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- From: stevep@sparky.se.hou.compaq.com (Steve Pinn)
- Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
- Subject: Re: Hey! Lets have a survey....
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.192603.17992@cliff.se.hou.compaq.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 19:26:03 GMT
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- Great idea!
-
- I have just recently finished a walnut china cabinet for our dining room,
- the design leans towards spanish and (hopefully) complements the table
- and chairs that I built 15 years ago! (my wife is happy)
-
- 6 months ago I completed a queen anne style coffee table, the top is a
- wonderfully figured walnut burl the legs are cabriole with a trifid foot.
-
- Currently I am making to end table (side tables) for our living room to
- go along with the coffee table. Tops are once again walnut burl (veneer
- applied over walnut lumber core ply) with the same style of legs as the
- coffee table.
-
- At the same time I am buiding a dressing table for my daughter. The style
- is basically a Newport, bracket feet, the material is all cherry solids.
- In the past when building case work I have used plywood or raised panels
- this is the first piece that I have built which has to take in all aspects
- of wood movement and it is quite a challenge. The tops of this dressing
- table and the drawer fronts are curly cherry, the figure is wonderful.
- I looks as if the wood was flaming (no comments please). I am going
- to try my first attempt at carving shells on the lower drawer fronts.
-
- I uncovered two "tricks" while building these projects that I would like
- to share, both center around VIX bits, these are used to help center
- pilot holes when mounting hinges. The first is that a VIX bit is excellent
- to center a pilot hole when mounting and piece of material which has
- already been drilled and countersunk. In the past I have had trouble centering
- the pilot hole when attaching one piece to another.
-
- The second is in mounting moulding using french dovetails. These are 1/4"
- dovetails cut inside the moulding, the "pin" portion is mounted to the
- case and the mouding slips over the pin. This allows the wood to move
- without cracking the case or moulding. The difficulty is when you are
- mounting the "pin" portion to the case, keeping it aligned so that the
- moulding goes on correctly. I took a 3" long piect of the moulding drilled
- a 1/4 inch hole throught it from the bottom so that it was centered in the
- dovetail. I then bored that out to 1/2 inch. Install the pin slide into
- the jig moulding and hold it in position against the case. The access hole
- lets you mark the pin so that the pin can be screwed to the case and then
- a VIX bit can be used through the access hole to drill the pilot in the
- case. The result seems to be a well aligned piece of moulding.
-
- In reading my own post it seems extremely confusing without a diagram, if
- anyone wants a clearer description or diagram please call or mail.
-
- Have fun - Steve (713-374-4304 - day)
-