Here's a picture of one of the drawer fronts. he red arrow is pointing to the thin piece I glued to the top of the drawer front.
You will notice the red arrow shows the top piece sticks out over the front just a little bit.
I figured that would work a little better, if I butted the piece in the front up against the top piece, and then trimmed the top piece off after gluing.
With a couple of coats of Por 15 on top of them both, should help strengthen things there.
You will notice the red arrow shows the top piece sticks out over the front just a little bit.
I figured that would work a little better, if I butted the piece in the front up against the top piece, and then trimmed the top piece off after gluing.
With a couple of coats of Por 15 on top of them both, should help strengthen things there.
Here's a quick look at the drawers with only the top of the drawer visible with the walnut covering the plywood edges.
It shows a little contrast. Not enough to suit me, so I'll have to add some walnut to the fronts as well.
It shows a little contrast. Not enough to suit me, so I'll have to add some walnut to the fronts as well.
sundancer268 wrote:fulltimin wrote:
This is a rough draft of a possible drawer front, with black walnut. These are just sitting there, not glued into place, just to see how it would look.
It does provide a little contrast.
Will this be routed in to be flush or set on top to provide a visual ant tactile feel? Either way, I like the contrast.
That's a good question. I really hadn't thought about it much, I just figured I'd set it on top of the plywood.
fulltimin wrote:
This is a rough draft of a possible drawer front, with black walnut. These are just sitting there, not glued into place, just to see how it would look.
It does provide a little contrast.
Will this be routed in to be flush or set on top to provide a visual ant tactile feel? Either way, I like the contrast.
This is a rough draft of a possible drawer front, with black walnut. These are just sitting there, not glued into place, just to see how it would look.
It does provide a little contrast.
It does provide a little contrast.
This was one of the few times that I violated the normal rules of using a router.
In this pic, the left side is normally how a router would be used, if the bit is rotating clockwise, then the router should move from right to left, based on the red arrow being the router direction, and the black arrow being the rotating direction of the router bit.
However, since the walnut that I am trimming, is very thin, there is very little danger of the router bit grabbing the work, and pulling itself into the work.
However, using the example on the left, it is very possible to "chip" the walnut.
What I did was go the opposite way. (right side, router bit direction is black arrow, and blue arrow is router direction). I had no problems with the router grabbing the work, and pulling the router forward, uncontrollably.
If I was cutting more thickness than the 1/32" - say, 1/2 to 3/4", that would be an entirely different story. In that scenario, the router will grab the wood, and pull itself into the work, which is NOT a good thing. Be Careful!!!
In this pic, the left side is normally how a router would be used, if the bit is rotating clockwise, then the router should move from right to left, based on the red arrow being the router direction, and the black arrow being the rotating direction of the router bit.
However, since the walnut that I am trimming, is very thin, there is very little danger of the router bit grabbing the work, and pulling itself into the work.
However, using the example on the left, it is very possible to "chip" the walnut.
What I did was go the opposite way. (right side, router bit direction is black arrow, and blue arrow is router direction). I had no problems with the router grabbing the work, and pulling the router forward, uncontrollably.
If I was cutting more thickness than the 1/32" - say, 1/2 to 3/4", that would be an entirely different story. In that scenario, the router will grab the wood, and pull itself into the work, which is NOT a good thing. Be Careful!!!
I pulled out my mini router, and stuck in it a straight router bit with a bearing on the bottom.
Time to trim off the excess walnut that I just glued into place.
Time to trim off the excess walnut that I just glued into place.
Glued some more drawers today, both top and bottom walnut pieces.
I now have the last 5 of those glued on to the plywood.
Next will be to glue the sides on.
I now have the last 5 of those glued on to the plywood.
Next will be to glue the sides on.
