grab a piece of paper and a pen or pencil, sit down at the kitchen table with a cup of tea and start sketching.

Once I get the below built . . . then I will continue with the plan. Or maybe not . . . I might just wing it.

Brown Handwriting Wood Rectangle Flooring


Schematic Font Handwriting Parallel Engineering


Handwriting Font Rectangle Material property Wood
My Mom and Dad always did their projects with this type of plan, and it worked for them for 40+ years. One day Jenn handed a similar plan and I thought "The wheel continues to turn". I hope she keeps giving them to me for at least another 40 years! I wish you success with your project!
 

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The Plan - definately not SU

Well its getting mighty close to Christmas and I have one big project left . . . a jewelry armoire for DW.

I started by planing down a bunch of 15\16 Poplar to 3/4". I'm not really sure if I have enough, but if I don't I can run to Home Depot and pick up some D4S. I have to joint the boards before using, but that will be another day.

Last night I developed the plan for the project. This is how I plan most of my projects: grab a piece of paper and a pen or pencil, sit down at the kitchen table with a cup of tea and start sketching.

Once I get the below built . . . then I will continue with the plan. Or maybe not . . . I might just wing it.

Brown Handwriting Wood Rectangle Flooring


Schematic Font Handwriting Parallel Engineering


Handwriting Font Rectangle Material property Wood
Nice looking plan.
 

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The Plan - definately not SU

Well its getting mighty close to Christmas and I have one big project left . . . a jewelry armoire for DW.

I started by planing down a bunch of 15\16 Poplar to 3/4". I'm not really sure if I have enough, but if I don't I can run to Home Depot and pick up some D4S. I have to joint the boards before using, but that will be another day.

Last night I developed the plan for the project. This is how I plan most of my projects: grab a piece of paper and a pen or pencil, sit down at the kitchen table with a cup of tea and start sketching.

Once I get the below built . . . then I will continue with the plan. Or maybe not . . . I might just wing it.

Brown Handwriting Wood Rectangle Flooring


Schematic Font Handwriting Parallel Engineering


Handwriting Font Rectangle Material property Wood
OK Great Box! And If you don't hate me. You have inspired me for something I have been thinking about. A new roll around tool box for my galoot stuff. Planes and saws can be hung on the sides inside the doors gand the rest in the drawers with the top being used as a aux stand or other wise. Maybe with some dog holes just in case. Should be interesting
 

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Jointing - Video

I decided to video blog this section. After I did the jointing and did a few calculations I realized that I need more wood. I think I'm going to pick some D4S at Home Depot as planing and jointing takes a fair amount of time.

There is no sound the first 10-15 seconds . . . so don't turn your volume up REALLY high. Just be patient.

 
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Nice trick using the binder dividers for shims to remove material. Da wife and I went through our three kids' rooms cleaning this past week. They have all moved out on their own and we shoveled out their leavings. Can you say, Empty Nest? Anyway, my pack-rat kids left behind lots of junk, including binders , each containing several of those dividers. Never occurred to me they would be good for any woodworking purpose.

Great job of of jointing, BTW. I, too, have no jointer, so I am relying on my router as well. Thanks for sharing.

Ps. Was that Foghorn Leghorn I heard in the background?

Merry Christmas from me and mine to you and yours.

Matt
 
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Making Panels

Yesterday I went to Home Depot to pick up some poplar ready for building. Wow . . . was it ever expensive. A 5" x 8' board ¾" thick was $18.00 . . . that's about $6.00 bf. I also picked up some ¼" board for the drawer bottoms.

This was the end result of today's work

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This is how I did it.

 

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Making Panels

Yesterday I went to Home Depot to pick up some poplar ready for building. Wow . . . was it ever expensive. A 5" x 8' board ¾" thick was $18.00 . . . that's about $6.00 bf. I also picked up some ¼" board for the drawer bottoms.

This was the end result of today's work

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This is how I did it.

great video. very good production value IMHO.
 

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Assembly

I spent the last couple of days taking additional measurements, cutting boards and assembling the main section of the amoire. I am using 1 1/4" countersunk gyprock screws for the construction.

I have two videos . . . but they are still in the editing stage. However here are a few pics.

Videos coming soon !!

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Assembly

I spent the last couple of days taking additional measurements, cutting boards and assembling the main section of the amoire. I am using 1 1/4" countersunk gyprock screws for the construction.

I have two videos . . . but they are still in the editing stage. However here are a few pics.

Videos coming soon !!

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Wood Fixture Door Floor Flooring


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This is really coming along Zuki. Everything is so clean and tight. Very exciting to watch. Thanks for the updates.
 

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Drawer Assembly - Part 1

How is it that something so simple can cause so much grief?

I had it all worked out in my head and everything was going fine until I made one stupid mistake . . . actually I made the same mistake 16 times. I was not happy when I discovered what I did . . . actually DW saw it first and I'm glad she did as I would have had to do a whole lot of deconstruction to fix the errors if she was not there to pick up on it. Watch the video.

Its all fine now. :)

 
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Sliders & Drawer Bottoms

Hey all . . .

Did a little more work on the amoire. Drawer sliders and drawer bottoms.

Please take a look at the video . . . oh and there is an outtake at the end that I found funny.

 
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Drawers Installed - Finally

Well I finally have the drawers installed. There is no hardware, and they are a little "un-smooth" in their operation, but they are built and they do work. I have some fine tuning to do . . . but that will happen later.

Cheers !

 
#31 ·
Doors and Piano Hinge

With this installment I completed the doors for the side of the cabinet, installed the piano hinges, plugged a bunch of holes and did some sanding.

 
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The plugs Kreg supplies are a slightly looser fit, not requiring hammering, so that the ends don't smash. They do, however, have a unique angle on the end that goes into the hole, which I have alway had to cut off to fit properly. Their plugs are meant to be just proud of the surface so that they can be sanded flush. I believe the paintable plugs are basswood.

I recently had the opportunity to inspect a local cabinetmaker's cabinets prior to installation. He used drywall screw instead of the pocket hole screws, and about 20% of them were twisted off in the hole. I would suggest using only Kreg or McFeely's pocket hole screws, as they are heat treated for the torsional properties required in this application.

I have been following your progress, and have learned a thing or two.
 
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Back at it - Making the top

Hey all . . .

I finally got back at DW's Christmas Gift/Anniversary Gift/Birthday Gift.

I'm hoping that I will get it completed before it also becomes a Easter Gift. LOL

Comments welcome.

Enjoy . . .

 
#36 ·
Skirting

You know that great feeling that you get when you are coming to the end of a project and you can pretty well see the finish line? Well I have that feeling after today. Take a look.

 
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The Finale - Hardware & Beading

Here is the last video for this project where I installed the hardware and triple beading.

I'm going to post some nicer pictures of the unit shortly.

 
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