garyeanderson Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 One day I'll have all of the right clamps for the job at hand but until then I just use what's around The lumber for this came from a chest of draws that was put out on the edge of the street to be taker away for free. This cabinet was made by disassembling the bottom sweater draw, cutting the back in half lengthwise and reassembling the sides with the blind dovetails. The lacquer still wet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyeanderson Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 A bit of old grill cloth with some small issues the back side 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longdrive03 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Great project!!! Looks good. I stocked up on the bar clamps at Harbor Freight because they are good and well I am ..................................cheap! Bought a lot at an estate sale also. Good luck with project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 One cannot have too many clamps. Nice looking cabinet. The small imperfection in the grill cloth adds to the vintage look. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyeanderson Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 This is the middle draw, the blind dovetails didn't work out for this one and I had to rabbit the ends of 2 of the sides. I used 3 two-inch spring clamps per glue block. Yesterday was a nice day so the spray gun came out, it was near 70 degrees and real windy, no runs and no bugs, what could be better? This cab ended up at just under a cubic foot, the one above was closer to one and a third, both on the small side but that's as big as the parts allowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyeanderson Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 Spring clamps used to secure glue blocks to the cab while the glue dries. I dug into the fancy plywood for this cab. The cherry ribbon stripe mahogany was on the inner door of the Silvertone hifi I found on the side of the road back in February. I left the factory lacquered finish in place, I didn't even sand with 600 paper I just shot a coat of satin lacquer right over the old and it looks pretty good. Lacquer still wet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Very nice work, especially using re-claimed lumber. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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