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18th February 2022, 07:26 PM #1
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Apothecary cabinet from reclaimed wood
Heya woodworking friends,
Sharing another build of mine, an apothecary cabinet made essentialy of reclaimed wood : oak, purple heart, alder, linden and plywood.
The main difficulty i encountered during this build was the planing of the protruding parts in the front side (made of purple heart). Because the fibers were pointing in all directions, I expected some tear out. But, I wasn't expecting that much tear out. I used a n°7 to have a larger support base and even resharped the blade... but still couldn't get crisp edges... Next time, I'll limit the protruding parts to a minimum and will go with a (long) sanding block.
To be noted, I didn't have any plan for this build. Just went and adapted the measures to the available lumber I found in the shop.
Anyway, here's the video of the making process and below, a set of pictures for those who have no time to watch. Any comment/feedback is appreciated.
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21st February 2022, 10:52 AM #2
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Very good looking piece.
You have motivated me to experiment and make up a box joint sled soon.
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23rd February 2022, 09:46 PM #3
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I think a finger joint jig is a must.
It can be easily done with a router table, table saw or simply a router.
This is my prefered method of jointing.
If you watched the video till the end, I did a 84 drawer apothecary cabinet and all drawers were fingerjointed. It was a lot (really a lot) of work but the final result is very nice (in my opinion). All the cuts were done with a simple router table jig.
Wish you lot of fun with the box joint sled
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24th February 2022, 09:12 AM #4
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Beautiful!
I saw your 84 drawer cabinet on Reddit some time ago. I thought it looked awesome. I wish I've got one at home to store all the stuff lying around everywhere.
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24th February 2022, 09:29 AM #5
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Thanks, Xhinsy.
Originally Posted by Xhinsy
Thanks.
I think a finger joint jig is a must.
It can be easily done with a router table, table saw or simply a router.
This is my prefered method of jointing.
If you watched the video till the end, I did a 84 drawer apothecary cabinet and all drawers were fingerjointed. It was a lot (really a lot) of work but the final result is very nice (in my opinion). All the cuts were done with a simple router table jig.
Wish you lot of fun with the box joint sled
Do you have any "traps for new players" or "top tips" when building the sled for the table saw? It seems to me that one must get the blade width, the gap and the chock to accept the notch close to perfectly alike.
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