Hey Paul,

Thanks for your response. I had no idea you were using cherry to accent the piece. The fact that YOU like the appearance of the shadow line that the cherry wood creates when viewed from the outside is reason enough to do it. Keep up the good work.

Bruce

Paul............keeps looking better and better. That glass cutting..sheesh.... we just don't do it enough to get comfortable doing it.

Do you have a finishing schedule in mind yet??

Neil,

I was a little hesitant to cut my own glass given I have never done it before. I'm glad I went for it! It's really not that difficult. If I were to do more of it, I would find a better tool though. The $3 home depot special had a lot of slop and room for error.

I have already completed about 75% of the pre-finishing on the cabinet. All the inside faces & components were finished with shellac. The outer cabinet faces have a few coats of BLO. They have had about 3 weeks to cure. I will be following the BLO with shellac and wax.

The quilted maple looks really beautiful with the BLO. I'm happy with that choice.

Paul,

I can't believe it takes 3 weeks for BLO to dry in "Arid"Zona. Do you use and "Japan" Dryer in your BLO?

I'm sure it has been cured for awhile now. I tried to plan my last coat before my trip back home to keep me from messing with it I haven't experimented too much with finishes. I feel it is a weak subject for me. I did dilute it with turpentine.

Forgive my ignorance but what is BLO? thought it was the opposite of suck

BLO, aside from being the first three letters of your moniker, is an acronym for Boiled Linseed Oil. By the way, if you don't allow it to fully cure, before applying your top coat, your final finish may indeed suck.

Cheers BD, has anyone here used the hardwax oils we are all using over here now? very easy to use, quick to dry and tough (meant for hardwood floors)?

Bloonose,

To which 'hardwax oils' do you refer?

The Osmo seems to be the favourite, but the Fiddes is also popular, too many to list

http://www.osmouk.com/osmopolyx.cfm?chapter=29

http://www.fiddes.co.uk/content/hard-wax-oil.html

Update: So I finished all the pre-finishing of the case and did the glue up the other day. I'm a little behind on the updates. So I apologize.

Glue up went great. I broke it up in 3 stages.

Stage 1 included glueing the main shelf in while top and bottom were in position.
Stage 2 included gluing all the dowels into the ends of the sides as well as glueing the vertical and horizontal drawer dividers.
Stage 3 included glueing the top and bottom on and checking for square.

Overall it was really pleasant and it kept me from loosing it. So I am happy with the way everything turned out. Pre-finishing was definitely the way to go. Clean up was a cinch and I am happy with the over all look of the maple. I will apply wax as a last step when completed.

Next step will be to build and install the back frame and panel, build the drawers, fit the doors. Until then I figured I would start the base.

Hey Paul.......overall thread is a very good, this past weekend while digging out a piece of sheet stock, on the backside was a full scale drawering of a Krenov case that has to be 1995/96?

Thought of your thread!!!!.......How's the stand coming along..........Neil

Hey Neil. Stand is moving along. Little slower than expected. I have a lengthy post to put up about it. Between the christmas gifts and work my time has been fairly limited. Here is a couple rough photos from my phone of the base dry fit. I will get some nice shots soon. Thanks for the interest

Hope everyone had a nice Christmas, I figured I would give a quick update. I didn't get a ton done on the cabinet through the holidays.

Now I have been in desperate need for a router table and it just so happened that I received the Kreg pocket hole jig for Christmas and wanted to try it out. Now I will never use the jig for anything I consider fine furniture, but after using it to build the table, I have to say it does have its place in my shop! Awesome tool.

So this past weekend I cranked a router table out. I still need to put some dust collection on it as well as a door. I made it from 3/4" baltic birch and the Kreg router table top. I had some left over 2" foam insulation from when I insulated my garage door and took the opportunity to use it on the base. The three sides received the 2" panels and the door will have a piece as well. Hopefully it will eliminate some of the noise. I will let you know as soon as I finish it up. So far so good.

I should also mention it is outfitted with a Jessem Mast-R-lift I bought a while ago. Its nice to finally get some use of it I built it to be just 1/16 under my table saw top to use as an out-feed table. With a small shop like mine, Multi-use is essential.

Here are a few photos of the router table as well as a quick mock up of the lower stretcher design I worked on last night. I roughed out a couple scrap pieces to get the feel for the curves right. Nothing like seeing it in real 3D space. I like where its going and will start to make some templates.

P.S. I'm working on catching my blog up to my posts on here. Check it out if you like http://paulsebastianstudio.com

Nice looking router table, Paul. I like the idea of double duty with the outfeed table usage. Multi purposing is always a good thing. (doing my best Martha Stewart impression)

Paul
the other one

Dude, the display case and stand is looking great!

Nice shop too, how do you like the Ridgid TS?


Matt

Thanks guys. Matt, the Ridgid TS is a new edition. It's a craigslist find. Guy had it brand new never assembled for a steal. Couldn't pass it up. It replaced a craftsman contractor saw.

So far its not bad. It is an upgrade for me. I was impressed overall with the quality (meaning better than I expected from Ridgid.) Passes the nickel test. Time will tell.

Last night I made my MDF templates for the stretchers. I will also use this template to layout the apron curve. Hopefully I can get this finished this weekend.