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23rd June 2020, 08:51 AM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Greatest drum sander cabinet...I've ever made ;)
Hi guys,
After finishing my router table cabinet I proceeded to make a cabinet for my new Supermax 25-50 drum sander.
It's tassie oak, with hand cut dovetailed pine drawers with frame and panel tassie oak fronts to match the frame and panel doors.
Mortise and tenon construction -
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Tongue and groove boards for the side panels and floor panel -
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5lb mallet came in handy during glue up!
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A few sliding dovetail joints throughout -
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More to follow shortly.
Cheers, Dom
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23rd June 2020, 09:00 AM #2GOLD MEMBER
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Top was a sheet of ply edged with tassie oak.
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Drawer dovetails. You don't really see them on the finished piece but I know they are there.
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Drawers glued up. On a side note, can't believe pine costs more than furniture grade hardwoods like American Oak etc!
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Mortise and tenon for drawer and door rails and stiles.
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Cheers, Dom
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23rd June 2020, 10:32 AM #3GOLD MEMBER
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The sander was fitted to the base and some casters installed.
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Drawer fronts and doors were assembled. I made the doors and drawer fronts with solid floating oak panels. I decided to run the draw front grain vertically and from the same piece of timber (book-match glue-up for the approx 350mm width) as the doors to get a coherent and grain matched appearance. I tried to use straight grain throughout the piece to give a cleaner look.
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The sliding dovetail junction of the door and drawer dividers.
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Doors and drawers fitted.
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And basically finished.
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Now I just need some dust hose and I can try it out.
Cheers, Dom
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23rd June 2020, 11:31 AM #4
Very nice Dom. Better than most of the furnishing in my house. Still having a plesant work space is good.
Regards
John
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23rd June 2020, 12:17 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks John.
Yeah I figure it's good practice for actual furniture projects and as you say having a nice workspace is a plus. I like that there is no pressure when making shop furniture/projects - leaves you free to try things and just get on with it rather than stressing too much about aesthetic design choices.
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Dom
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23rd June 2020, 01:23 PM #6Senior Member
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I've seen $3k TV units with less joinery than that. It's beautiful
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23rd June 2020, 01:31 PM #7GOLD MEMBER
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23rd June 2020, 01:37 PM #8
Delightful work, Dom, well done.
Originally Posted by DomAU
There is also a really subtle psychological factor in having something so good in your workshop. It subconsciously sets the standard for all future work.
Many years ago, as I kept buying crap tools, a friend suggested strongly that I buy "just one aspirational tool; something buy Chris Vespers, Terry Gordon or Colen Clenton". Then everytime I handled that tool I would be reminded that better was possible and achievable.
I think your sander cabinet may fill a similar role.
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23rd June 2020, 02:00 PM #9GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks Graeme,
Yeah the pine was from the big green shed and came to about $3800- per cubic vs about $2300- for the Tassie Oak and about $4000- last time I bought American Oak.
Yeah I agree with you. Especially using fine tools - I agree there is a psychological boost/effect on top of any actual functional benefit.
Cheers, Dom
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23rd June 2020, 04:37 PM #10Woodworking mechanic
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Love to get tas oak at your prices
I just bought some pine and tas oak for some workshop drawers last weekend.
Pine was 185x19mm and tas oak was 160x19mm.
Pine worked out at $3080 a cubic m and tas oak was $5790 a cubic m
A 3 metre length of tas oak the same size as the pine was $8000 a cubic m.
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23rd June 2020, 05:54 PM #11SENIOR MEMBER
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Dom, your grain selection and orientation is absolutely spot on. I'll one up orraloon - your garage furnishings are better than all the stuff inside my house, not just some.
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23rd June 2020, 06:12 PM #12GOLD MEMBER
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That cabinet is workshop furniture, certainly not 'just' a stand for a thickness sander.
Some very nice joinery there, it will last a lifetime and then some.
Very impressed.
Alan...
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