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Re: Vintage chestnut, vintage clampage
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 11:17 am
by nuhobby
I finally got a little more time to work these old boards. The basement is showing about 12% R.Humidity this early January (lots of forced-air heat going on!). I planed them out some more times since they were curving a bit from dryness, then committed the joints layout. This will put things in place for subsequent power-routing some grooves inside the case:
- Chest Joints.JPG (122.97 KiB) Viewed 6895 times
Chris
Re: Vintage chestnut, vintage clampage
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 12:41 pm
by nuhobby
Doing a bit more with both power routing and manual rabbeting....
- Fitting Chestnut Shelf.JPG (126.17 KiB) Viewed 6833 times
- Chestnut Carcass Glued.JPG (111.64 KiB) Viewed 6833 times
Re: Vintage chestnut, vintage clampage
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 3:51 pm
by nuhobby
I finally finished this little guy; it will be for a nephew with a birthday coming up. I'll probably enclose some educational material on "wormy chestnut" as well.
By the way, the chisel in the last photo is fitted with a chestnut handle from an online seller. It's really what inspired me to seek out this type of wood
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- Josh's chest closed.JPG (104.55 KiB) Viewed 6781 times
- Josh's chest open.JPG (94.24 KiB) Viewed 6781 times
Happy woodworking!
Chris
Re: Vintage chestnut, vintage clampage
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 4:21 pm
by algale
Nicely done!
Re: Vintage chestnut, vintage clampage
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 5:33 pm
by rjent
Absolutely beautiful!
I assume a magnet and plate keeps it closed?
Nicely done!
Re: Vintage chestnut, vintage clampage
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 8:45 pm
by nuhobby
rjent wrote:
I assume a magnet and plate keeps it closed?
Thanks very much! I put a rare-earth magnet pair in the knob-hole and in a little wood horseshoe inside the case, under the top panel.
The *other* thing besides magnets to get the door to stay closed is to not tighten the hinge screws too much. Same thing I encountered in 7th grade Shop class, "competing" hinges on a lid tend to bind up and not stay shut, so it's best to only use moderate torque on their screws.