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Monday, February 10, 2014

A side trip to cabinetry

While working on the dollhouse, Ive taken a side venture on a cabinet face and door. This will be used to cover a set of breaker panels that is exposed. There are two panels that stick out from the wall by 1 1/4", so this is going to be a large frame and door. Im making this out of maple also so it can be stained...

Here I am making the door and panels. I am using mortise and tenon joinery. I like this joinery because it always tests my skills, and also makes for a very strong set of joints.

Ive made a frame thats 1 1/2" thick, and mounted the hardware and door to it to make sure everything is copasetic....

Perfect!

Ive taken the hinges off and started staining. Im using a warm cherry stain, and a few coats of high gloss poly to protect. Not bad for a two day project...

Friday, January 24, 2014

Abrasive paper and double side tape together for flattening

The abrasive paper attached to a plan surface is a good way to flatten soles of metal planes for significantly improving their performances. Usually I use spray glue that allows a valid bur reversible bonding so you can easily replace the abrasive when it is exhausted. The only drawback is the glue residue left on the glass plate that has to be cleaned with alcohol every time . An alternative way is to use double-sided adhesive tape which provides excellent grip and when removed leaves no residue on glass and results in faster replacement operations .

If you cant find a full sheet of sandpaper wide enough then you could join two narrow strips togheter.

. The tape thickness is minimal and does not affect the flatness degree useful to obtain a good levelled surface.