Thread: Red Mahogany bookcase thingy

I'm very glad she liked it. She would have been difficult to please if not .....

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

Have your girls got their tables yet?

No, not yet. I'm hoping to get all 3 of them home at the same time for the handover and that will hopefully be early September.

Fletty

Drawer bodies done and oiled and I am doing the final sand on the units and shelves. In between coats I will cut the Red Hog drawer fronts and attach the drawers to their tracks. All the DT joints but for one were good. I had a laps of concentration or brain snap and marked and cut on the wrong side of the line . A few neatly placed slips/wedges and all is good with the world. I very rearly use wood filler so if a small slip/wedge with a little glue doesn't fix it, it stays open. The bodies didn't need much clamping and were square after hammering together. The fact that the joints (except for the train wreck) were 22mm thick timber and all one time hammer fits helps to make them square and snug enough that once they are hammered home they don't need much clamping. I think like Alan Peters, Rob Cosman and a few others that the first fit is always the best so I don't do a test fit, just make sure they are cut neatly on your lines and thats it, glue and a good Hama. I'll stop now I think I might be babbling.

Great job on the drawers CH

Nice.

'Tis good babble Craw

Nice! Those drawers have come up great with the Danish. Putting the oil down is always a bit that I really enjoy.

Oh yeh, today will see oil on the whole shebang, whooooo, can't wait. Mixed a fresh batch of oil yesterday in readness

It's looking very well. Finishing is often the best part of a job.

Do you use a Claw Hamma to whack the joints together or is Hamma a generic term that also covers mallets?

Hey artme, in this case I used a steel Japanese hammer, its in the second photo the one to the right was the hammer I was using with the chisels. With a steel hammer you can feel when the joint hits home, a wooden mallet doesn't transfer that feeling. If it's soft timber you can use a wooden block under your hammer or a mallet and just watch the joint.

WW, I love putting the finish on, the more work I'm doing the more Danish oil I'm going for. Its so fool proof to put on, protects the timber very well, ages and patinas, and it's fast. Great when you're trying to make money.

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

Hey artme, in this case I used a steel Japanese hammer, its in the second photo the one to the right was the hammer I was using with the chisels. With a steel hammer you can feel when the joint hits home, a wooden mallet doesn't transfer that feeling. If it's soft timber you can use a wooden block under your hammer or a mallet and just watch the joint.

WW, I love putting the finish on, the more work I'm doing the more Danish oil I'm going for. Its so fool proof to put on, protects the timber very well, ages and patinas, and it's fast. Great when you're trying to make money.

must be something in the air DT'S and winter(Ballarat ) 6 deg Brrr guess what my brain snapped yesterday to as i cut all the pins wrong yesterday . cant bloody believe it a whole day cutting stuffed tis enough to turn a man to drink

I was lucky only had the one flame out. I did the first cut and thought I had one it on the wrong side so marked the waste and continued to cut. Bugggggr, the first cut was right wasn't itand I think the last cut was ok I realised what I had done Looks ok now I actualy couldn't pick which one it was yesterday.

Hey mate,
Looking really good! A few questions if I may...
How many coats of Danish oil are you putting on and are you sanding between coats?
Also what method are you using for the draw runners?

Andy

Hi Andy, due to timing two coats of oil, first has gone on today the second I will apply with synthetic steel wool thingys (white potscrubber) then buff off. I have a pic of the drawer runners for you.

SO today I didn't get as far as I wanted had too many visitors to my workshop. I did finaly manage to get a coat of oil on everything. Now I only have the two drawer fronts to turn out tomorrow and another coat of oil. I do still have the brass shelf ferules to put in but thats pretty minor then just screw the drawers in.
One shot of the shelves being oiled, one of the frame (bit dodgy with the flash)

But man can not live on woodwork alone so I am going to go jump in the drink in the morning and have a Scuba dive under Swansea bridge it will be cold. I will pack the thermos with hot chocy and be off.