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Update….
My “client” liked what my work but changed her mind.I was asked to modify from a bench/chest (to be on a garden) to just a chest to stand along side a bed.
Well… I scratched my head (I didn’t fitted the rails) so I said it can be done. (Paul’s blog something about challenging move us forward.
But then… I was asked to do some modifications in the lid (for supporting some pillows on top of it).I was able to take it apart with minimum damage to the wood.
And I’m back to the drawings.Finally I got the correct dimensions.
Boy, I’m glad I waited to glue until my “costumer” (my wife’s friend) see it with her eyes.
So I’m able to use almost all the wood from the previous dimensions.This is the final drawing (5th version) because I’ll cut everything during this weekend! Hopefully.
Paul’s writings always tells us to “sckech /to draw our vision.”
And I use to suck but guess what, I’m better and faster with just a bit of practice – and top of all when sawing and assemble the project it gives an extra help because the project is already done in the head – just like Paul wrote.PS – until I get like this I made dozens of drawings similar to my 3 years old drawings – it’s actually his color pencils I “borrowed”
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You must be logged in to view attached files.12 November 2014 at 2:50 am #120863Looking good Antonio. Thank goodness for dry fits!. I’m sure the customer will love it.
Yesterday at night I had a very nice/big “masterclass”…
After some rehearsals it was time for glue up!
Simple right??? And what about clamps… and some extra hands….It was a very nice experience…
I used regular wood glue and no proper clamps… Need Ideas…Cargo straps!!!(because I’m still learning stuff about hot hide glue (its quite inexpensive around here) and how to “translate” the “proper strength” to the man in the store… Tidebond Hide a bit expensive and Old Brown Glue from US pays more taxes than the product itself.)
Any way, gluing such a big project, with all these panels wobbling made me sweat at 11pm wearing just a T-shirt in my garage with no heating system around.
Lesson learned, even small discrepancies in one piece will make differences in squareness. I have 1.5mm aprox of difference in the diagonal lines.
My wife told me it was very nice and she didn’t notice a thing.
But I KNOW, shame on me….Over all I’m ok with the results so far!
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You must be logged in to view attached files.26 November 2014 at 1:24 pm #121473Nice work! Glue ups can be very nerve wracking indeed. Looks like you did just fine. 🙂
Yesterday, I was thinking about the hinges… And almost laying it out.
But the I went to bed.
This morning I knew What I was missing.
This is a long lid, (1,3mts) I need to do a breadboard on the lid!Attachments:
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