-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
1/24
P R O J E T S
T H R E E D R W E R W R IT IN G D E S K
W L L U N IT W IT H C B IN E T
W O R K IN G W IT H P L Y W O O D
C U T IIN G S H E E T S IN T O P IE C E S
C O V E R IN G P L IE SW IT H
S O L ID W O O D E D G IN G
F LU S H T R IM J I G
3 50
O TES FR O M
T
SH O PO 6
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
2/24
No. 62
Voodsm ith
WOODSM ITH (ISSt>[01611 14) is Rub
lis he d t) im o nthly (FebfO ~ry, APR ', Ju ne,
Augusl, O ctober, O ecember) by
Woodsmi th Publishing c o .
220 )
\3rand
Ave . .
D e s M Oines,
IA
5 0 0 12 _
Wood sm lth I S a reg istered lradem arl< o f
Wo o d sm i lh Publ is hi ng Co .
@ Copyrig hI1 989 by Wood sm l lh Publ ish
ing
C O
Ail R Igh ts Reserved,
SubscrIp tions; One year (6 Issues)
st 2 .9 5 , T w o Y e a rs (1 2 IS S U e s) $ 22.9 5 ,
c an ad a a nd FO fe ig l1 :a dd 2p r~U .S ,
fu nd s o nli' S1n g le c o py p rj ce,.$3,50,
Seco nd C lass Post age Paid at Des
Moines, Iowa,
Postmas ter: Send Change o f address 10
Woodsmi th , Bo x491, M t. MOITis .llS 1
05 4.
SUBSCR IPT ION QUEST ION S? c aU 80 ():.
435-0715 (IL r es id en l& : 8 00 89 2 0753).
7;30 A M 1 08:30 PM , ST.
w e lkdays,
BACK ISSUES: Fo r a l;iooklet desGrtbing
back issues, send to ad dress abo ve.
SAMPLE COPY : W e w illsena.8 f ree sam
pl e copy 01
Woodsmith
1 0 a ny one. Just
send us his/her nam e and address.
()peraJl9fls S te ve K ro hm e r
M ari
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
3/24
J
Xloodsm ith
wan tior the.mortise, (A h in ge is
us ually sel into a mort ise th e
thickn es s
of
on e leaf.)
The
length o( this dado m ust
match
th e lengt h of th e hinge .
M er
the
e dg e s to pis f in is he d.
nex t cut
the three pieces to
form
th e U -sha~La Vt ny l011rope
W 0 1 k .s
l1 1e
oest. A>Ld , it s
jairly
cheap
at
abollt
30 cents p~1
foot.
Also,
~-wid6 nylo t flat .ebbing
uorks uiell;
t o o
TIGHT N one
H NOW l
S M nM
ROPE CLAMP
U you ve ever glued up a fram e,
an d f o un d t ha r yo ur web c lamp is
lost somewhere. do w ha r
j
do
make
a
rope
clamp,
This clam p
is m ad e fro m
1 '0
readi ly a
va ila
bl e I tems -
a band screw and a
le ng tb o ( r op e.
ips & e hniques
WOODWORKERSELLOW
RO M
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
4/24
No. 62
Slain:
Mlnwax gok le n o ak
Va rn is h: McC loskey He i rl oom clear
semi-g loss va rn ish
1 \.2SbeeIs'y,
- h ick
oa k p I . , , O O d
5Boan1feet'l', -dlio.i< liidoa k
Sheet II -thick o a k pl ywood
M UW
See J>3lI 24 f or 1 0 1)
2 R ecessed
re d
o a k door pulls
2 P a ir p ivot h inges
12 Brass
shelf
su ppor1 S
2 Adjustable leveler
1
Double
piale magneti c ca tc h
FINISH
WM a
t h i c k nes s
throughoul th e
sheet
(u sua lly due 10 t h e f ina l sand ing
each sbeetgets . So. rather than
la ke a c ha nc e on a sloppy fit, or
ODa j oi nt l in e t ha t l ook~wavy .
cut. v .. widedado ,a nd t he n cu i
a lo ng ue to f i L
EDG ING .
ln a dd it io n t o u sin g
l ongue a n d g roov ej ol ne rv a s t he
primary
jo in t to as se mb le
the
ease.1 also u se d it to a ua c h e dg
ings tr ip st o bid e the edgesofthe
c s e s id e s n d s h e lv e s
Allhough
the
e dgi ng c ould be
glued on w ith just pla in b utt
jo int usi ng a
to ng u e a nd
groove
joinl helps al ign the edging.
W hen you' re wo rklng w it h lo n g
p ieces (a . on th e fron l o th e
ease , you need al l the help yo u
c a n ge l 1 0 ge l th os e long strips
glued on - w iU ,oul slid in g al l
over
t he p la ce.
fINlSH When the case was
done .
ec ided to npply two
coals o f M lnwax gold en oak
s ta in . Th en
I
finished
the W all
Unit with two
co ts
o r
McCloskey Heirloom semj.gbss
varnish
W
h en y ou set
ou t
t o b u il d
a la rg e p ro je ct lik e t his
Di sp lay Wa l lnit p lywood i s a n
ideal material l work
with
II's
fl a t, dimensionally
stable,
an d
c om e s i n s he et s J ar ge en ou gh s o
y ou d on 'I h av e t o g olh ro ug h th e
te d io u s p ro ce ss o f
edge-gluing
a
101o f b oa r ds t oge th er.
Howeve r there are tw o main
disadvamages to plywood . TI,.
edges have to be covered in
s om e w ay
to
hid e
t he p li es .
And ,
the project has to b e d esigned
ar ound th e fact that plywood
comes in
Bsheets.
Toge tth e most.ifieien t u se of
ea ch sheet, you hay. to ju ggle
the s ize
of
al l
the 'p ieces
10
f il
a
ce rtain cutting diagram,
also
had
to
watch the
gr ai n
direction
- especiall y w ith the doors .
Here I
tr ied to arrang e t he p ie ce s
on the sheet to gel the o icest
gra in
pattern
on t he two d o or s.
JOIN RY fte r w orking out
th e c ut ti ng d i ag ram. I b ad to de
terminethejoinery.1 d ecid ed to
use tongue and groove
j
0
i n
I S
t hr oughou l t hi s project,
beginningwil.l l lbe
pri
mary joint 10 join th e SUPPLIES
th ree f ix ed shelves to
thecasesides.
To j o in t he se p ie ce s.
l
cut a w id e d ad o
across the inside
f ac e o f 't he si d es , Th en
t on gu es a rc CUI o n lbe
e nd s o f t he sh el ve s.
BUI
why
CUI
a
wide d ado? W hy D Ol
make it
t it
wide to
matc h th e th ic kn es s o f
t he p lywood '
We u se d~ oak p ly .
w oo d. w hich is rarely
exac t iy ~ th ick - it's
u sually ju st sligbt.Jy
less. It ean also hav e
slight
variations
in
Woodsm ith
W ith just tw o and a half sheets o f p lyw ood you can build th
is w a ll unit
he she lv es a re d eep enough to d isp lay s te reo equ
ipment
And
th e d oo rs a t
the bottom m ake a nice cabinet to he lp conceal a ny c lu tte
r
isplay Wall nit
PROJECT
EATURE
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
5/24
5
oodsm itho. 62
e
E
f-----------ic c
~
:
ALSO
RtQUI~D
ONf4x8
SHEFrOF
. . . .
PlYWOOD
fO R C SE
1---- ------1ACK iQI
F
E
G G
~\x4~
:_4 PLYWOODSH iiT
:,,x 4 x 8 Pt YWOOD SHEET
14~
l l
-2 . 30
~4
d.
f',~
N
i
~4 r 86 i 4,2 Bd.
ft.
ij
. . . . . .
CUnlNG DIA GRA M
OVlRAlL OIMlNSIONS: 80H
x
30-W
x
161 0
PANn
A C a,eSidas2)
I pIy
j~X7l I~
B ~edS I leIYes(3 ) y ,'p iy 5*x29 14
G
T : o p I 8 l m .P n I .
(2l ;, , '
ply.
28 11 x 3 l'.
D casoS.eIcl)
W
p ly
29l1x
7 i
E Top Adi. S I l e I o o s ( 2 1
j;'
ply'1 4~ x 2 m
F BonomSl le l r,(l) 3 p ly W It x
1311
G O o o < s (2) ~ . p ly -1 3W ,oxZJj$
S O U D T R rM E D G IN G
H rop lSol l (4 )
1 F r o n t S ld Il S 2 )
J
r l1
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
6/24
\
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
7/24
7
oodsmitho. 62
8
u
fA THERBOARD
srr
F(NCE
9J ,
fRO NStQl
EDGEOfBL
F E N E
10-.
EOG ING
~
J l6
i f I
I
~
rG
ADO
BLADE
call trim th is s lig ht lip flush w ith the p ly
W OOd. Iu se d a fl us h trirn jig, se epag e 22 .)
PRO 'LEEOGES.A fterthegroovesar ecu~
rou nd over the Iront ed ges olaU the edging
str ips with a
V
round-o ver b iton the router
table,
se e Fig.
8.
S hop N ote. Since th ese edgin g s tr ip s
are
fa i rl y na rr ow. I u sed a .gr out trow el to push
th em th ro ug h th e ro un d-over bit. s ee F ig. 8.
Althoug h the round-o ver bi t ha s a ba ll-bear
in g pi lot, I use d th e fence to g uide th e long
st rips. A l ig n t he fence w ith the edge of th e
pi lo t . then push Ihe str ip s a long th e fence.
in each strip to fit o ver th e to ng ues on the
c as e s ides an d shelves , see Fig . 6 . Sinc e tne
ed gin g is
I
w ide an d the p ly wood is only
: y th ick, thegroov es arec u ts li gh tl y o (( -< :en
ter, Thi s produces a lip o n tile inside ed g'l of
th ecasesldesand on the bo ttom aflbe sh elve s.
T o cut th e o((se~groove. 1 used a
V .
dado
blade o n the table
saw set l t 6
dee p ,
see
Fig.
7 . The groove is V lG dee per than the
tongue to a llow a glue reli ef) Position the
groove
so
th e edgi ng
will
stick ju st a ha ir
bo ve th e fac e of the plywood (abou t
Y.l2'~
when it 'sg lued in plac e. se e F ig . 6 . Late r .you
--..., .
S U GH T SHOULD ER
(1 ;;2 .
W hile til e cas e was
drying, I cut 12 e dg
iog s tr ips:
four
strips
fo r ti le top and bot-
tom case edges
H), two lor the
front edges
(1).
an d
six fo r the shelf edg
ing J,K .
cur E DG IN G.Sta rt by ripping
I
wide ed g
i ng s tr ip s f rom
., dl ick
sto ck . T hen cut the
twelve piec es nee ded to roug h length.
OW C . 'ITER GROOV .N ext ,
ui groo ves
F =
t : : J
~
~
CUT EDGING
TAPR ClAMPING
BLOC KS si x Pl Ect S
CROSS SECTION
(
~ . ~ o ~ w : ; c , ~ . : ~ r ;A T ( S
N
Of JOINT
T o g et ev en p ressu re o n the .en ti re I~ng th
of
the tongue and dado j0int . I
mail.
ta pere d c la mp in g b lo ck s. T 11 Cta pere d
blocks a r e no th ing ortha n l engti l~ of
2 x 2 sc rap . USua lly you ca n fin d some
th at arealrea dy stighU y
wa rp ed a nd
form
a
natu ra l bow .
I f not, use plane or belt sander to
create a bowed shape rom th e m idd le 0 1
the2 x 2 ouerotheends . Y ou donthave to
work too hard - about V 6 1)(1' foot is
enougb.ltjusthas t o b ow e nough SOlbe
middl e touc h es b ef or e th e ends.
TtM
~f
TAPERED BLOCKS
glue in the da do . 111en clamp the sh elf in
place, c he ck in g (or square aga inst th e sides
wi tl t a I raming squ are . C la mp the ot her tw o
fixed
sh elve ius ing thesa me procedure.
As th e clamps are lightened, mak e su re
th e
rant
shoulders of the tongues On the
sh elv es
a re Ilu sh w itil tile
shoulders
of
til e
tongues on th e case side s.
CH EC K C ASE
WRH SQUAilE
~ ~ ~ ~ lAT S UR FA C E
O nc e the shelves w ere m ade. I b eg an to as
semble th e cas e. I sta rted by getting . three
c lam ps in p osition 0
theflcor
spaci ng t hem
so they would be in line with . th e dadoes.
Th en s ta nd th e s ides on edge wi th t il e fixed
shelve s ( 1 3 )
l oo se ly in place.
TAJ 'El ttD BLOCK S.When you 'r e c l amp ing.
wide piec es like these c ase sid es , t he clamps
tend to app ly pres -
sure only a t the top
and bottom of the
joi nt. but oa t a long
th e m id dle. To get
ev en c la m pin g
pres-
sure across the
whole join t,
made
some tape red clamp
ing block s. (For
more information,
se e th e box at right.)
Shop T Ip . W hen
u sin g t hese
b l o c k s . I
put
a sm all
piece
of
double- sided carpet
tap e on the clamp
heads to hold the
blocks in p lace.
W lten the c lamps
and tapered blocks
are in p la ce remove
ai le sh elf an d apply
ASSEMBLE THE CASE
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
8/24
N o. 62
o m
PANt
P~tR
. . . o .
~
3l ~
aonOM
IX[D
SHW
~ .
:
1
OnoM
P~l
f
CROSS
SECTION
T P
'AH a
13 r . . . ., . . , . .. . .. , . . . ,_
-I
Ud- -: ;,, ---l
~.
TOP
i
PANR-- 31 . lOP
11UM
flJClO
SH lI-
__LL
8
~
CASE BACK
. .
TOP A N D
BOTTOM
PA N EL
~
' I __ ,
_ / < r o _ _ ~ . ~
I i
c>:
~ wrtH~OP~no
- 1 O : i : . : Y ~ - - ~ . Sknyu
\' i loodsm ith
I
SPACERS. To co mple te th ese panels. I
added edg in g p ieces m ade to look likea ll the
o ther ed gin g. To do th is .
first
add
a spacer
L) to the I llp edg e o r the top pane l. se c F ig.
U.
CUI
another spacer 10 f i t on the bcuom
e dg e o r the bot tom panel, sec
r r o g . 3
N ow. 00 th e top panel only.
cut
a to p
pane l
trim
strip (M)
J
w id e ( to d up licate
I be lo ok o f th e e dg in g) a nd ro un d o ver th e
front ed ges and e nd s w ilh a
V
round-over
b it T he n
glue
th is trim s trip to th e fro nt o f
th e spacer (1.). se e rog. 12 .
toP/.ona
Pl flt T
a
lDGlHO
~
-
. . .
f1tONT
lOO N< >
o _
I
~
- . . . . . . . .
=;J
i/
S I O E S
l
TOI ' AND l )
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
9/24
Wcx td sm it h
9
o.6Z
MAGNmC
CAtCH
fMtRON
l OU
SHUI __
~
3~..
@
@
W ITH
I
toOING
,
I~
L
\
I
. J .
HOtI
,
, . 1 - . . . . ,
1~
N
nwl
STlIlP
I
AJ J CNI l uAClNG
~ ON AU. SIDlS AND'\
InwtYN DOOaS
tlS W
to .-
THICk
a,
1
111-< -
C . . . . . . f1WII
S 1 I J II G iNST
I i i
L
r- _,
u.o.
'ING
I
~ ; . . . . r . ; .
r ~ l ~ ~ ; ~ = ; ; .
~
: f .
f
:I~
1 FILl ER
STRIP
I
. ~_I tf
~~~:;_ /
5
I-TlI
2Wo
,
I
A JU,ough th is W all U n it m a y be per fecOy
square an d kvel,lh c floori re s ts Oi l m a y n ot
be-espcc inllylf thcunitisoncarpetingaod
ag ains t a w all , T he re 's u su ally a tack s trip
u nd e r t he l .rp ct ncar t he w all. T hi sc ao t ill
th etop o(th c W a ll U n it o u t ro th e wall.
T o le v el i t . 1 ad d e d two a d ju s ta b le le v ele
rs
b eh ind th e b ottom pane l,
see
Fig . 18. The
t ri ck to
adju
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
10/24
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
11/24
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
12/24
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
13/24
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
14/24
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
15/24
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
16/24
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
17/24
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
18/24
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
19/24
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
20/24
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
21/24
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
22/24
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
23/24
-
7/24/2019 Woodsmith - 062
24/24
