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Making several of these. 2 for my Navy dress uniforms, 1 for dress whites and 1 for dress blues, and a 3rd for a hockey uniform. This first one was built with pegged rabbet joints and a miter frame glued to it. Sadly, everything but the molding was done by hand. For the life of me I cannot make consistent moldings, will keep trying!! The next shadow boxes will have dovetail cases and glass doors.
**I should add, the miter that looks like a gap is actually a pencil line. I just need to do final clean up before finishing this frame.
Lastly, the frame is 29″x33″x2.5″ and made with New Zealand clear pine. This pine is just a joy to plane!!
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You must be logged in to view attached files.6 July 2015 at 9:27 pm #128271Hey, Dan. Good looking box and nice miters on the frame. I know you just got your H&R planes – I’m sure it will take a bit of practice to get those moldings where you like them. I have a long way to go with mine, too.
I am finishing the pine case now and have stayed working on the cherry shadow box. I’ve completed the molding and finessed the miters to a perfect fit. The molding(picture frame) is going to hold a large pane of glass and I am unsure of the the strength of the splined miters, so I reinforced the miters with dowels and will add the dovetail splines as accents. The case is going to be dovetailed together and I’ve been practicing cutting dovetails everyday for almost a week now. This week I cut the dovetails and hoping for a flawless fit! This case has to be perfect!
The size of the cherry case is going to be 33x42x3.5
Enjoy!!
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You must be logged in to view attached files.Getting there!! Almost finished with case number2. I agreed the cherry, applied BLO and a French polish of ruby shellac. I am going to apply another coat of shellac then finish it off with furniture wax.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.23 July 2015 at 1:41 am #128747Looking good. Those dovetails you showed on the previous post really look nice.
23 July 2015 at 2:20 pm #128761For some reason I always thought your an Aussie. lol anyway great work on those dovetails and keep at it on those mouldings it really isn’t any different than hand planing and if you haven’t already get yourself a rabbet plane, the shoulder plane wont do as you can’t take thick enough shavings with it. The rabbet plane will do the bulk of the work and H&R’s do the least, this way you’ll save on sharpening. Good Luck and look forward in seeing more.
27 July 2015 at 3:57 am #128833The answer lies with you, it’s only yourself you have to please not anyone else. Learn from your mistakes, don’t rush speed will come with practice and so will accuracy and besides everyone makes mistakes. Some days you cut right to the line and other days your all over the place, everything is at play here. Are you rested enough or are you restless, is life’s stresses on your mind, bills, kids (teenagers) all these things affect your working ability. So don’t be hard on yourself.
I really must practice what I preach.
Your doing good work just keep at it and that good will be outstanding and then brilliant and then something will happen and it will be mediocre and then great again. Who cares just keep at it but always aim for the best results.
There’s an old 18th century writing that I was taught at school which was compulsory to write in that manner except we called it running writing and that is how I still write today but my teacher kept on drumming into our heads with these words ” Take great care and you’ll write fair.” I didn’t know it at the time but that’s the same words they taught their kids back in the unplugged days.
I use these words in my everyday living regardless what I do, sometimes I win and sometimes I don’t but you never give up. Ever!
Many truths in what you say! I’ve always tried to live by the mantra, “do it right the first time,” “haste makes waste,”etc. Apparently I need reminding of that from time to time! lol
I work overnights during the week, so flip flopping my sleep schedule is what keeps me awake most sleepless nights. Probably why you thought I was Aussie being on your schedule more often than being on a normal schedule. But as I laid awake last night thinking about that door, asking myself, “is this the best I can do?” This particular case, is no, I know better and can do better.
27 July 2015 at 4:52 am #128839that’s the spirit the mark of a true craftsman not just someone who makes an everyday living, there is a difference you know. If you can achieve both you’ve pretty much nailed it.
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