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    Garrett's Small Tool Cabinet - Pretty much done

    I receive email from FWW magazine. Garrett Hack was doing a video series on a small tool cabinet with sliding dovetails. Since I just finished a sliding dovetail project, it caught my eye. Garrett sized his off his trim. I sized my prototype (built from old pallets and construction lumber) off an LV #4 smoother I am hoping Santa will bring me.

    The idea of using story sticks and sizing parts off of pieces already cut is comfortable to me so following this method was welcome:

    1-Garret Cabinet parts as story stick.jpg2-Garret Cabinet stop block.jpg3-Garret Cabinet chisel tune.jpg

    Garrett cuts a lot of pieces oversize and then planes or chisels them to final size. I'm OK with cutting to final size on my tailed tools but, I'm game, this is fun stuff:

    4-Garret Cabinet plane bottom.jpg5-Garret Cabinet stile oversize.jpg

    A dado and a stopped dado are cut for the lower section divider and then the basic case gets glued up:

    6-Garret Cabinet divider dado.jpg7-Garret Cabinet glueup layout.jpg8-Garret Cabinet glueup.jpg
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    Moving along I cut the hinge mortises prior to adding the stiles to the cabinet.

    9-GHCab hinge cuts.jpg10-GHCab hinge placed.jpg

    As in the video I made some cove moulding by profiling two faces of a larger board (a pallet runner in this case) and then ripping the profile off the larger piece. I use a plane to match up the faces:

    12-GHCab cove rough.jpg13-GHCab cove planed.jpg

    I made a scratch stock from a scrap of maple and an old SawZall blade while I was watching glue dry. I put a pencil mark along the edge to receive the bead. As I see the pencil line disappear, I know I am close to my finished depth:

    14-GHCab scratch stock mark.jpg

    I then check to see how I like it. the moulding is a bit thick, front to back, for my taste. As this is a test build I won't bother fixing it but I jotted this (and other stuff) down so I'll remember during the next build:

    15-GHCab cove trial.jpg16-GHCab cove proportions.jpg

    I'll get the rest of the moulding ready to glue up and start the door next time.
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    Glenn, that is a neat little project! I like your scratch stock holder.

    What happens if you misunderstood Santa, and it is a 22" jointer?!?!

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    I've been watching his video and thinking about building the cabinet my self. It's a nice job your doing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Keeton View Post
    Glenn, that is a neat little project! I like your scratch stock holder.

    What happens if you misunderstood Santa, and it is a 22" jointer?!?!
    I am completely willing to make a larger cabinet
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    Thumbs up a slew of terrific project pics...

    Hi Ya Glenn,
    Very nice lil cabinet, and very nice thread.
    "pic heavy"? Boy, you sure know how to please!

    You always do such a great job, and contribute to our community.
    So you like the LV#4? I went LV BUS and like it plenty.

    As usual, I'm with Keeton... I like your scratch stock holder!
    Some day, I hope to have my thoughts together well enough to
    mount hinges to the stick before assembly!

    By the wayside, how did you post 15 total pics in two Creek postings?
    Does the 5 pics max per post limit not still stand?
    It seems you uploaded these pics to the Creek,
    rather than a Photobucket or such upload elsewhere...
    because the Creek photo handler lets me view larger pics, then the next, thru them all.

    And hey... you always have colourful sig lines, and you keep us amused
    by often mixing them up, but I'm afraid I need this new one explained?!?
    I'll include it here, so when you change it, this will still make sense.
    'Somebody's gotta go back to town and get a whole mess-a dimes'
    good show & good sharing,
    Walt

    ps I gotta say, your Rebel output makes great photos!
    I gotta try to get me one of them there lil machines.
    Don't get too excited J.K., the Rebel in question is a camera...
    hehe
    Last edited by Walt Caza; 12-12-2009 at 10:39 AM. Reason: man, you are a strong poster, Glenn!!
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    Thanks everyone.

    Quote Originally Posted by Walt Caza View Post
    By the wayside, how did you post 15 total pics in two Creek postings?
    Seems we can do 8 per post now(?) Thanks goodness. You don't know how many of my previous threads have been picture weak due to the awkward method of posting pics here at SMC.

    Quote Originally Posted by Walt Caza View Post
    And hey... you always have colourful sig lines, and you keep us amused by often mixing them up, but I'm afraid I need this new one explained?!?
    Slim Picken's (as Taggert) line at the discovery of the "toll booth" in Mel Brook's 'Blazing Saddles'.

    Quote Originally Posted by Walt Caza View Post
    ps I gotta say, your Rebel output makes great photos!
    I gotta try to get me one of them there lil machines.
    Thanks, the new version comes with image stabilization for not much over what I paid for mine. The best price for the IS lens as an add-on is over half what I paid for the whole kit! The tripod, lotsa light and wired remote do the trick for me but with IS you can literally just point and shoot.
    Last edited by glenn bradley; 12-12-2009 at 10:42 AM.
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    Looking good, look forward to seeing the whole project come together.

    I've been following Hack's project on FWW online. I think it might be my next project for the new year (finishing up a chest of drawers right now). I've never done sliding dovetails before so that will be a new challenge, and his banded molding would also be a first for me.

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    Looks like you are in the process of having one fine cabinet Glenn.
    Make sure to keep us up to date with the progress..

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    I downloaded the plans. Is there anyway to capture the videos?

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    Quote Originally Posted by lowell holmes View Post
    I downloaded the plans. Is there anyway to capture the videos?
    Not that I know of. I just guesstimated the dimensions from watching the video. I then re-watched parts of each phase as I wanted to follow his sequence of parts creation and assembly. There used to be a product called Snag-It that would capture anything playing to your screen(?).
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    Like the other parts of this build, the door panel is made from scrap. An old piece of luan will provide the door panel (and the back for that matter). I just need this good enough to get a feel for things I want to do differently or the same. I used the Mortise Pal for the door frame because; One, I have it and Two, it is too easy.

    19-GH Cab MP.jpg20-GH Cab door glueup.jpg
    I got the moulding too thick for my taste so as an experiment, I am trying to disguise it with a little trim. The nail sticking out of the sac-fence on the miter gauge acts as a repeating register.

    17-GH Cab dentil.jpg

    My smaller bandsaw comes in handy for this sort of thing. I'll post the result of my attempted fix after the door frame dries a bit.

    18-GH Cab dentil rip.jpg
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    I would be quite happy to pay for the video. I've always admired Garret Hack's projects. I think his sense of design and proportion is special. The plans cost me $12. I will not be able to start the project right now and I was concerned it might be dropped after a while.

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    I'm going to give the drawer a go and find some method of keeping the door closed that this material will tolerate. The bullet catch Garrett uses would self destruct in this soft stuff; maybe magnets(?).

    Anyway, here's some shots with some random stuff inside to show scale. I am feeling pretty good about a mission brown QSWO version as being something I would like. The mismatched materials and lack of a raised panel door don't really do the design justice but, I enjoyed going through the process. Garrett's build sequence is so logical. Hope I picked up a good habit or two during the fun.
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    Great little cabinet! I realy like small cabinet, it seems easyer to organized!

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