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26th May 2008, 07:15 PM #1
WIP: Pine Chest to match the Bully Birdseye Pine Cabinet
I've finally had a chance to continue with the pine chest to match the birdseye pine cabinet I finished nearly two months ago.
It's coming along slowly but steadily. I originally had plywood inserts in the sides and front, but it just looked crappy, so the plywood got replaced with pitch pocket pine instead. Looks heaps better.
The pictures are of a dry fit. I'm yet to fit covers over the panels on the inside so that they can float completely and also something to keep the base flat but let it float as well. I can't decide on whether to fit a sliding tray or a ditty box though.
The lid is going to be a flat base with 2 panels on top to create a raised effect. Not sure how I'm going to do that yet. The aim is to create a curved or rounded top so that people do not sit on it.
Currently, it's about 850 wide by 460 deep by 450 high. The legs are the true birdseye pine, where as the squiggle frames aren't and the shiplap pine panels are have nice pitch pockets.
One of the pine panels had an interesting 'face' in it, so I decided to leave it but add his 'pipe'
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26th May 2008, 08:06 PM #2
OOooooh! Pretty.
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26th May 2008, 08:40 PM #3
Nice
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26th May 2008, 08:42 PM #4SENIOR MEMBER
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Only way you can stop some people sitting on blanket boxes is to put 4" nails up through the lid from underneath in a random pattern
Looks good so far.
Donna
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26th May 2008, 08:50 PM #5
Coming along nicely.
Looking forward to seeing the end result.
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26th May 2008, 09:14 PM #6
Looking great.
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Cheers John
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26th May 2008, 09:20 PM #7
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26th May 2008, 10:42 PM #8SENIOR MEMBER
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Nice work so far!
I have never seen the assymetrical treatment you have used on the sides and it looks good
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26th May 2008, 11:47 PM #9GOLD MEMBER
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Looking good Wendy. Nice design.
Bob
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27th May 2008, 09:11 AM #10
Thanks Guys and Gals!
As you can tell, I'm not a big fan of all straight lines, but it does come at a cost and high learning curve.
For example, it's taken me two tries at the sides to get them meeting neatly at the corners without having to resort to hours of sanding or filing/rasping. Put the frame together first and and cut out the shaping. Route the chamfers, then the rebate for the panels. Originally, I had cut the shaping, then the mitres and then relised that I'd have to shape the plywood and slip that in, then fit the last two sides of the frame - now that was hard and in the end, ridiculous.
It's taken a couple of runs at figuring out how to attach the panels without compromising the strength of the panels, yet leave enough timber to attach them yet allow them to move as well.
To help tie it all together, the panels are simply dowelled into the legs, but the little ledge under the front and back panels are shaped around the legs and screwed to the legs. There will be half-lapped dovetails on the 4 pieces that will tie these two under-ledges together, as well as forming the support for the base of the chest.
Geez - looking back at that, no wonder I spent hours simply sitting and contemplating this piece!! I guess I still need a few more hours to work out the lid now
The finish will be clear Minimax Wipe on Poly satin.
Oh no! handles aren't going to be an option for this chest
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27th May 2008, 09:19 AM #11Skwair2rownd
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Chest,box - whatever
it is it looks great. You love your flat stuph don't you?
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27th May 2008, 09:37 AM #12
Lookin good Ruffy
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27th May 2008, 09:43 AM #13
Nice one Wendy,
Looks like plans aren't for girls either
Like you I can spend hours just sitting and contemplating the best way to do something and hoping like hell that I haven't missed some detail that only becomes obvious when it's too late to turn back.
At the end of the day I look back and think - "Geez, is that all I've done today!"
Then I think that maybe if I had taken the time to draw up some plans it would all come together much more quickly and easily - but then I think - "Nah, bugger it! - plans are for girls"
I like that thinking time - it's therapeutic I believe
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Ian
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27th May 2008, 10:28 AM #14
Plans are good, but I've found I enjoy the challenge of the design, working out why the join has to be this way and not another way, what will give me the result I (and the timber) want in a way that is within or just above my current skill level and tool set. Sometimes, it can be long and involved thinking/feeling process of how I'm going to build a piece.
There's nothing more annoying than seeing the great design finished in my head, but being unable to get the piece to that result due to my lack of skills in a couple of areas. It's annoying to see one beautiful box sitting gathering dust because I just can't get over that wall just yet.
Have to agree, the contemplation time is very therapeutic
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27th May 2008, 10:32 AM #15
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