Workbench: Episode 5
Once the legs and rails are cleaned up and the rail tenons finessed, the leg frames are glued up…
Once the legs and rails are cleaned up and the rail tenons finessed, the leg frames are glued up…
The top rails provide structural strength by dovetailing into the side panels…
The shoulder lines on the cross rails are defined with a knife…
Time for the rails.
With the frames together, the joinery for the case of the cabinet can be laid out. The mortises are cut to exact depth and the rails prepared.
Hand making wooden decorations, what better way to spend your crafting time up to Christmas?! These make nice additions to your tree or simple gifts to give away. Why not make several and make a little winter forest scene? Merry Christmas everyone!
With one side of the panel rebated, the other side is beveled to fit in the ploughed groove.
The legs are ready for laying out and then the mortises can be cut using the chisel.
The panels can now be prepared. They are glued up, then planed and cut to size…
The mortise holes are laid out with the aid of a router plane. Then the groove can be ploughed in the stiles and the mortises cut.