Sellers Home Side Cupboard: Episode 4
The undercarriage framework and legs carry the weight of the cabinet on four points, and we rely on well-proven traditional joinery that guarantees the full support we need to that end.
The undercarriage framework and legs carry the weight of the cabinet on four points, and we rely on well-proven traditional joinery that guarantees the full support we need to that end.
There are many panels to glue up on this project, quite large ones, in preparation for the dovetail joinery to each of the corners. Paul has combined different methods for removing the waste between the dovetails and the pins.
Marrying the second half of the dovetails was not so simple this time, but perseverance gets the result we need and strive for. We learn so much when we recognise that different woods act and react differently as we work them.
This wood is taken from the middle of the tree as quartersawn sycamore, with some accompanying waney edges. This has built-in issues Paul must deal with, so it’s a helpful episode for those facing the same challenges he has in this project.
In this project, Paul looked for differences without being too different. It’s coming together for him in his choice of three kinds of wood and rising some techniques and design elements from my other pieces. We hope that you will like it too.
In this episode, we discuss and show the application of the finish and grain colour texturing using black milk paint. Having experimented before, Paul can pretty much determine what the look of the finish will be and work towards that end.
It’s such an exciting time making a table go from rectangular to elliptical, and the steps you learn are transferable throughout your woodworking life.
The leg frames come together quickly, and then we focus on the more complex half housing of the middle of the two rails.
The start of most of Paul’s projects begins with corrugated cardboard from cardboard boxes, sticky tape, contact cement, and strips of different materials. It’s quicker and easier to make changes to cardboard mockups and then transfer the changes to full-size drawings and the patterns you might create.
Paul has always intended for new projects to spark enthusiasm, and here is another with a few twists and turns to trigger the imagination.