tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321553715454450871.post9152262291987924010..comments2024-03-27T12:51:12.930-07:00Comments on Woodworking in a Tiny Shop: Mini Chest With Drawers - Part 6Tiny Shop Woodworkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375332433853904113noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321553715454450871.post-11766100714220932622016-07-19T13:40:26.156-07:002016-07-19T13:40:26.156-07:00Thanks Stefan. I thought about starting the bead ...Thanks Stefan. I thought about starting the bead with a knife cut. I'll have to try it on some scrap to see how it comes out.Tiny Shop Woodworkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10375332433853904113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321553715454450871.post-70661266838704040202016-07-19T01:14:04.041-07:002016-07-19T01:14:04.041-07:00Hi Matt,
great "little" project. The che...Hi Matt,<br />great "little" project. The chest comes out nicely.<br />Beading came to my mind immediately for the drawer fronts.<br />I'm sure a scratch stock will do. But my tip would be to somehow train that at a piece of scrap before you will use it for your drawers. You can reduce the risk of tear out if you will make a knife cut first at your cross grain. Or do only the long grain and check how that will look.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />StefanAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17569365598390231433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321553715454450871.post-48405590476802011652016-07-18T20:04:07.917-07:002016-07-18T20:04:07.917-07:00Thanks Bob. I thought about beading the drawer fr...Thanks Bob. I thought about beading the drawer fronts with the Sellers-style "poor man's beading tool" - a slotted head screw in a block of wood. But I was worried that the cross-grain cut would be so ragged as to look horrible. The pine is fairly fibrous and brittle.<br /><br />I've wanted to make a scratch stock for a long time now. Seeing yours in the link you sent has given me the push I need to make one.Tiny Shop Woodworkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10375332433853904113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321553715454450871.post-2194101842262948762016-07-18T18:08:23.436-07:002016-07-18T18:08:23.436-07:00Fine work Matt! "Learning" projects like...Fine work Matt! "Learning" projects like that are a lot of fun and practical too.<br /><br />You mentioned the drawer fronts being too plain. Something you might consider is adding beading. You can do that to the existing fronts. A scratch stock will do it for you, and they're not hard to make. I have an article <a href="https://www.bob-easton.com/blog/2016/3567/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Stop each cut before they overlap and you'll have a substitute for cock-beading.Bob Eastonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283125584902838482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321553715454450871.post-84373369875517528882016-07-18T11:08:27.449-07:002016-07-18T11:08:27.449-07:00Hey Ralph. I meant to add a photo of another shel...Hey Ralph. I meant to add a photo of another shellac brush that I started using. It's the hake brush that you told me about. I really like how it sucked up the shellac and <br />laid it down nicely. It's only 1" wide though - I need to find a wider hake brush for larger projects.<br /><br />No plans for feet at this time. It's going to slide into a shelf area. But I had thought about that as this was just a "practice" project. I don't know much about feet or plinths - I need to get more information about that stuff. Just for fun I might try to wrap a dovetailed base around it, with a rabbet at the top all around so the case can sit in the rabbet. That could raise it up a little. I could shape the boards to make it look like feet ... Thinking about it ...Tiny Shop Woodworkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10375332433853904113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321553715454450871.post-83593400836503838752016-07-18T11:06:30.598-07:002016-07-18T11:06:30.598-07:00Thanks Greg. It was a fun projects and I learned ...Thanks Greg. It was a fun projects and I learned lots of new things - always a positive and a big confidence builder.Tiny Shop Woodworkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10375332433853904113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321553715454450871.post-44642905101996627522016-07-18T05:50:57.181-07:002016-07-18T05:50:57.181-07:00This turned out great Matt! Nice work all around....This turned out great Matt! Nice work all around.Gregory Merritthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08626596539743806187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321553715454450871.post-46556371732677358402016-07-16T14:58:23.872-07:002016-07-16T14:58:23.872-07:00Matt,
go ahead and let the brush get hard. You'...Matt,<br />go ahead and let the brush get hard. You're using shellac. Just put the brush in the shellac for a few minutes and it'll melt the shellac in the brush and you're set to go.<br />I like the knobs you made. Any plans for feet to elevate the chest up a bit? Maybe the small knob detail?Ralph Boumenothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10606484453109932074noreply@blogger.com