Thanks Dave, you’re very kind.

I’ve just got in form the workshop and after a week of hell at work (I’m an IT Manager and someone has been trying to hack our systems) it’s been so nice to get back to my project.

All the mortise and tenons are now cut for both door frames. I wish I could describe the feelings of elation I had when I put them together. They are both dead square and all the joints are nice and tight. I’m glad I took the time to make one of those guides that Paul recommends; it makes the whole task so much more straightforward. I did have a couple of unexpected challenges though. I discovered that my 10mm chisel is actually 10-and a bit mm (just under 10.5) which threw me a bit at first. The cutter on my Stanley combination plane is exactly 10mm. A quick review of Pauls Tool box video soon had me back on target again. The next problem I hit is that my Aldi 8mm chisel has snapped in half. I was using it to clean out the waste from the mortises. This is the second time it has broken so I think it may just be one of those tools that gets made on a Friday afternoon 😉 Anyway, I had a 6mm chisel that I was able to use so at least the project didn’t suffer. I’ll grind a new edge on the remainder of the 8mm and just have it as a stubby chisel.

THere’s a tiny bit of twist in one of the doors. It’s caused by the way I cut the first tenon. I’ll cut it down too thin and glue new timber in so I cut have another go at that tenon. Overall, I’m very happy with the way things are going with this project.

My wife and I are still debating that very point. I want to cut panels and raise them the same way as the clock I did but she likes the idea of glass. I’ve got enough timber to do a nice book matched pair of panels and I expect that’ll sway her.

More work to report: I’ve now made the inside back of the cabinet basing it on the bookshelf that Paul’s recently finished showing us. IT took all of 20 minutes to measure, cut and fit so I went on to start the panels for the doors (my wife has agreed that timber will look nicer than glass). Before long, I had milled the part to final thickness and raised the panel. I’m going to pillow the panels as I really like the look on my clock. I’ve got just enough timber for the internal shelves and dividers (as long as nothing goes wrong). I’ve also picked up some nice mahogany for the drawer fronts.

Hi Mark. It never even occurred to me to try that. I don’t think I’m quite ready to try either. I did see a nice video on one method to make these on the FWW site; Mike Pekovitch was building a cabinet but his method used a lot of machinery and I’m trying to stay with hand tools for now.

Been checking out alternative hinges and found these.
http://www.screwfix.com/p/solid-drawn-brass-hinge-self-colour-76-x-41mm-pack-of-2/47659

When you look at the difference in price, there’s no comparison. These hinges will allow me to do a design idea I’d been toying with too. The door handles will be made out of Ebony.