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[steven c newman]

Going to try something else...had Photo Issues with the last post...had to go back and RELOAD all the photos in the last post...never change anything, before or after....so, will try the spoon fed route...

Today was doing Raised Panels for the sides of the chest...First, I needed to haul a few boards to the shop..
May Project, Raised Panels, TALL boards.jpg
Was hoping to get more than 5 pieces out of each of these....3/4" x 4" x 77"...but, there isn't all that much room IN the shop..
May Project, Raised Panels, not much room.jpg
Plus dealing with ends like this..
May Project, Raised Panels, junk.jpg
Got those 2 chopped up into 10 blanks....had to go back upstairs and pick out 2 more decent planks...and hope I can get 6 more blanks..
Stay tuned..

[steven c newman]

So far, so good...

Had one 1 x 4 x 5' to bring along, and a 1 x 6 x 4' to use...the 1 x 4 was good enough to give me 3 more blanks as is..
May Project, Raised Panels, need 3 more.jpg
But, the 1 x 6?
May Project, Raised Panels, needs ripped down.jpg
Will need a bit more work...I did check for the exact length these all needed to be..
May Project, Raised Panels, checking for length.jpg
There was a problem, though...
May Project, Raised Panels, too much tapers.jpg
Which width to use? And, most were tapered, to boot...
Stay tuned..

[steven c newman]

Picked out the narrowest end..set the rip fence to that..
May Project, Raised Panels, ripped for width.jpg
Place the straightest edge against the fence, and run everything through, including the 3 wide boards from the 1 x 6..
May Project, Raised Panels, straighter edge.jpg
Yeah...some were a bit curvy...

Ok, now have 16 blanks to roughly all the same size...next?

[steven c newman]

The "show face" needs to be beveled on all 4 edges...

Set up the saw with the Zero Clearance Overlay...and tilt the blade to the 15 degree mark on the saw's scale..
May Project, Raised Panels, panel raiser.jpg
Stand a blank straight up, good side away from the fence, shove through..rotate 90 degrees, repeat...until all 4 edges have a bevel...supposed to look like this...
May Project, Raised Panels, dry fit.jpg
Repeat for all 16 panels...

Next?

[steven c newman]

I also need a rebate all the way around each panel...two saw cuts..one to make a kerf cut..
May Project, Raised Panels, rebate kerfs.jpg
And the second setting to remove the waste...
May Project, Raised Panels, rebate fitted.jpg
So that the panels will sit into the grooves in both the rails and the stiles..
So..2 hours in the shop, this morning..
May Project, Raised Panels, done.jpg
And all 16 panels are done, awaiting fine tuning, of course...

Made a royal mess of the shop's floor, too...
May Project, Raised Panels, busy saw.jpg
I think the saw and I both needed a rest...

Tomorrow? will be working on the stiles....and trying for a glue-up of at least one side by Monday...

Stay tuned...Have about 2 weeks before the Boss is scheduled to come home...would like to be done by then? We'll see...

[steven c newman]

75 minutes in the shop, today...and I am soaked. Will need to look for a Shop Fan...took 36 photos today..had to do some editing...plan was to do a bit of layout on the 4 stiles..then see about MAYBE running the Stanley 45 to plough some grooves...cutter for the #45 is a #14, btw..

This MIGHT give you an idea...
May Project, Stiles, 2 stiles worth.jpg
The bare spots on the floor? Is where my feet were,,, while pushing this "Noodle Maker" along..
May Project, Stiles, noodle maker.jpg...

So...lay out time..to find how long, or short to make these..
May Project, Stile layout, start.jpg
Stay tuned..

[steven c newman]

Since one end looked the best, I started there,
May Project, stile layout, start here.jpg
Just hold them square...use one of the 2" wide rails...mark where the tenon meets the groove...square a line across...
May Project, Stile layout, lines.jpg
then, mark for the raised panel....then a rail..and continue down to the bottom..
May Project, Stile layout, need trimmed.jpg
End with another 2" wide rail...add 3" below that for a Foot...after that?
May Project, Stile layout, need trimmed.jpg
Is to be cut off as scrap...a pattern for the foot?
May Project, Stile layout, foot pattern.jpg
Which can wait a bit...

Stay tuned..

[steven c newman]

During the Lay out..
May Project, Stile layout, full panel.jpg
Decided to see what one side of the chest will look like...8 raised panels...to match the 8 drawers this will have..2" wide rail at the top, and other at the bottom..

had a few panels that will need fine tuned for fit & finish..

Can now set all parts aside, except for..
May Project, Stiles, end clamped.jpg
One Stile...bottom end is in the leg vise...middle rests on a stock rest..
May Project, Stiles, stock rest.jpg
Had to reach across the bench with a clamp...to hold the far end...had to also allow for the Stanley No.45's fence to go by..
May Project, Stiles, clearance for the fence.jpg
And keep the Plane Lube handy..
May Project, Stiles, Plane Lube.jpg
Just a plain old candle...after the first 3 passes, I rub a bit of wax into the Groove-to-be...

I guess I am ready to plough some grooves?
Stay tuned..

[steven c newman]

Making Crispy Ash Noodles..yum..
May Project, Stiles, noodle maker.jpg
about every 3 pass, rub a bit of wax along the groove...tight squeeze..
May Project, Stile layout, defect.jpg
Had to make sure I was going the right direction, and NOT tear this spot up..
May Project, Stiles, depth checker.jpg
Used one of the panels to check the depth...had to raise the depth stop twice...then the rebate fit all the way down into the groove...

Got 2 Stiles done..was running low on "Get-up-and-go" stopped and laid out the Mortises I need to chop..
May Project, Stiles, needs chopped.jpg
Will start on those once the other 2 stiles have their grooves done..
Will need that Narex 8mm Mortise Chisel for the Mortises...and the Jig to hold the Stiles while I chop the Mortises out..
Been a very busy 3 days...
Scrap Report, getting full.jpg
Getting filled up...
Scrap Report, 2 day's worth.jpg
Needs picked up. Currently, we are having a Thunderstorm going through...Fire Pit will have to wait a day..
Stay tuned..

[steven c newman]

Fire Pit...
Fire Pit Sunday, full load.jpg

First 2 stiles have their grooves done...#3?


There were issues..served me right for working on a Monday..

First..the cutter in the Stanley 45 was acting up...got to looking at it a bit better...instead of straight, it was shaped like..) that. could either center the bevel in the plane, OR have the depth adjuster pin IN the groove of the cutter...just NOT at the same time...replaced the #14 cutter with a better one..and centered the cutter on the stile's edge..
May Proj., Getting busy.jpg

At one end of Stile #3..there was a split...and ploughing a groove did not help matters...
May Proj., Split Repair.jpg
Almost a foot long...finished the rest of the groove, then a repair was made..
May Proj., LONG Split.jpg
Then set #3 over with the first 2 stiles...
May Proj., waiting their turn.jpg
so I could add the groove to #4 Stile...
May Proj., Stile #4 done grooved.jpg
2 stiles done...made a mess on the floor, again..
May Proj., today's noodle bowl.jpg
Stay tuned..

[steven c newman]

Had a profile to bandsaw..
May Proj., ready to bandsaw.jpg
So...
May Proj., foot print.jpg
We have a foot for the case to stand on.


Cleared off the top of the bench a bit...and set up a Mortise Jig..
May Proj., Mortise Jig parts.jpg
Attaches to the bench top, right over the top of a leg...no bounces...Visegrips to clamp a part into the Jig

May Proj., clamped and ready.jpg
And, I am able to do 2 mortises, before I need to move the Stile..

Main chisel used..

May Proj., Mortise Chisel used.jpg
Just a "Cheapy" same with the mallet...Wall E World "Hyper Tough"...

had a few skinnier chisels, to LIFT the chips up and out of the mortises..

May Proj., tool selections.jpg
First Mortise was for the bottom wide rail...dry fit..

May Proj., 1st dry fit.jpg
Rail has a haunched tenon.

May Proj., Haunched Tenon.jpg
Short section to fill the groove, long section for the mortise...

Stay tuned..

[steven c newman]

Narrow rails used a simpler mortise..
May Project, Stiles, needs chopped.jpg


Have the top and bottom wide rails and 7 narrow rails..

Got about halfway along the Stile,,rotated the stile, and worked on the last mortises...had just the top mortise to do..
May Proj., Last mortise.jpg
Have to avoid any breakout..
May Proj., can't chop there.jpg
Dry fits?
May Proj., last test fit.jpg
Top rail, raised Panel, and a narrow rail...will need to fine tune the rebates on the raised panels..some are a tad too FAT.

Stay tuned..