Tomorrow's another day

pfollansbee

Jun 1

almost got where I wanted to be

I don't deal with deadlines. It's a good thing, too. Today, in between other things, I was planing some molding to set on the deep drawer's front. The first task is to make some beveled oak framing - just about 2" wide x 3/8" thick. Tapering down to about 1/8" on its thin edge. So I planed a bunch of it and then started mitering it to make the frames.

deep drawer front decoration underway

They surround this drawer front - to mimic two side-by-side drawers perhaps. And they cover the exposed through dovetails on this drawer.

through joinery no more

But the last long piece was too thin. And I was too tired to make another. Thus, tomorrow's another day. Here's where the drawer front stands now - after I get that last outer framing done, there's a small 5/8" wide molding cut to go around the inside of these two frames.

one more to go, then 20 more after that

The small triangular bits are maple, as is the center vertical rectangle. In this case, figured maple. I don't usually use figured wood - it's just not my bag. I bought this board over 10 years ago at the local home center (the one with blue stuff, not the one with orange stuff). Saw it there and my then-young son was with me. I explained to him that this wood is not my usual thing, but I was buying it because it shouldn't have been there to begin with. I was afraid it would go to waste. So over the last ten years I've managed to use up some small bits of it here & there. This cupboard has small sections of maple on three of the four drawers and a few pieces in the upper case too. I'll still have lots of it leftover.

figured maple

Here's my previous take on this drawer, in progress - all it has left are the two most difficult pieces to cut & fit. So that's what's ahead of me for this drawer. Then some turnings.