Humbled, shaken and resolute
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I am in the process of building barrister bookcases in quarter sawn white oak. I posted the prototype in pine here a month or two ago. I have made the unit boxes and am oh so proud of the way they have come together. This past week, I have worked on getting the materials prepared for the doors. There are 5 units so we are talking about 10 styles and 10 rails. Getting the stock to size went well….everything dead on square and I was thrilled at the look of the wood. First step after getting everything to size was to cut a dado that would receive the glass. Got that done and it really looked great. Next on the hit parade is to cut the mortises. The doors are bridle joints. Really worked getting those right. Now the last step is the tenons. Got those cut….one is a quarter inch longer than the other….just exactly as I drew it up. I looked at my stack of pieces and was ever so proud of my work. Then comes the moment of truth…they don’t fit. Remember that step right after preparing the lumber? Yes, the dado for the glass…..I misread my notes…should be 1/4 x 1/2………I cut them 1/2 x 1/2. No, they will not work. It is an humbling experience to learn, yet once again, that I am indeed fallible. Shaken that I wasted so much wood and time. Resolute to start over tomorrow and grateful that I bought extra lumber. I have some absolutely beautiful white oak with 1/2 dadoes that is going to be made into great picture frames.
Dan (the red faced woodworker)
11 July 2016 at 12:22 am #138421That’s a real bummer, Dan. I may not have the whole picture here, but is there a way you could glue in a small piece to fill in what you shouldn’t have removed? It could save the project and maybe it would be in a place that would never be seen.
11 July 2016 at 7:37 pm #138434Bummer unfortulantly it happens, I think most of us has been down that road, well I know I have. I messed up a leg on my Paul Sellers style bench. Be anxious to see your project when finished.
Steve
Good idea Matt. I thought about doing that very thing, but the styles and rails are only 1 1/4″ wide and I fear the extra wide dado will diminish the overall integrity of the door itself. Today I have already brought more lumber down to the needed 3/4 inch to replace all of them. Fun work at 104 degree heat index. I do keep a fan going and always pointed at the area I am working in. My one rule that is set in concrete is that when sweat begins to drip off my brow onto my tools….I quit for the day. I hit that point today around 12:45. I also ripped all the pieces to size and cut to length. Tomorrow I start on the dados…again…only the right size this time.
Thanks for the advice…and thanks for accepting the friend request.Dan
12 July 2016 at 5:10 pm #138473I am in the same boat here, I have to be in the shop in the early morning. By 11 -12 o’clock it is way to hot and I am with you about the sweat. I don’t work at night due to poor lighting in my shop which one day I will take care of it just not sure what and how many I want.
Steve
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