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Twin Kitchen Hutches #52
by bricofleur Sunday, January 24, 2010
To proceed gluing the face frames, I raise the casings on these shopmade I-beams. Doing so, I’ll be able to slip the clamps under the casings. I spread a moderate amount of glue and insert the biscuits. As shown, I proceed with one hutch at a time...
Twin Kitchen Hutches #44
by bricofleur Wednesday, December 16, 2009
I install this shopmade support on my workbench to raise the face frames to be cut. I use the jigsaw with a coarse blade to cut the curves on the lower part of the face frames. The blade stays away from the line. The router will complete the cut. This...
Twin Kitchen Hutches #42
by bricofleur Saturday, December 5, 2009
All the face frame pieces being cut, I temporarely stabilize them with a clamp. Now I clamp the pattern guide I made earlier and I draw all the decorative curves on the lower rail. Here are the carefully located biscuit marks for the lower rail. Hese...
Twin Kitchen Hutches #40
by bricofleur Saturday, November 28, 2009
After drawing the center line, I trace on a piece of hardboard each half from the paper pattern I made earlier. Here is the result. Note that an optical illusion from the camera shows the bottom of the lines curved towards the inside. I’m making...
Blind Nailing/Screwing Jigs or Workshop Tongs
by bricofleur Thursday, September 17, 2009
How many mistakes are made and how much time is spent taking mesurements to locate exactly where to drive nails or screws, or drill a hole from behind ? For a shelf, a bracket, a door pull, a bookcase, a stud division in an open drywall, etc ? No more...