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Craftsman - Stickley Projects #7: Drawer Construction Prep

Blog entry by Paul posted 522 days ago 263 reads 0 times favorited 5 comments Add to Favorites
« Part 6: Repair Complete Part 7 of Craftsman - Stickley Projects series Part 8: Drawer Dovetails »

Lots of other things going on, raining a lot in Texas (anybody have plans for an Ark? Oh yeah, I have a description in the Bible!) – so I stacked up the garage to get a car in more often & was gone for ten days of vacation, so haven’t accomplished much over the past three weeks.

I did “unstack” and get back into the shop some today after cutting the grass (just before it started raining again). I spent 3 1/2 hours planing poplar drawer sides and backs to 1/2” stock and sizing all the drawer fronts to their openings.

Everything is set to review the dovertail jig instructions again and get after building drawers.

-- Paul, Texas


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WayneC

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posted 522 days ago

Sounds like you have a plan. Snap some photos along the way and try to keep dry.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

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Karson

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posted 522 days ago

I hope you didn’t plane 1” wood to 1/2” You should resaw them and get two sides.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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Paul

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posted 522 days ago

Nope – 3/4” to 1/2”

If I had a better bandsaw, a resaw blade, and a resaw jig/fence, I probably would have tried to conserve wood – even with 3/4”

-- Paul, Texas

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MsDebbieP

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posted 519 days ago

oh so THAT is where all the rain is!!
It’s getting pretty dry here.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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oscorner

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posted 519 days ago

I hope the rain lets up for you and everyone else in Texas. I look forward to seeing your progression.

-- Jesus is Lord!

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