Thread: WIP William and Mary Highchest.

Been watching but just realized I haven't said anything.!!

You officially have my attention. This is looking great!

Just finish adding the moulding, everything was thicknessed to correct width and then the profile was routed on a router table.

The moulding was applied with Hide glue and mitred all round, the center drawer is dado'd into the vertical rails with a bird peak style cut, this was done with chisels and guide blocks.


Attached are some updated pictures, things still need to be tidied up but you get the idea

Next I will be installed all the internal Drawer Guides and glue blocks to support the top cabinet and the feet.

Joez

Glue blocks, drawer runners and leg supports have been installed, there was a large void so I decided to add a little hidden

compartment I'll probably add some rare earth magnets to hold it in place.

Holes were drilled for the Upper legs and they have been fitted as well.


Now I can take measurements for the lower shelf/fretwork and finish the legs. The moulding between the leg and carcass also needs

to be added its just some thin stock with a round profile.


joez

Templates were re-sized and cut to shape, walnut was milled to 15mm, allowing for a little loss during final sanding.

Shapes were cut with a jigsaw, rasped and sanded smooth.

Joinery is floating tenon, some joints were cut with a horizontal morticer but the curves on the side pieces prevented me from cutting the mortices with the machine so they were hand-cut.

Attached is a picture of the lower cabinet assembled for a dry fit, its surprisingly solid even with out anything holding the legs in-place.


joez

WOW...looks fantastic.

Perfect choice of timber too. Will be visiting again to keeps tabs on progress.

Steven.

Progress has slowed down now I am back at work, but I have done enough to post another update

I put together a sample of the lower moulding, this was cut with 4 router bits and a little hand planing.

Upper cabinet has been dovetailed together the attached pictures are of a dry fit, will router out the drawer dividers before gluing it together.

Have posted an update in a while....

Upper cabinet has been glued together, all the dado's and rear rabbets were routed out. Drawer dividers were machined up and tongue and groove joints were cut with a shaper.

Picture is of the highchest as it stands today, the drawer dividers have only been dry fit, will hand plane and glue them in place tomorrow.

Will start on some of the moulding next.

thanks for looking

joez

Progress looks good!

How difficult did you find the cutting of the aprons to be??

Originally Posted by artme

Progress looks good!

How difficult did you find the cutting of the aprons to be??

Hi Artme, all the curves were cut with a jigsaw and cleaned up with rasps and files, not too hard just time consuming .

Not in the mood to make to much noise, so decided to work on the back panels as I could do most of the work with hand tools.

Pine was squared up and then re-sawn on the bandsaw, after the final clean-up they ended up at about 9mm in thickness.

Half laps were cut and cleaned up with a shoulder plane (for some reason I really struggle making square rabbets).

Panels were screwed in place with a 2mm gap using oversized holes to allow for a little movement, I will replace the square drives screws when the project is finished with slotted ones...


thanks for looking

joez