Grommit...it's the wrong trousers!!!

[woodbloke]

I've been doing this little project for a while now...surprising how much work there is in a few bits of American White Oak. It invloved cutting carcase dovetails:

...some stub tenons:

...a curved drawer:

with the appropriate lapped dovetails:

The back(s) were veneered in oak and teak (ran out of AO veneer ) and pinned in place:

and the end product of all this work was this little unit:

This was made entirely (apart from the back) from oddments of American White Oak kindly donated to the cause by Waka, very many thanks! Even the turned drawer pull is made from a little bit of the tool cabinet...turned that up the other night :lol: . Finnish is a couple of coats of matt Osmo with wax over the top. I got too much light on the pics...need to play around with that a bit more, but the 'foto set up is similar to Ed's 'cept I've used a roll of Christmas wrapping paper :shock: for the background (need to get hold of something better Pics were shot on f16, 1/10th second on my D60 (tripod mounted)
As always, useful criticism much appreciated - Rob

 

[wizer]

That's really nice Rob. A nice straight forward project with some professional touches.

I take it this is coming to a magazine near us, soon ?

If not can you tell us how you did the drawer front

 

[Wanlock Dod]

Cracking mugs Wallace

Cheers,

Dod

(Also waiting to hear about the drawer front)

 

[Lord Nibbo]

What a great idea for a wine rack, just a little bit deeper and....

great workmanship as well =D>

 

[LarryS.]

have to admit to being dumbfounded as to how hand cut dovetails can be so accurate, when I tried them (years ago in school) just got left with gaps all over the place and a loose joint

very impressed

 

[Mattty]

Lovely job Rob, excellent craftsmanship as usual. =D>

I made something quite similar at xmas for the boss. I'll try and post some pics.

 

[Lord Nibbo]

have to admit to being dumbfounded as to how hand cut dovetails can be so accurate,
very impressed

Not only just dovetails but half blind too, yes I'm impressed too especially with the curved face.

 

[Paul Chapman]

Very nice, Rob =D> - and great mugs 8)

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[motownmartin]

Marvelous work yet again Rob

 

[woodbloke]

Thanks for all the good words, appreciated. As always, no job is ever perfect...I just didn't fotograph the crappy bits I cut the dovetails too tight so that there were a couple of splits (in places where they don't show admittedly) and the central vertical dividing section didn't pull up...gappy :evil: so it's been screwed from the top and bottom and then plugged. We've had these mugs for a couple of years now and I've always wanted to make a cracking unit for them but the main point of the exercise was to do the curved front drawer. If you've never tried one before they're quite tricky to do, but this:

little item (small gloatage ) obtained from Martin this morning ought to simplify the whole process. I had to do this front by template cutting using a top and bottom bearing cutter on a hand held router and then using 'shaves and scrapers to remove what I hadn't machined off...a convoluted process :x Having done one in this 'fun' :roll: :wink: job (the eagle-eyed might even spot a bit of sappish wood :shock: :lol: ) I intend to incorperate this sort of thing into more of my work as I reckon the curved profile adds a bit of extra interest to what would otherwise be a fairly straightforward piece - Rob

 

[OPJ]

Very nice, Rob, I'm with you on the curved front. Good work with the photographs, too.

Are my eyes deceiving me or is there some variation in the width of the pins at their narrowest point? Could be the grain, I suppose... :?

 

[wizer]

Also Rob, how are the shelves joined in the middle, at the intersection?

 

[woodbloke]

Olly wrote:

Are my eyes deceiving me or is there some variation in the width of the pins at their narrowest point? Could be the grain, I suppose

The pins ought to be :wink: the same width...the width of the tails differ though (narrower twoards the outside)

Tom wrote:

Also Rob, how are the shelves joined in the middle, at the intersection?

The shelves are joined in the middle very simply by shallow housing joints done on the router. The vertical divider(s) were fitted after the main glue up by sliding in from the back - Rob

 

[Mr Ed]

Nicely done Rob

Cheers, Ed

 

[Waka]

That's excellent Rob, amazing what can be done with wakacuts :wink:

 

[John. B]

A very nice piece of joinery, if I may say so.
Japanese Oak, I like very much =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>

 

[paulm]

Looks good Rob, as always !

Cheers, Paul

 

[Benchwayze]

Rob,

That is cracking work.

FWIW.. I reckon it's better to work tight and have to 'shave' a bit here and there, rather than to get involved, filling gaps with 'wedges' and scraps of veneer!

I am a bit wary of WIP shots, as I know I will keep forgetting to stop and 'Click'!

Nice one again Rob.

=D>

 

[johnf]

Really nice a quality piece

 

[joiner_sim]

It looks great, I like the curved front drawer and the dovetails look superb! I like the tiny little routered housing for the shelve dividers, very well hidden and executed!