2019-05-02T15-04-54

Sometimes I am lazy or just too deep into a project and neglect to sharpen my plane irons as often as I should, but now I am starting a new project and I took the time to sharpen and tune my bench planes. What a difference it makes! It makes planing these White Oak boards a real pleasure rather than a struggle. #OpenWallCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking

2019-05-06T15-33-28

After exploring several joinery layouts by drawing them full-scale on paper, I decided to go with sets of 3-1/2 dovetails with a traditional 1:8 slope for the White Oak open cabinet. #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking

2019-05-07T15-41-08

All the tails for the open cabinet are done, but before I can cut the pins, I have to prepare the rabbet that will host the ship-lapped back of the cabinet; the reason is that I am planning to hide the rabbet behind a half pin and I want to be able to mark it at the same time as all the other pins. I started by plowing a groove with the plow plane and then removed the rest with the shoulder plane. #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking

2019-05-10T12-22-15

How can you cut a really nice fitting set of pins and still be so disappointed?! I forgot to mark the half pin that was going to hide the rabbet in the side of the open cabinet; that’s how! Well, I will have to go with plugs; luckily, I started with the bottom piece, so I can still try my hand at the half pins with the top piece :-) #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking⁣

2019-05-10T17-29-51

Problem fixed. Without the half pins in the bottom piece of the open cabinet, I had no choice but to plug the ends of the rabbets I had plowed in the side pieces. The grain match may not be perfect, but since these tails point down, nobody is really going to see them :-) #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking⁣

2019-05-11T09-14-53

Problem fixed. Without the half pins in the bottom piece of the open cabinet, I had no choice but to plug the ends of the rabbets I had plowed in the side pieces. The grain match may not be perfect, but since these tails point down, nobody is really going to see them :-) #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking⁣

2019-05-13T16-45-06

This time I did not forget to mark the half pin at the back of the top of the open cabinet, so here it is; I am very happy with this first try; I found it no more difficult than regular dovetails; I was concerned about measuring the exact length of the half pin, but I ended up using the tail piece to just mark the length directly on the pin. #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking⁣

2019-05-14T14-19-06

Now that the dovetails are all done, it is time to level the edges of the carcass of the open cabinet and add the rabbet to the top and bottom pieces. #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking⁣

2019-07-16T11-29-38

Back to the Oak open cabinet after a long break; so long, that the pieces had time to bow and cup and I had to touch them up a bit and re-fit the dovetails before chopping the through mortises that will hold the main shelf of the cabinet. #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking⁣

2019-07-16T12-24-42

Back to the Oak open cabinet after a long break; so long, that the pieces had time to bow and cup and I had to touch them up a bit and re-fit the dovetails before chopping the through mortises that will hold the main shelf of the cabinet. #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking⁣

2019-07-17T12-13-22

This piece of quarter-sawn White Oak had a perfectly flat reference face before I left on vacation! Now I have to go back and plane all four shelves of my cabinet again and will be left with thinner pieces; luckily I had not made the dados in the sides of the cabinet yet :-) #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking⁣

2019-07-18T16-58-43

The shelves are ready; the short tenons will go into stopped dados in the sides of the cabinet. #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking⁣

2019-07-19T13-21-14

The shelf separating the drawers from the open part of the cabinet will sit in stopped dados like the other shelves, but also has three small through tenons on each end that will further strengthen the carcass and add a little bit of visual interest. #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking⁣

2019-07-23T12-14-40

I finally got a chance to try my new Azebiki saw on the stopped dados of the open wall cabinet; I started with a shallow knife wall and deepened it with the saw; it worked out really well. #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking⁣

2019-07-23T16-20-06

Now that the joinery is done, I assembled the cabinet to check for square, gaps, etc. It’s looking good, but there is still a bit more work to do before I can glue everything up. #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking⁣

2019-07-23T16-20-39

Now that the joinery is done, I assembled the cabinet to check for square, gaps, etc. It’s looking good, but there is still a bit more work to do before I can glue everything up. #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking⁣

2019-07-24T14-42-39

Chamfering the tips of the tails of the open wall cabinet was easy to do using a block plane along the long edges, but doing the short edges turned out a bit more delicate; I settled on removing most material with a chisel and touching up with a small file. #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking⁣

2019-07-26T17-24-10

Finally the main pieces for the open wall cabinet are finished and I got to give them a first coat of varnish oil. The interesting thing about this Michael Pekovich-style cabinet, with the proud joinery and the front edge of all intersecting parts offset by 1/16”, is that you can completely finish your pieces before the glue-up, including smooth planing, scraping, chamfering the edges and joinery, and even applying the finish both inside and outside. #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking⁣

2019-07-30T15-19-39

When edge planing thin pieces like the slats for the back of my current wall cabinet project, I prefer to hold the piece on top of the workbench to make sure it does not flex under the pressure of the plane (it is only 1-1/2” x 1/4” in section); I hold it by simply clamping it to a piece of wood held in the front vice. #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking⁣

2019-07-31T12-37-45

How do you plane this? After resawing some thicker stock, I ended up with severely bowed slats for the back of my cabinet; planing the convex face was not a problem and I was not worried about the bow since the slats are very thin and flexible and they will be screwed onto the back of the cabinet; however when I got to plane the convex face, I realized I could not hold the piece against my planing stop! I ended up planing half a length at a time, using the ledge of my bench hook to hold the piece down against the planing stop and still being able to remove it quickly to check my progress; then clamping the planed end to the workbench to plane the rest. #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking⁣

2019-07-31T12-42-59

How do you plane this? After resawing some thicker stock, I ended up with severely bowed slats for the back of my cabinet; planing the convex face was not a problem and I was not worried about the bow since the slats are very thin and flexible and they will be screwed onto the back of the cabinet; however when I got to plane the convex face, I realized I could not hold the piece against my planing stop! I ended up planing half a length at a time, using the ledge of my bench hook to hold the piece down against the planing stop and still being able to remove it quickly to check my progress; then clamping the planed end to the workbench to plane the rest. #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking⁣

2019-07-31T12-44-34

How do you plane this? After resawing some thicker stock, I ended up with severely bowed slats for the back of my cabinet; planing the convex face was not a problem and I was not worried about the bow since the slats are very thin and flexible and they will be screwed onto the back of the cabinet; however when I got to plane the convex face, I realized I could not hold the piece against my planing stop! I ended up planing half a length at a time, using the ledge of my bench hook to hold the piece down against the planing stop and still being able to remove it quickly to check my progress; then clamping the planed end to the workbench to plane the rest. #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking⁣

2019-07-31T15-15-56

Plowing the rabbets for the shiplapped back on my bowed slats was going to be potentially tricky; then it occurred to me I could simply flip the fence of my sticking board upside down to hold them flat. I never thought of this use when I made my stepped fence, but am glad it turned out really handy. #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking⁣

2019-08-01T09-49-48

I chickened out on the big glue-up at the last minute. I really wanted to glue the carcass and all the shelves in one go, but I was too worried the glue would set before I had time to get everything in place. So, I will have to slide the shelves in from the back and only use a bit of glue at the front and back and hope they do not get jammed :-) #OpenWallCabinet #OpenCabinet #WallCabinet #HangingCabinet #Cabinet #WhiteOak #Oak #HandToolsOnly #MadeByHand #Woodworking⁣