Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Well I am back. Its been a long run but had a bit of a life change spent some time deployed and missed the entire summer of sailing and lots of paper jet 14 up dates are on the way. First this little jewlery box another heritage project. Above the walnut and cedar for the box.
All dado's are in and everthing is to legth. Why blue painters tape? That is all drawer material all get cross grain dado's and it prevents chip out and if it does it come off when you take the tape off and just glue it back in and that is how you can easily hide any sin.
Book match top was split in half with thin table saw blade, the olive cross precisely fit then glued back together with pins to keep it from ever warping because of its size.
Remember the blue tape well all work is done and as always it was the perfect trick for the need no chip outs at all and no need to hide any sin.
All cedar is cut and ready for drawer assembly
The asembly went well and well on the way to a finish project!
Looks good could be better had some mistakes here and ther yet I believe over all it went well.

Final top outcome. I did cheat a little the original size was over size both in leagth and in width. This helps with any error on the centering of that cross. The scrap from the width was perfect for the feet on the bottom of the case.
Here is the internal view. Popular runners make it a easy go for any adjustments in expansion and contraction of the seasons.
Ohh the finish. Its a new one to me from Dept. To volatile and really sets fast to fast in fact. I used a 2'' precision horse hair bursh and tried my best to keep up with it and still failed every time. Persistance paid off once you start a finish you finish with the finish cant go back unless you want to sand the entire thing down.

The new finish does have a nice shine!





The result of many days trying to deal with that crazy finish. Infact it took me two solid weeks to get this top to come out like this. Still spent plenty of time polishing it off.

Final project just in time for a special valentine.

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