HappyMonkey/HMD WOODSHOP

[xoxoxoBruce]

C'mon HM, tell your Dad to get off his butt and entertain us.

[Happy Monkey]

It's not his fault this time. I've got a bunch of pictures I've been too lazy to write up. Soon...

[Happy Monkey]

Okay, I finally got on my butt and put up the new pictures.

Here are the sides, after my dad finished tapering them. The outside (tapered) faces are facing in.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/happymonkey/89011296/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/33/89011296_240653b636.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Tapered Sides" /></a>

The feet were cut with the router against an arch pattern, and the detail was done with a drill and some hand tools.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/happymonkey/89011672/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/39/89011672_34c76b4c6c.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Foot Detail" /></a>

The dwawers will rest and slide on pine frames, faced with cherry. These were put together rough, and then cut to matching size using the router trolley.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/happymonkey/89012226/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/32/89012226_aab37e7666.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Edging the Drawer Frames" /></a>

And here they are:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/happymonkey/89012649/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/30/89012649_1d29f9ac6a.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Drawer Frames" /></a>

The frames and the top will be held in mortises in the sides. We cut these with the router trolley again (boy did that turn out to be useful).

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/happymonkey/89013054/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/34/89013054_c0ddd7705b.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Drawer Frame Slots" /></a>

And here they are, cut.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/happymonkey/89013544/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/19/89013544_919b98b1b1.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Sides" /></a>

OK, now I'm pretty much up to date.

[xoxoxoBruce]

(boy did that turn out to be useful).

Yeah, it's tough to beat a milling machine.
Thanks, man. Sorry about nagging.

[wolf]

Tell the truth. Your dad is really Norm Abrams, right?

[Happy Monkey]

No problem on the nagging... who know when I would have gotten to it otherwise?

Originally Posted by wolf

Tell the truth. Your dad is really Norm Abrams, right?

We don't have nearly the number of power tools that Norm's got! We just got something that moves a router in a straight line!

[Happy Monkey]

The drawer frames are glued in place, and held with band clamps.



There will be two drawers on the top level. The mortise will hold the divider.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Uh........ wouldn't that be drawer guide or drawer support, frames?

[Happy Monkey]

Yeah. They are the drawer supports.

[Happy Monkey]

The top has to have mortised ends, to fit in the groove in the sides. We cut the mortises first.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/happymonkey/95981881/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/23/95981881_fbc11cd8dd.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Starting the Top" /></a>

The top has to extend past the front of the groove, so the mortise has to end before the front of the board.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/happymonkey/95982924/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/12/95982924_8540bac994.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Top Ends" /></a>

We used the tablesaw to cut down the router groove, and tested it in the assembled frame. It was a bit tight, so we shaved it down a bit with an edging plane and a chisel.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/happymonkey/95983932/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/32/95983932_0c2bff3611.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Fine Tuning the Fit" /></a>

We fixed up the mortise with a small saw cut and a chisel.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/happymonkey/95984839/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/27/95984839_0c26240dc7.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Trimming the Ends" /></a>

Sliding the top into the frame.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/happymonkey/95985977/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/38/95985977_d22f9e74e3.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Sliding in the Top" /></a>

And here it is with the top on.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/happymonkey/95987017/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/34/95987017_1044c1dbc0.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="So Far So Good" /></a>

[xoxoxoBruce]

Beautifull.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I ran across this picture on the random blog image generator. It made me smile and wonder.

[Happy Monkey]

No, not me. I don't have a... whatever that thing on the floor is.

[Happy Monkey]

A groove was cut into the bottom of the top, twice as long as the divider. The divider was put into that groove, and slid forward. The center rail was then added.



The top board, while extremely wide, was not quite wide enough, so a slight extender was glued on. Then the top back was added, to minimize he chances of things falling down behind the chest.

Oh, yeah - and for looks, too.



Front shot with top drawer divider and back.



Starting the drawers: The cherry front is attached to poplar sides, with half blind dovetails.



The bottom of the drawer fits in a mortise. The drawer has not yet been cut to length.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I think that's a power planer in the picture.
Whats the reason for the different size dovetails?