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| The door, pre-finish |
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| Sight down the top of the rail. Do you see the repair? |
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| New ends on the tenon |
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| Shaving on the tenon |
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| Tear-out in the bottom right-hand corner |
October 25, 2010
The Door is Almost Done
It's been a while since I've posted anything wood shop related, probably because it takes an exorbitant amount of time for most things to happen. This is a function of assimilating incredible amounts of new information and of the attention to detail and near-perfection that our instructors expect of us. More than 100 hours later, the front door of my jewelry cabinet is almost done. If everything goes according to plan, I should have it glued-up tomorrow morning. The door has seen a number of mistakes and repairs. In this order in the photos below, I had to 1) repair the slot that I cut into the wrong side of my frame member, 2) saw off and reaffix a poorly shaped tenon, 3) glue a shaving to fatten up a poorly fitted tenon, 4) patch tear-out on the end of my redwood panel. And after all that, I (almost!) have a door.
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Mistakes are a part of woodworking and should be embraced. It's great that you are making them at school where you have the support to recover and learn from them.
ReplyDeleteI hear you met one of my best friends, Devin Thamer, who brought some wood to the school recently.
The door is looking great!
David