The weather for the ride out to Gurney's sawmill was pretty good. Sunshine and blue skies but it was dreary and overcast by the afternoon. I got what I think is enough to make the 15 drawer dresser plus extra for whatever tickles my fancy next. I spent more this time then I did on last trip there. Things are going to change tomorrow.
Lots of rain and gusty winds are forecasted for sunday afternoon into monday morning. Sunday morning is supposed to be dry which suits me because I'm bringing the printer's tray to my sister. At least it is rain and not the white stuff although I would welcome that on and around the 25th.
|
5 twelve foot 1x12s
|
Sawn in half. This should be triple what I need even if I screw up more than once.
|
3 ten foot 1x12s
|
I left these whole and I bought them because there weren't anymore 12 foot 1x12s. My last haul was around $200 and this haul set me back $282.09. Good deal as this is all D select pine for $2.95 a BF. FYI - Gurney had raised their prices in November. The first increase since 2009.
|
ten footer
|
Decided to break all of them down to 6 and 4 footers. I rarely make anything over 4 feet and 5 footers sounded odd to me. I will use this stock for the the drawers sides and back. Not sure about the drawer bottoms at this point. Most likely I will use plywood and drawer slips.
|
hmm..... |
The dresser drawers aren't as large as I thought they would be. Especially so with the two drawer levels. I can see why CH Becksvoort says it is for keys etc - small items. It should work for lingerie and if not Amanda can use it for whatever.
|
one shy
|
Went scrounging around the shop and found some pine to make 4 of the five needed middle stiles. I hate to cut out a single one out of the stock I bought today. I'll wait and get it from the pile of scrap that I'm sure is coming.
|
untwisting |
I didn't go nutso on this. I concentrated on getting one face flat and straight. When I haul the lunchbox planer topside to do the sides and backs I'll flatten the opposing face then.
|
stickered |
I just removed the twist from the drawer fronts only. The rest of the
pieces shouldn't need any work on them. I'll let these relax until next
week. I want the stock I got today to acclimate to the shop for a couple
of days. With the forecasted rain it will be tuesday at the earliest
before I can work this any further.
|
back is on
|
Got the screw in and the blow out from that has healed. I put on the last coat of shellac on the back and this is done.
|
only one glamour shot
|
Since this doesn't have any hangers it can be positioned on the wall
either this way (my preference) or 180. Of course I assumed that the
longest dimension would be the top to bottom one. To my eye it would look funny hung horizontally.
|
needs more help
|
It is getting better but it is getting tedious using the spackle. There is a divot to the right of my finger that I don't remember seeing yesterday. This is the underside and I looked at the top and it needs more help too.
|
???? |
This defect looks like wire brush strokes but I know it isn't that. There is one other spot with the same look along with in bedded wood dust and spackle powder.
|
the last one
|
I put the final application of spackle on both sides of the lid. Regardless as to how this comes out I'm done with spackle.
|
almost forgot this
|
Out of sight behind the bench and I only caught sight of it when I killed the shop computer.
|
show face
|
I am real happy with how the glue joint looks on this face. I had to stare at it here for a few before I could pick it out.
|
where is it
|
The glue line is flush end to end. It took only a few minutes working with the #80 to do that.
|
opposite face
|
This is going to be the inside and I can see the glue joint easily almost for the whole length of it.
|
hump |
Hump on this side and a slight cup on the other. The cup I could flatten with a feather and I'll have to plane the hump off. Especially so if it is on the inside as it will interfere with the drawers.
|
squaring the ends |
|
Squaring the ends and matching the length with the first side were the last dance steps for today.
|
made an oops
|
I forgot to plane a reference edge before I routed the ends square.
|
not square
|
I was trying to take off the minimal amount of wood to preserve the length and it didn't work. I had to do this end again and the length of this one is shorter than the first one.
|
chasing my tail
|
I didn't realize it here but I squared this end up for the wrong reason. It was out of square but I wasn't checking it from the reference edge.
|
from the non reference edge
|
It still hadn't dawned me that I was checking from the rough edge. I had only planed one long edge flat and straight making it the reference.
|
the two are off
|
I placed the two sides together with the thought of squaring the ends of them to get the length the same. The plan was to clamp them as one and use the router to square the two ends together.
|
this one is dead on |
The diagonals matched dead on - 64".
|
used the reference edge
|
The corner was a few frog hairs off throwing the square off. A few swipes with the blockplane and all was well in Disneyland again.
|
square |
Once I realized that I was checking for square off the wrong long edge I checked the square on both sides again. One side was square from both edges and the other only from the reference edge. I labeled the reference edge on the face by that edge so I wouldn't miss it again.
|
off by a 32nd
|
This is side #2 with both ends square now off the reference edge. The diagonals are off just shy of a 16th. It was the same when I checked for it on both faces.
|
another hiccup
|
I couldn't align the long reference edges. Towards the bottom one was proud of the other - a hump. At the top one had a slight hollow. I also couldn't get the square ends at the bottom to align. I didn't bother with the top because I was going to square them as one.
I had this problem when I made the dresser for Miles. Had a lot of see sawing trying to get the two sides of that to match 360. I fixed that by planing the front long edges of it to flat and straight as one.
|
six foot level
|
This is the longest straight edge I have. With it up against the sides I can see daylight peeking by in a few spots. I killed the lights here because I felt like I was chasing my tail. I'll come back to this tomorrow with fresh peepers and sort it out.
|
hows this for a miter box?
|
I was leafing through my Aldren Watson books because he explains how woodworking was done before electricity. There aren't any books that I know of that show and tell how to deal with problems like I am having with the sides of my dresser.
|
this would work
|
What he doesn't show or write about was this done vertically or horizontal? Didn't come across anything about how to ensure long/wide carcass sides align and match.
As an aside, and this isn't click bait, I have two Aldren Watson books to pass on. Both of them are duplicates and were formerly library books. They are Country Furniture - mostly about the tools used and how to on joinery, dovetails, legs, etc.
The second book is Furniture Making Plain and Simple. This one has projects and how to do them the way the old masters did. It is this one that had the squaring aid in it. It has a lot of good and simple ways to do seemingly difficult things.
Both are free to whoever wants them and the first email wins them (rjboumenot at gmail dot com). I'll mail them to you on my dime.
accidental woodworker