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All of the Cherry casework is edged with solid
Cherry
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Here the Cherry edging is being trimmed to
flush
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Some of the casework is laminated together.
Bob is using doubled casework for stability and
substance
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all of the door panels have been resawn and
bookmatched to the panel in the adjacent door
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Each door frame piece is joined straight on face
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..... then surfaced to thickness, then re-stacked on
edge to settle down and stabilize
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here the pullout butcher-block style shelf is
assembled
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it is glued up in 2 halves and will then be joined
to the full 25" wide.
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After the panels are resawn they are allowed to
"settle down" and stabilize before further
machining
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Then the panels are surface sanded ..... still
oversize ...... but much smoother !!
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They are then allowed to "relax" again before being
cut to size and rebated
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Here are some of the drawer fronts ..... oversize
.... allowed to stabilize before machining and
sanding
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Some of the wider drawer fronts at bookmatched and
glued back together ..... here are 2 sets of drawer
fronts
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Here are all the pieces of the door frames. They
were cut out of sequential lumber, left in a rough state
which is oversize, and allow to "settle down" and stabilize
before further machining
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Here some of the case work has just come out of
clamps and is edged with Cherry
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More casework ready for assembly
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Here .... the 2 halves of the "cutting board"
pullout shelf are being sanded to an absolute flat
surface
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They are then glued together and re-sanded
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After settling down the pieces are re-straightened
on the joiner
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The surfaced to final thickness ....... ready to be
machined
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The wide panels are sawing into a bookmatch then
glued together
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Then all panels are surface sanded, rather then
planing, to avoid chipping and tearing out of the
grain
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The Cherry panels are cut to size
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and then they are rebated on all four sides
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Here are all of the bookmatched panels after they
have been rebated
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Then they are flat sanded before the final hand
sanding
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and the door frames are cut to size and laid out for
matching grains
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They are then marked for dowels
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and then bored for dowels before machining
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Each of the panels are hand sanded
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The panels are then oiled and sealed with one coat
of varnish oil to protect them before gluing them up in the
frames
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half of the beautiful Cherry panels
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more panels
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The excess oil is wiped off and the panels are
allowed to cure
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The styles and rails are cut for the dado
groove
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The ends are coped with the 1/2" tennon
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The the pieces are assembled using exterior glue
which is more durable the common "carpenters glue"
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The pre-oiled panels are then placed into the groove
and are allowed to float within the frame
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The doors are clamped up and also clamped for
flatness, and the allowed to cure for 48 hrs
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The first batch of doors are assembled
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The second batch of doors and panels are clamped and
allowed to cure, while remaining flat.
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Here is the third and last batch of doors
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Coming out of clamps ...... everything is hand scraped
and made flush
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Then I surface sand them to maintain flatness and
they will then be hand sanded after fitting
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All of my my doors are made slightly oversize, so
that I can trim for a perfect fit and very square
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Here are all of the doors cut to size, ready to bore
for the hinges and then fit into the cabinets next week !!
..... long process
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All of the plank style drawer fronts are also
trimmed for hand fitting to an exact size
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These Shaker style cabinet doors will have the
luxury of modern euro style hinges and under mount drawer
slides
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If the Shakers were still making furniture they
would be practical enough to use this hardware
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drilling for the hinge
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the solid Cherry pullout shelf is notched for a
comfortable finger pull
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a lil' hand sanding to round the edges
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the cabinet is joined with "biscuits". Here is the
slot for the pullout shelf.
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The viewing room cabinet is assembled
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all of the face frames are solid Cherry and backed
with more Cherry to increase the rigidity
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The doors were taken to Bobs shop for their final
fitting
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Each piece is hand fitted and the set in
place
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Here is Bob putting in the final pullout
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........ as if by magic
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here are the Cherry fronts being fitted to the
Cherry Chest of Drawers
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the last one is fitted ....... and then they are all
removed and taken back to my shop to be finish sanded and
oiled
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here is the Viewing Room cabinet with its' end panel
and pullout Cherry shelf
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Here is the pullout blanket chest
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Here is the hanging closet
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Here is the hanging closet with the doors being
fitted
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Here is the top cabinet for the Chest of
Drawers
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Here is the Chest of Drawers ...... notice the
beautiful book-matching on the cabinet sides
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all of the crown molding has to be hand
sanded
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The doors and drawers are taken off the cabinets
....... sanded again
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..... and then hand sanded
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...... and then the finish sanding to
220 grit
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then I can sign it
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The first of four coats of oil is sprayed
on
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....look at how beautiful the bookmatched panels
are
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here is the pullout Cherry shelf and the end panels
from the Viewing Room cabinets
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Here are the bookmatched plank drawer
fronts
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The doors "cure" for 72 hrs between coats
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Here is the pullout shelf .... hanging out
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Some of the Cherry knobs had to be altered to be
able to accept longer screws
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Here is he tall door, which has bookmatched panels
with the other 4 doors of the hanging closet
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The final coat soaks into the bookmatched drawer
fronts
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The last coat is applied to both sides of every
door, end panel, and drawer fronts
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The pieces have to be wiped down every hour, or so,
for the next half day while the finish begins to set
up
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Here some of the pieces that will cure for at least
4 days before they can be handled and reinstalled on the
completed casework
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......... just hanging around !
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The pullout Cherry cutting board shelf just glows
with warmth and a soft patina
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the Cherry knobs have been soaked in my varnish oil
for at least 2hrs, four different times
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