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Some Joinery Pictures

There seemed to be a lot of interest in my 18th century French joinery post so I thought I'd throw out some progress pics. They are fairly self explanatory if you have watched the video so I won't add a lot of words but feel free to ask if you have questions.

Rectangle Wood Parallel Art Pattern

Trial curves to see what looked good. I chose the 2" one
Wood Flooring Floor Beige Rectangle

Staves cut
Wood Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood Plank

Rub joints with HHG, no clamps
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Rectangle

Sub-assemblies glued up with tape clamping
Tape measure Wood Wrist Ruler Musical instrument

Curve check
Wood Geologist's hammer Metalworking hand tool Hand tool Hardwood

Rough smoothing outside of curve
Water Wood Flooring Road surface Table


.... and inside

Table Sleeve Tableware Kitchen Cooking

Sanding the show side.

That's enough for now. I'll post some more in a little while.
 

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#2 ·
Some Joinery Pictures

There seemed to be a lot of interest in my 18th century French joinery post so I thought I'd throw out some progress pics. They are fairly self explanatory if you have watched the video so I won't add a lot of words but feel free to ask if you have questions.

Rectangle Wood Parallel Art Pattern

Trial curves to see what looked good. I chose the 2" one
Wood Flooring Floor Beige Rectangle

Staves cut
Wood Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood Plank

Rub joints with HHG, no clamps
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Rectangle

Sub-assemblies glued up with tape clamping
Tape measure Wood Wrist Ruler Musical instrument

Curve check
Wood Geologist's hammer Metalworking hand tool Hand tool Hardwood

Rough smoothing outside of curve
Water Wood Flooring Road surface Table


.... and inside

Table Sleeve Tableware Kitchen Cooking

Sanding the show side.

That's enough for now. I'll post some more in a little while.
Looking forward to seeing more of your progress.
 

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#3 ·
Some Joinery Pictures

There seemed to be a lot of interest in my 18th century French joinery post so I thought I'd throw out some progress pics. They are fairly self explanatory if you have watched the video so I won't add a lot of words but feel free to ask if you have questions.

Rectangle Wood Parallel Art Pattern

Trial curves to see what looked good. I chose the 2" one
Wood Flooring Floor Beige Rectangle

Staves cut
Wood Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood Plank

Rub joints with HHG, no clamps
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Rectangle

Sub-assemblies glued up with tape clamping
Tape measure Wood Wrist Ruler Musical instrument

Curve check
Wood Geologist's hammer Metalworking hand tool Hand tool Hardwood

Rough smoothing outside of curve
Water Wood Flooring Road surface Table


.... and inside

Table Sleeve Tableware Kitchen Cooking

Sanding the show side.

That's enough for now. I'll post some more in a little while.
Thanks Paul. So I'm expecting you are using 'old brown glue'?
 

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#4 ·
Some Joinery Pictures

There seemed to be a lot of interest in my 18th century French joinery post so I thought I'd throw out some progress pics. They are fairly self explanatory if you have watched the video so I won't add a lot of words but feel free to ask if you have questions.

Rectangle Wood Parallel Art Pattern

Trial curves to see what looked good. I chose the 2" one
Wood Flooring Floor Beige Rectangle

Staves cut
Wood Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood Plank

Rub joints with HHG, no clamps
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Rectangle

Sub-assemblies glued up with tape clamping
Tape measure Wood Wrist Ruler Musical instrument

Curve check
Wood Geologist's hammer Metalworking hand tool Hand tool Hardwood

Rough smoothing outside of curve
Water Wood Flooring Road surface Table


.... and inside

Table Sleeve Tableware Kitchen Cooking

Sanding the show side.

That's enough for now. I'll post some more in a little while.
Thanks Paul. I like to follow this!
 

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#5 ·
Some Joinery Pictures

There seemed to be a lot of interest in my 18th century French joinery post so I thought I'd throw out some progress pics. They are fairly self explanatory if you have watched the video so I won't add a lot of words but feel free to ask if you have questions.

Rectangle Wood Parallel Art Pattern

Trial curves to see what looked good. I chose the 2" one
Wood Flooring Floor Beige Rectangle

Staves cut
Wood Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood Plank

Rub joints with HHG, no clamps
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Rectangle

Sub-assemblies glued up with tape clamping
Tape measure Wood Wrist Ruler Musical instrument

Curve check
Wood Geologist's hammer Metalworking hand tool Hand tool Hardwood

Rough smoothing outside of curve
Water Wood Flooring Road surface Table


.... and inside

Table Sleeve Tableware Kitchen Cooking

Sanding the show side.

That's enough for now. I'll post some more in a little while.
Looking forward to see next posts.

In the video, there is a drawer with a curved front made from a lamination.
For those interested, one might use the process shown here , which minimise waste.
(see from about 13'30" to about 22' )
It is in a Nordic language but is more or less self explanatory.
 

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#6 ·
Some Joinery Pictures

There seemed to be a lot of interest in my 18th century French joinery post so I thought I'd throw out some progress pics. They are fairly self explanatory if you have watched the video so I won't add a lot of words but feel free to ask if you have questions.

Rectangle Wood Parallel Art Pattern

Trial curves to see what looked good. I chose the 2" one
Wood Flooring Floor Beige Rectangle

Staves cut
Wood Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood Plank

Rub joints with HHG, no clamps
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Rectangle

Sub-assemblies glued up with tape clamping
Tape measure Wood Wrist Ruler Musical instrument

Curve check
Wood Geologist's hammer Metalworking hand tool Hand tool Hardwood

Rough smoothing outside of curve
Water Wood Flooring Road surface Table


.... and inside

Table Sleeve Tableware Kitchen Cooking

Sanding the show side.

That's enough for now. I'll post some more in a little while.
Glad to see this Paul!
I was wondering how you tackled the inside curved faces. Is that the only 2 tools you used? The scraper and the curved sanding block?
When I've done similar in the past, I've used a few different methods though they all finished off with both the scraper and sanding block.
Earlier stages all depended on how much material needed to be 'roughed out'. Anything from a long handled paint scraper, radiused with a very rough burr(to avoid burnt thumbs), to a small belt sander with a curved platen.
Even tried coving the pieces out individually(roughly) on the table saw before glue up. It worked(roughly lol) but it seems to be one of those things that….by the time I'm done screwing around trying to figure out a 'better way', it could have been done already using cruder initial methods.
I considered trying the cnc for coving the individual pieces(in one wide glue up, then ripping) but it goes back to the above…too much screwing around, not to mention a waste of time for a production machine to be doing 'one of's'.
 

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#7 ·
Some Joinery Pictures

There seemed to be a lot of interest in my 18th century French joinery post so I thought I'd throw out some progress pics. They are fairly self explanatory if you have watched the video so I won't add a lot of words but feel free to ask if you have questions.

Rectangle Wood Parallel Art Pattern

Trial curves to see what looked good. I chose the 2" one
Wood Flooring Floor Beige Rectangle

Staves cut
Wood Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood Plank

Rub joints with HHG, no clamps
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Rectangle

Sub-assemblies glued up with tape clamping
Tape measure Wood Wrist Ruler Musical instrument

Curve check
Wood Geologist's hammer Metalworking hand tool Hand tool Hardwood

Rough smoothing outside of curve
Water Wood Flooring Road surface Table


.... and inside

Table Sleeve Tableware Kitchen Cooking

Sanding the show side.

That's enough for now. I'll post some more in a little while.
Definitely looking forward to more of these, Paul. Thanks for showing us the way.
 

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#8 ·
Some Joinery Pictures

There seemed to be a lot of interest in my 18th century French joinery post so I thought I'd throw out some progress pics. They are fairly self explanatory if you have watched the video so I won't add a lot of words but feel free to ask if you have questions.

Rectangle Wood Parallel Art Pattern

Trial curves to see what looked good. I chose the 2" one
Wood Flooring Floor Beige Rectangle

Staves cut
Wood Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood Plank

Rub joints with HHG, no clamps
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Rectangle

Sub-assemblies glued up with tape clamping
Tape measure Wood Wrist Ruler Musical instrument

Curve check
Wood Geologist's hammer Metalworking hand tool Hand tool Hardwood

Rough smoothing outside of curve
Water Wood Flooring Road surface Table


.... and inside

Table Sleeve Tableware Kitchen Cooking

Sanding the show side.

That's enough for now. I'll post some more in a little while.
I was wondering how you clamped the curved sides, and now we have the answer: you didn't!
 

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#9 ·
Some Joinery Pictures

There seemed to be a lot of interest in my 18th century French joinery post so I thought I'd throw out some progress pics. They are fairly self explanatory if you have watched the video so I won't add a lot of words but feel free to ask if you have questions.

Rectangle Wood Parallel Art Pattern

Trial curves to see what looked good. I chose the 2" one
Wood Flooring Floor Beige Rectangle

Staves cut
Wood Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood Plank

Rub joints with HHG, no clamps
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Rectangle

Sub-assemblies glued up with tape clamping
Tape measure Wood Wrist Ruler Musical instrument

Curve check
Wood Geologist's hammer Metalworking hand tool Hand tool Hardwood

Rough smoothing outside of curve
Water Wood Flooring Road surface Table


.... and inside

Table Sleeve Tableware Kitchen Cooking

Sanding the show side.

That's enough for now. I'll post some more in a little while.
Thanks,

Martin Only HHG is really any good for rub joints. OBG will be used elsewhere where I need open time but I prefer HHG when possible.

Tony, I considered coving on the TS but the radius doesn't work. I also toyed with some other ideas but with the small amounts to be removed in each stave it was easiest to just get it done. I did try my 5" Mirka sander a bit but was afraid of making the surface uneven for veneering. It really needs to be a curved plane with no dips. :)
 

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#10 ·
Some Joinery Pictures

There seemed to be a lot of interest in my 18th century French joinery post so I thought I'd throw out some progress pics. They are fairly self explanatory if you have watched the video so I won't add a lot of words but feel free to ask if you have questions.

Rectangle Wood Parallel Art Pattern

Trial curves to see what looked good. I chose the 2" one
Wood Flooring Floor Beige Rectangle

Staves cut
Wood Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood Plank

Rub joints with HHG, no clamps
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Rectangle

Sub-assemblies glued up with tape clamping
Tape measure Wood Wrist Ruler Musical instrument

Curve check
Wood Geologist's hammer Metalworking hand tool Hand tool Hardwood

Rough smoothing outside of curve
Water Wood Flooring Road surface Table


.... and inside

Table Sleeve Tableware Kitchen Cooking

Sanding the show side.

That's enough for now. I'll post some more in a little while.
One of my favorite masters.

https://www.lumberjocks.com/Rembo/blog/26532

He has quite a set up, much more than needed if just doing a panel or two.
But it's food for thought worth sharing for those that haven't seen it.

Sometimes a sanding block is best… :)
 

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#11 ·
Some Joinery Pictures

There seemed to be a lot of interest in my 18th century French joinery post so I thought I'd throw out some progress pics. They are fairly self explanatory if you have watched the video so I won't add a lot of words but feel free to ask if you have questions.

Rectangle Wood Parallel Art Pattern

Trial curves to see what looked good. I chose the 2" one
Wood Flooring Floor Beige Rectangle

Staves cut
Wood Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood Plank

Rub joints with HHG, no clamps
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Rectangle

Sub-assemblies glued up with tape clamping
Tape measure Wood Wrist Ruler Musical instrument

Curve check
Wood Geologist's hammer Metalworking hand tool Hand tool Hardwood

Rough smoothing outside of curve
Water Wood Flooring Road surface Table


.... and inside

Table Sleeve Tableware Kitchen Cooking

Sanding the show side.

That's enough for now. I'll post some more in a little while.
Tony, I considered coving on the TS but the radius doesn't work.
The radius didn't work when I did it either. Thats why I said it 'roughly' worked. The pieces were wider and thicker, so there was a lot more material to remove…would have been hell with just a scraper.

I also toyed with some other ideas but with the small amounts to be removed in each stave it was easiest to just get it done.
- shipwright
Yep, like I said, sometimes the cure is worse than the disease.
 

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#12 ·
Some Joinery Pictures

There seemed to be a lot of interest in my 18th century French joinery post so I thought I'd throw out some progress pics. They are fairly self explanatory if you have watched the video so I won't add a lot of words but feel free to ask if you have questions.

Rectangle Wood Parallel Art Pattern

Trial curves to see what looked good. I chose the 2" one
Wood Flooring Floor Beige Rectangle

Staves cut
Wood Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood Plank

Rub joints with HHG, no clamps
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Rectangle

Sub-assemblies glued up with tape clamping
Tape measure Wood Wrist Ruler Musical instrument

Curve check
Wood Geologist's hammer Metalworking hand tool Hand tool Hardwood

Rough smoothing outside of curve
Water Wood Flooring Road surface Table


.... and inside

Table Sleeve Tableware Kitchen Cooking

Sanding the show side.

That's enough for now. I'll post some more in a little while.
Flat panels make it easier..
Made this in the late 80's

Plant Flowerpot Font Rectangle Wood stain
 

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#13 ·
Some Joinery Pictures

There seemed to be a lot of interest in my 18th century French joinery post so I thought I'd throw out some progress pics. They are fairly self explanatory if you have watched the video so I won't add a lot of words but feel free to ask if you have questions.

Rectangle Wood Parallel Art Pattern

Trial curves to see what looked good. I chose the 2" one
Wood Flooring Floor Beige Rectangle

Staves cut
Wood Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood Plank

Rub joints with HHG, no clamps
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Rectangle

Sub-assemblies glued up with tape clamping
Tape measure Wood Wrist Ruler Musical instrument

Curve check
Wood Geologist's hammer Metalworking hand tool Hand tool Hardwood

Rough smoothing outside of curve
Water Wood Flooring Road surface Table


.... and inside

Table Sleeve Tableware Kitchen Cooking

Sanding the show side.

That's enough for now. I'll post some more in a little while.
Paul,

We loved that video and all your photo progress. Thanks for sharing.

L/W
 

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#14 ·
Some Joinery Pictures

There seemed to be a lot of interest in my 18th century French joinery post so I thought I'd throw out some progress pics. They are fairly self explanatory if you have watched the video so I won't add a lot of words but feel free to ask if you have questions.

Rectangle Wood Parallel Art Pattern

Trial curves to see what looked good. I chose the 2" one
Wood Flooring Floor Beige Rectangle

Staves cut
Wood Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood Plank

Rub joints with HHG, no clamps
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Rectangle

Sub-assemblies glued up with tape clamping
Tape measure Wood Wrist Ruler Musical instrument

Curve check
Wood Geologist's hammer Metalworking hand tool Hand tool Hardwood

Rough smoothing outside of curve
Water Wood Flooring Road surface Table


.... and inside

Table Sleeve Tableware Kitchen Cooking

Sanding the show side.

That's enough for now. I'll post some more in a little while.
Leroy, You have to remember I'm a boat builder. It's the straight lines and square corners that challenge me. The curves are a piece of cake. :)
 

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#15 ·
Some Joinery Pictures

There seemed to be a lot of interest in my 18th century French joinery post so I thought I'd throw out some progress pics. They are fairly self explanatory if you have watched the video so I won't add a lot of words but feel free to ask if you have questions.

Rectangle Wood Parallel Art Pattern

Trial curves to see what looked good. I chose the 2" one
Wood Flooring Floor Beige Rectangle

Staves cut
Wood Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood Plank

Rub joints with HHG, no clamps
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Rectangle

Sub-assemblies glued up with tape clamping
Tape measure Wood Wrist Ruler Musical instrument

Curve check
Wood Geologist's hammer Metalworking hand tool Hand tool Hardwood

Rough smoothing outside of curve
Water Wood Flooring Road surface Table


.... and inside

Table Sleeve Tableware Kitchen Cooking

Sanding the show side.

That's enough for now. I'll post some more in a little while.
I love curves. I just end up doing it more commercially than traditional.
In other words non heirloom style. LOL
 

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#16 ·
Some Joinery Pictures

There seemed to be a lot of interest in my 18th century French joinery post so I thought I'd throw out some progress pics. They are fairly self explanatory if you have watched the video so I won't add a lot of words but feel free to ask if you have questions.

Rectangle Wood Parallel Art Pattern

Trial curves to see what looked good. I chose the 2" one
Wood Flooring Floor Beige Rectangle

Staves cut
Wood Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood Plank

Rub joints with HHG, no clamps
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Rectangle

Sub-assemblies glued up with tape clamping
Tape measure Wood Wrist Ruler Musical instrument

Curve check
Wood Geologist's hammer Metalworking hand tool Hand tool Hardwood

Rough smoothing outside of curve
Water Wood Flooring Road surface Table


.... and inside

Table Sleeve Tableware Kitchen Cooking

Sanding the show side.

That's enough for now. I'll post some more in a little while.
I guess the best tool would be a plane with a curved sole, like a moulding plane but with a large radius.

Paul Sellers shows somewhere how to do one.
He made a plane with double curvature (longitudinal and transversal) for stool making.

Where I live, wooden planes on flea market are available for a few Euros.
I would modify one. Adding a ~1cm layer to the sole and rounding this layer as needed. And of course cambering the iron. If one hot glue the added layer, it would be reversible.
Otherwise, a few dowels and a recessed screw should work.
 

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#17 ·
Some Joinery Pictures

There seemed to be a lot of interest in my 18th century French joinery post so I thought I'd throw out some progress pics. They are fairly self explanatory if you have watched the video so I won't add a lot of words but feel free to ask if you have questions.

Rectangle Wood Parallel Art Pattern

Trial curves to see what looked good. I chose the 2" one
Wood Flooring Floor Beige Rectangle

Staves cut
Wood Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood Plank

Rub joints with HHG, no clamps
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Rectangle

Sub-assemblies glued up with tape clamping
Tape measure Wood Wrist Ruler Musical instrument

Curve check
Wood Geologist's hammer Metalworking hand tool Hand tool Hardwood

Rough smoothing outside of curve
Water Wood Flooring Road surface Table


.... and inside

Table Sleeve Tableware Kitchen Cooking

Sanding the show side.

That's enough for now. I'll post some more in a little while.
It would take much longer to modify a plane than it took to do this. It really wasn't hard.
 

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#18 ·
Some Joinery Pictures

There seemed to be a lot of interest in my 18th century French joinery post so I thought I'd throw out some progress pics. They are fairly self explanatory if you have watched the video so I won't add a lot of words but feel free to ask if you have questions.

Rectangle Wood Parallel Art Pattern

Trial curves to see what looked good. I chose the 2" one
Wood Flooring Floor Beige Rectangle

Staves cut
Wood Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood Plank

Rub joints with HHG, no clamps
Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Rectangle

Sub-assemblies glued up with tape clamping
Tape measure Wood Wrist Ruler Musical instrument

Curve check
Wood Geologist's hammer Metalworking hand tool Hand tool Hardwood

Rough smoothing outside of curve
Water Wood Flooring Road surface Table


.... and inside

Table Sleeve Tableware Kitchen Cooking

Sanding the show side.

That's enough for now. I'll post some more in a little while.
If one does a lot of this kind of work (like Tony_S ?) it might be worth to modify a plane, especially if one has to remove more material.
 

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Some Pics of the Back, Legs and First Shelf

I've got a lot of pictures. Did I mention I love this joinery? Here are a few that set up the assembly.
Again pretty self explanatory, ask questions if you like.

Rectangle Wood Flooring Floor Plank


Wood Rectangle Composite material Hardwood Flooring


Rectangle Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain


Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank Flooring


Building Cabinetry Wood Shelving Wood stain


Wood Wood stain Hardwood Flooring Plank


Property Fixture Wood Wood stain Wall


Wood Hardwood Flooring Plank Composite material


A few clamps to aid alignment. ..... no biscuits!

Wood Hardwood Gas Wood stain Automotive exterior


You have to zoom and look closely but this is the key to the whole cabinet, the story board with all the dimensions and shapes.

Rectangle Wood Flooring Table Tool


Table Wood Tool Wood stain Hardwood


Hand tool Wood Tool Metalworking hand tool Gas


Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Font


Wood Flooring Wood stain Hardwood Tints and shades


Wood Hardwood Art Machine Tool


Thanks for looking in,
 

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Some Pics of the Back, Legs and First Shelf

I've got a lot of pictures. Did I mention I love this joinery? Here are a few that set up the assembly.
Again pretty self explanatory, ask questions if you like.

Rectangle Wood Flooring Floor Plank


Wood Rectangle Composite material Hardwood Flooring


Rectangle Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain


Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank Flooring


Building Cabinetry Wood Shelving Wood stain


Wood Wood stain Hardwood Flooring Plank


Property Fixture Wood Wood stain Wall


Wood Hardwood Flooring Plank Composite material


A few clamps to aid alignment. ..... no biscuits!

Wood Hardwood Gas Wood stain Automotive exterior


You have to zoom and look closely but this is the key to the whole cabinet, the story board with all the dimensions and shapes.

Rectangle Wood Flooring Table Tool


Table Wood Tool Wood stain Hardwood


Hand tool Wood Tool Metalworking hand tool Gas


Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Font


Wood Flooring Wood stain Hardwood Tints and shades


Wood Hardwood Art Machine Tool


Thanks for looking in,
It's great to watch the progress. Thanks for sharing.
 

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#31 ·
Wrap Up on the Basic Joinery

Here are the last few that should bring the construction up to date with my project post. I highly recommend that you try this style of joinery. It is amazingly rigid even without glue. I'll post again when there is more progress.

Wood Hardwood Gas Flooring Machine


Wood Line Facade Composite material Brick


Table Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain


Musical instrument Wood Tool Flooring Hardwood


Cabinetry Wood Art Chest of drawers Table


Wood Wall Hardwood Brick Water


Wood Wood stain Flooring Floor Composite material


Cabinetry Wood Drawer Wood stain Floor


Wood Gas Machine Aircraft Metal


Table Wood Cabinetry Drawer Shelving


Thanks for looking in.
 

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#32 ·
Wrap Up on the Basic Joinery

Here are the last few that should bring the construction up to date with my project post. I highly recommend that you try this style of joinery. It is amazingly rigid even without glue. I'll post again when there is more progress.

Wood Hardwood Gas Flooring Machine


Wood Line Facade Composite material Brick


Table Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain


Musical instrument Wood Tool Flooring Hardwood


Cabinetry Wood Art Chest of drawers Table


Wood Wall Hardwood Brick Water


Wood Wood stain Flooring Floor Composite material


Cabinetry Wood Drawer Wood stain Floor


Wood Gas Machine Aircraft Metal


Table Wood Cabinetry Drawer Shelving


Thanks for looking in.
Man that is a lot of dovetail cutting..Nice work so far!!

Jim
 

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#49 ·
First Stage Glue Up

A little video of the first stage of gluing up the 18th C. cabinet. The top, bottom, and back are assembled dry to assure squareness and fit. The top and bottom will be glued separately later. The back remains loose and can be slid in or out.
I used Old Brown Glue for open time. Real time was ~30 min.

Cabinetry Wood Countertop Building Table


 

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#50 ·
First Stage Glue Up

A little video of the first stage of gluing up the 18th C. cabinet. The top, bottom, and back are assembled dry to assure squareness and fit. The top and bottom will be glued separately later. The back remains loose and can be slid in or out.
I used Old Brown Glue for open time. Real time was ~30 min.

Cabinetry Wood Countertop Building Table


I would say a glue up like that was grace under pressure but with OBG it takes a little of the pressure off. Great video Paul.
 

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#70 ·
Ready for the Marquetry

It's been a lot of fun and quite a learning experience but the construction part of this 18th C. kitchen cabinet is about wrapped up. I will be starting to cover it with marquetry in the coming weeks.

Wood Shelving Shelf Wood stain Hardwood


Top and bottom glued in

Shoe Leg Wood Hardwood Human leg


Wood Gas Electrical wiring Flooring Hardwood


Veneering the legs and feet

Table Wood Wood stain Desk Hardwood


Drawers

Cabinetry Table Wood Desk Wood stain


and doors

Thats about it for the build. On to the decoration.

Thanks for looking
 

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#71 ·
Ready for the Marquetry

It's been a lot of fun and quite a learning experience but the construction part of this 18th C. kitchen cabinet is about wrapped up. I will be starting to cover it with marquetry in the coming weeks.

Wood Shelving Shelf Wood stain Hardwood


Top and bottom glued in

Shoe Leg Wood Hardwood Human leg


Wood Gas Electrical wiring Flooring Hardwood


Veneering the legs and feet

Table Wood Wood stain Desk Hardwood


Drawers

Cabinetry Table Wood Desk Wood stain


and doors

Thats about it for the build. On to the decoration.

Thanks for looking
Looking good Paul now for the fun stuff … :)
 

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#83 ·
Side Panels ... Parquetry / Marquetry

Ive finished the Main parquetry / marquetry panels that will go on the sides of my cabinet …... finally.
This iconic Jean Henri Reisener parquetry is amazingly dramatic but very labour intensive to build. It contains 96 individual flowers, each of which has eleven parts, all sand shaded.
The marquetry medallions in the middle are the remaining two of four I cut when I made my desk so for this project they were "free". :)

Dishware Wood Art Wall Font


An eight layer thick packet of lattice that will be divided into four pieces for each side panel.

Flooring Floor Wood Art Font


Lattice laid out with a marquetry medallion to check for fit.

Wood Creative arts Art Wood stain Hardwood


Cutting the Padauk lozenges six at a time. All the veneer is 1.5 mm thick except the lattice. It is .9mm Amaranth (Purpleheart) on the show side backed with .6mm Oak. What you will be seeing here is the glue side so it is Oak.

Table Wood Flooring Gas Tableware


Each lozenge is surrounded by 12 Ebony and Holly fillets to give a three dimensional effect. These were cut with my new steampunk guillotine.

Brown Wood Beige Rectangle Floor


In this picture I have cut a little piece of Amaranth lattice to get a peek of what the show side will look like. You can also see the buildup of the three dimensional effect.

Brown Wood Rectangle Hardwood Pattern


The flowers are cut separately six at a time.

Table Picture frame Wood Flooring Hardwood


Sand shading this many pieces is a sit down job.

Art Creative arts Plant Rectangle Visual arts


All done, this is the left side

Brown Wood Flooring Art Creative arts


...and this is the right.

Lots left to do. I'm just getting started here. :)

Thanks for looking.
 

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#84 ·
Side Panels ... Parquetry / Marquetry

Ive finished the Main parquetry / marquetry panels that will go on the sides of my cabinet …... finally.
This iconic Jean Henri Reisener parquetry is amazingly dramatic but very labour intensive to build. It contains 96 individual flowers, each of which has eleven parts, all sand shaded.
The marquetry medallions in the middle are the remaining two of four I cut when I made my desk so for this project they were "free". :)

Dishware Wood Art Wall Font


An eight layer thick packet of lattice that will be divided into four pieces for each side panel.

Flooring Floor Wood Art Font


Lattice laid out with a marquetry medallion to check for fit.

Wood Creative arts Art Wood stain Hardwood


Cutting the Padauk lozenges six at a time. All the veneer is 1.5 mm thick except the lattice. It is .9mm Amaranth (Purpleheart) on the show side backed with .6mm Oak. What you will be seeing here is the glue side so it is Oak.

Table Wood Flooring Gas Tableware


Each lozenge is surrounded by 12 Ebony and Holly fillets to give a three dimensional effect. These were cut with my new steampunk guillotine.

Brown Wood Beige Rectangle Floor


In this picture I have cut a little piece of Amaranth lattice to get a peek of what the show side will look like. You can also see the buildup of the three dimensional effect.

Brown Wood Rectangle Hardwood Pattern


The flowers are cut separately six at a time.

Table Picture frame Wood Flooring Hardwood


Sand shading this many pieces is a sit down job.

Art Creative arts Plant Rectangle Visual arts


All done, this is the left side

Brown Wood Flooring Art Creative arts


...and this is the right.

Lots left to do. I'm just getting started here. :)

Thanks for looking.
Nice work Paul.
That would take me 6 years and look ten times worse…...
 

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#104 ·
Progress on the 18 C. Cabinet

Since the last entry I've made a good bit of progress. The side panels are now completely finished and ready to be mounted on the cabinet and the front door panel is well underway. I'm also including a few pics of the custom veneer press I made up to press the curved sides.

This is what a finished side panel looks like.

Wood Art Flooring Wall Plant


The front doors will carry an adapted version of this Jean Francois Oeben table top.

Wood Rectangle Art Creative arts Font


The current state of that panel.

Wood Rectangle Table Font Flooring


... and then there is the custom press ….
Each frame has a screw in the centre and two wedges

Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Engineering


The back is fitted to the inside curve and the legs

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The whole thing will press the marquetry panel with this curved caul

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It makes a nice tight fit

Wood Floor Hardwood Flooring Wood stain


Next time I should be able to show the panels actually on the cabinet!

Thanks for looking in.
 

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#105 ·
Progress on the 18 C. Cabinet

Since the last entry I've made a good bit of progress. The side panels are now completely finished and ready to be mounted on the cabinet and the front door panel is well underway. I'm also including a few pics of the custom veneer press I made up to press the curved sides.

This is what a finished side panel looks like.

Wood Art Flooring Wall Plant


The front doors will carry an adapted version of this Jean Francois Oeben table top.

Wood Rectangle Art Creative arts Font


The current state of that panel.

Wood Rectangle Table Font Flooring


... and then there is the custom press ….
Each frame has a screw in the centre and two wedges

Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Engineering


The back is fitted to the inside curve and the legs

Furniture Wood Table Creative arts Flooring


The whole thing will press the marquetry panel with this curved caul

Table Wood Wood stain Flooring Floor


It makes a nice tight fit

Wood Floor Hardwood Flooring Wood stain


Next time I should be able to show the panels actually on the cabinet!

Thanks for looking in.
Thanks for the update!
 

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#122 ·
Video of Curved Glueup

Here's the video of the first stage of gluing up the curved side. In this stage the marquetry is not glued to the cabinet. It is laminated into a custom curved piece of plywood with two thin poplar veneers. This will be removed, trimmed and then glued to the cabinet in stage two. This will help stabilize the marquetry against forces in the cabinet and will facilitate accurate placement.

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#123 ·
Video of Curved Glueup

Here's the video of the first stage of gluing up the curved side. In this stage the marquetry is not glued to the cabinet. It is laminated into a custom curved piece of plywood with two thin poplar veneers. This will be removed, trimmed and then glued to the cabinet in stage two. This will help stabilize the marquetry against forces in the cabinet and will facilitate accurate placement.

Tap Countertop Cabinetry Plumbing fixture Kitchen sink


Watching this makes me want to start using my clamps again! Always the stressful part of gluing up a Marquetry panel making sure you've got it just right. Looking good Paul!!
 

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#129 ·
Summer Break

First, sorry about segments #7 & #8 being out of order (reversed).

I've come to a place that is convenient to take a break. Sailing season is approaching and I have work to do on my boat to be ready. This cabinet will be put on the back burner for now and I'll do the big front marquetry next winter.

At this point both side panels are glued on, the transitions between them and the carcase veneer are complete, the drawer marquetry is done, and the lower front panel is well underway. What remains is basically the big front marquetry, a Jean Francois Oeben basket of flowers. No more work on the top, it will be marble.

Wood Lectern Table Chair Art


Table Wood Computer desk Cabinetry Lectern


Cabinetry Table Wood Desk Wood stain


In this one the front panel (work in progress) is just hanging on a couple of veneer nails to give a sneak peak of things to come.

Rectangle Wood Textile Bag Creative arts


Thanks for looking in!
 

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#130 ·
Summer Break

First, sorry about segments #7 & #8 being out of order (reversed).

I've come to a place that is convenient to take a break. Sailing season is approaching and I have work to do on my boat to be ready. This cabinet will be put on the back burner for now and I'll do the big front marquetry next winter.

At this point both side panels are glued on, the transitions between them and the carcase veneer are complete, the drawer marquetry is done, and the lower front panel is well underway. What remains is basically the big front marquetry, a Jean Francois Oeben basket of flowers. No more work on the top, it will be marble.

Wood Lectern Table Chair Art


Table Wood Computer desk Cabinetry Lectern


Cabinetry Table Wood Desk Wood stain


In this one the front panel (work in progress) is just hanging on a couple of veneer nails to give a sneak peak of things to come.

Rectangle Wood Textile Bag Creative arts


Thanks for looking in!
Paul,

It certainly is looking good! Each time I take a break from a project, I forget where I left off and mess something up. If I could do something as elaborate as your piece, I would certainly mess it up after a break! But you'll probably just come back more refreshed and doing even better. You're certainly trying to create patience in your followers.

Happy sailing!

L/W
 

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