15 drawer dresser pt IX......
Noticed another glitch in blogger. I had a bunch of comments show up tonight. A couple of them go back to the 14th. Just when I thought blogger was smoothing out for me, I get a new to me headache with it. I still can't comment using my goggle account so I still have to respond anonymously. No idea what caused this nor if it will return to normal. I've been posting daily for 13(?) years so maybe blogger can't handle storing all those posts. My apologies to those whose commented and for the lateness of my replies.
hmm..... |
The 15 drawer dresser has an unusual kick base at the front. It is 3 pieces but the top corners of it aren't joined with 45's. Instead it is more like a 30/60 angle. I tried to make that and the first one didn't come out. This one is 48 and 42 degrees and looks nothing like CH Becksvoort's base. From the 3 tries I did I think the two pieces have to be different widths. I had to leave for the VA here so I'll have to figure it out later.
3rd test |
The difference in the width of the two is only a 1/4" but I think I'm on the right track with it. The angle needs to be more acute than it is now.
I'll do battle with these later |
Before I left for the VA I sawed the biscuits flush.
front diagonals are off |
They are off by 1/8" but not what I would have liked. That 1/8" is spread out over 62" so it isn't that bad overall.
ditto for the back diagonals |
Both front and back are off the same amount.
some twist |
There is one line of twist from top to bottom. There is no twist from the top to the half way point. The bottom half of the left side has all the bow/cup to it. The right side has none.
test piece |
It took some fussing but I finally got the biscuit slot to be flush with the front rail.
got bit on the arse again |
I thought I had sorted out where the fence was referenced so the half lap would be in the rail half lap. The stile would line up flush with the front rail but the half lap was off.
reversed them |
The bottom one is the test piece and I double triple checked it 4 times before I made the slot in the stile. Somehow I lost the orientation of the half lap in relation to the jointer fence.
loose back rail |
I noticed this as I was moving the carcass around on the saw horses. I forced some hide glue into the gaps and clamped it. The next step was to toe nail some nails into it after the hide glue has cooked for a few.
Bostich Brad nailer |
I couldn't see any way to swing a hammer to nail this so I broke out the compressor and gun to do it. I had to contort the nailer but I was able to toe 2 nails from one side and one from the other side.
found the problem |
I just happened to look at the fence and noticed that it wasn't square to the body. That explains why I have such a headache lining up two slots. If they are both angled (and in opposite directions) there is no way they would be flush.
angle pointer |
This was off almost 4 degrees. I know that these aren't meant to be dead nuts accurate but it was way OTL (out to lunch) IMO. I had to file one edge of it to get the pointer within a couple of frog hairs of indicating 90°.
Maybe I should have checked this a long time ago but I didn't. I assumed that dropping the fence down it would be 90° to the body. I was wrong but now the biscuit jointer fence reads and is dead nuts 90°.
Duh |
Why didn't I do this yesterday? I have a boatload of thin scraps to fill in the errant biscuit slots. I think this is the 3rd time I'm gluing shut the biscuit slot on middle stile #4 and hopefully it is the last time.
test piece |
The top is flush and the biscuit is 90° to the end. Ready to start at square #1 with the remaining 3 middle stiles.
success |
I made some 'biscuits' and glued them in the rails and made a new slot once it had cooked for 30 minutes. One last biscuit slot in the middle stile and a test fit that made me smile.
last three |
These went together like they were supposed to. No fiddling or fussing or any serious butt scratching. Fitted like I thought they should have had I fixed the out of square BS first.
one down, four to go |
This the drawer guide and separator between the two drawer openings. After these are glued in all the woodworking on the carcass is almost done. All that is left is to dovetail the top and install the back.
accidental woodworker