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We cut the back a while ago when the case was held
together by a bunch of clamps. It served the purpose at the time, but now looks like it
has too many large gaps. Anyway, I want to clean it up by cutting a new back.
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Borrowing a trick from the vinyl flooring
people, Andrea uses some cut down tongue depressors and uses the CA glue to position them
square to the cabinet.
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It may look fragile, but the CA glue is holding the sticks in place very
well.
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She traces around the
composite piece onto a fresh piece of plywood.
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She once again uses the Festool Trion jigsaw to cut smoothly to the lines.
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Now, that is a back that fits — much better. We will get some small brass screws for
fastening it into place.
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It's another day and Beth is here to help me finish
up the chest — I hope.
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She
starts by carefully undoing the filament tape that we used to hold the wood fronts in
place.
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The
method that Andrea and I had used worked perfectly except for this one drawer where the
front wasn't flat to the drawer. Beth fixed it by putting some fresh CA glue between the
pieces and adding a clamp to pull the pieces together. Other than that, all the drawers
and front fit very well.
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All the drawers are okay now and Beth holds the door in place. That is the last thing to
do — install the hinges.
Don't you love that grain.
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As I
just said, these 10mm barrel hinges have to be installed, but I don't want to come close
to drilling the actual chest until I have thoroughly jigged it and have practiced on some
throwaway MDF.
That will have to be for next week because with only 1mm on each side of the
drill, there is no room for any errors.
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