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Storage Box/Chest

Rod

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With all the medical treatment I’ve been having over the last 4yrs I really haven’t done much in my workshop apart from the odd bit of DIY maintenance etc. But a few weeks ago I was dragged round a Furniture showroom ( to buy some anti slip carpet stuff) when my wife spotted an Ercol storage chest. Apart from the fact it was £322 it was also too big for space available for it.
“I’ll make you one I said, I’ve got some lovely walnut for the top which will match the chest of drawers”.

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So last week I dug out the wood from my shed.

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I’ve got 4 planks of air dried walnut that I bought years ago, 2 top quality and 2 not so good with a few knots and defects. After a bit of head scratching and a few design changes, I reckoned I could get the poorer quality walnut to work.
For the painted areas I’ve got several boards of “dirty” sycamore which should do the trick.

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Lesser Quality

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Good stuff

Cutting down, ready for thicknessing

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Rod
 
Looks a nice project. I'm looking forward to the next post

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Good to see you back in your workshop, Rod.
 
Mike G":1zeirgfx said:
Good to see you back in your workshop, Rod.
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:text-+1: Must be great to smell the sawdust again. Are you going to fire up the lathe as well and turn some legs as per the Ercol one?
 
Thanks

Andy - I might go for the easy option as I’ve some double mortices and housing to cut into them.
Actually thinking about them, I might be able to turn them after the cutting??

Rod
 
Despite being a man of leisure, gardening and Grand-parenting duties keep getting in the way.

I used my WoodRat for cutting the mortices, housings and panel rebates but my router table for the panel rising - the cutter is a bit too wide for the rat.
For the mortices and housings I used a carbide spiral uncut. For the rebates and panel rising I used cutters from Wealden.

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Dry fitting:

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I’m leaving the tenon cutting until last ( which I do on my Bandsaw) to cater for any minor fitting discrepancies. I haven’t decided wether to trim the mortices square or leave as cut and round the tenons instead - very quick using a Japanese saw file.

To be continued

Rod
 
Good progress Rod :eusa-clap:

Could I ask the brand of your quick change collet & what you think of it ?
 
Doug":2rmowvn9 said:
Good progress Rod :eusa-clap:

Could I ask the brand of your quick change collet & what you think of it ?
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That looks like this bit of kit, which is utterly fantastic :D. Had one in my router table on the big Trend for several years - Rob
 
Yes that’s the one, makes changing cutters a cinch. Don’t remember paying that sort of money though!

Dave - that’ll be the day though I’ve still quite a stock of timber to get through.

Rod
 
I started cutting out the tenons - I carefully marked and numbered all the pieces after the dry fit then stupidly cut them off using the Bandsaw!!

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Time to pack up for the day.

Rod
 
A bit more dry fitting

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Then the adrenaline bit - the glue up!

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Note to self, apart from not numbering the parts you are going to cut off, allow a bit more slack in the joints especially the raised panel items.

Rod
 
Well done on the chest,sir. Perhaps it is the lighting, but those panels sure look like butternut. I am prepping the same, at the mo'. Wish I could find my camera to snap a pic or two. Maybe the wife will allow me using her I-phone. :o Looking forward to the top.
 
I don’t think we can get Butternut here??
The carcass wood is Sycamore, a member of the Maple family. I cheated a bit in that the bottom panels are ply.
Difficult to find pure white so these pieces are classed as “dirty”.
I made this table a few years back from the same stash but picked out the better pieces.

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I was going to paint it white (with the walnut top varnished) but the client now wants it all varnished as some pieces show off a ripple.
I’m still not too sure as the streaks will still show up as “dirty”??

Rod
 
Rob - probably Osmo PolyX if my tin of the stuff is still workable.
Got to seek out some soft closers and hinges now.

Rod
 
Rod":2tclh8f1 said:
Rob - probably Osmo PolyX if my tin of the stuff is still workable.
Got to seek out some soft closers and hinges now.

Rod
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That may turn it the usual 'yellow' (for want of a more appropriate term). I've heard excellent reports about Osmo Raw which a lot of folk now use on Ash. The 'discolouration' using standard oil finishes is one reason that I haven't used ash in the past, but I may well do later on - Rob
 
Mmmm nice looking jointing plane. I have not seen them with the side plate.

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Veritas - the side plate is an optional extra which I bought S/H
I think it fits other planes in Veritas’s range??

Rod
 
Sycamore is much more bland than Butternut, as a tree its sometimes thought of as a weed - it springs up everywhere.
Mines a bit “dirty” and starting to spalt, “good” sycamore is all white.
I’ve decided to compromise - varnish the outside and paint the inside white. I can always paint the outside too if needed.

Here’s the pieces after one coat, still drying:

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Rod
 
I fitted the hinges and some gas struts today.
The instructions were pretty carp and with a 50::50 chance of getting it wrong - I did!!

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Securing pins the wrong way round

Rod
 
Struts fitted correctly - with hindsight perhaps should have used silver hinges??

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And put a curve on the bottom rail??

Rod
 
Looks good Rod and I agree with your suggestion about silver coloured hinges; they would have tied in better with the other hardware. Retro fit some more hinges at a later date?

Also a curve on the bottom rail would lighten the overall appearance - Rob
 
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