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Custom Fine Furniture by Alan Young
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Custom Fine Furniture by Alan Young
Woodward Woodworks
Fabrication begins with the lower cabinet section of the left case.
I did not take very many shots as I was moving along. Here are some pictures of the lower case with most fabrication completed.
It just needs the molding around the door frames.
I will add that when I reach the same stage for the upper cabinet and can mill the molding in one stage.
I am moving on to the upper case for the next round of work.
I'll begin by "framing" the tiles in the reeded front face frames.
I want most of the tile profile to be seen but it will need some frame work for support beyond the grout.
Here's the look I'll be after---triming will come later...
The reeded frame pieces are made in two layers .
The lower or back layer is a flat piece of 3/4" stock.
For the top or front layer, I ripped and book matched stock to glue up to the same over-all width.
A plinth at the base and a 3/4" frame at the top will complete each piece
Each bookcase will use four handcrafted tiles from Motawi Tiles The tiles are 4" square and aprox 1/2 in thick.
Let's take a look at the molding. The stock comes milled on two sides-reeded or fluted as per choice.
I'll be using the reeded side out.
If I edge glue these pieces togther they are about 1/4 inch wider than the backer, so I ripped about 1/8th of an inch off one side.
Lets glue it up....
Until I break down and built a Frank Klauz workbench I have the luxury of beating up on this one.
I cobbled together a couple of scraps of poplar to make these handy risers. They are screwed to the bench.
I ran a bead of glue down the contact edges of the back side.
I took advantage of the dual profile of this molding by cuting off small sections and using the reverse profile as clamping blocks
3/4" stock frames out the tile location at the top.
A bit of glue clean-up and triming otherwise
One down three to go.....
