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Andrea takes a look at the Tansu style chest. Beth and I
had done quite a few steps. It does look closer to being finished.
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Andrea is now starting to line up the door and
drawers exactly. We know that some trimming will be necessary, but we want to be sure that
what we remove is supposed to be removed. There is not going to be a second chance at this
point.
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Andre has cut the
alignment strips from 1/8" plywood. We had used a crosscut blade initially to slice
the strips apart. Putting these strips in place, Andrea can align the grain as it was
exactly.
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Once she has it where
she wants it, she will trim the extras at the top and bottom.
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Using a Grr-ripper, Andrea can make safe and exact cuts.
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With all the small adjustment cuts made, Andrea wants to be sure that there is no shifting
of pieces at this point.
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She uses the nylon filament strapping tape to hold
the pieces in position.
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Now she
sands the sides and bottoms of each drawer to custom fit them to the opening.
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With the
strapping tape holding the fronts in position, Andrea works from the rear of the chest and
sprays the accelerator of the CA glue. The spray reaches the back of the drawer front and
the overspray hits everything inside the case, but will dry and not matter.
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She applies some of the CA glue to the drawer front.
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She
inserts the drawer into the space and carefully presses it against the front which she is
holding in place. After 15 seconds, she can let go and move to the next drawer. This is
one more handy use of this quick set glue.
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