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| DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: Pixelhugger on December 08, 2005, 01:34:35 pm ---Oh yeeees. I should have pics up by this afternoon. I was jinxed by DK's post and when I setup my camera at the wood lab last night I realized that in my rush to get out the door I left my flash card at home. ARGH! So I made sure it was loaded when I headed BACK out the the high school at 6:30 this morning to remove the clamps from the trim. The lab could not have gone better. I had the day off yesterday so I was able to get nearly 4 hours in at the shop. This was enough time to drill the trackball hole, bullnose it, route out the recession for the mounting plate, flush trim the panel and the plexi along 3 sides with a router and along the bow front with the disc sander. Then (with literally minutes to spare before the bell rang:police:) align, glue and clamp the trim along the bow front edge (This marks use #3 of a hand made jig for the project). I polished the bullnose this morning with a fantastic result, a big relief after yet another hard learned lesson in lexan. ::) I still have to recess the joysticks and stain the trim before I can install the art and call the non-electronic portion completely done. As I said, no pics from the lab last night. For the most part it was just redo-ing the same stuff I did before to the lexan/particle board CP only this time in plexi/MDF. Glue up is always nerve wracking for me. In this case it was particularly stressful since I was working against the class clock. I had to make sure that the trim contacted the radius of the front edge all the way across. So I clamped a little jig across the outside of the trim to allow me a flat surface to clamp against and to provide even pressure across the radius. I was expecting a difficult go at keeping the top of the trim perfectly flush with the top of the plexi and was thinking I'd have to place a bunch of cauls (or braces) along the top to keep the trim in place vertically. Luckily that wasn't necessary. There was zero glue float or movement during clamping on the trim. I knew the glue would squeeze out around the plexi, but it was still horifying to watch it spread further than I had thought and begin to congeal. I was able to remove the plexi once the trim was firmly clamped and run like mad to wash it off before it set to the point of no return. So in the pics below you can see the MDF panel and the walnut sandwiched between it and the jig. The front edge of the CP is about 1 3/4" thick with the plexi in place. (I built up the front edge with a piece of poplar to double the surface for the 2" wide trim to get glued to. --- End quote --- blah blah blah somehow DK is to blame blah blah blah but I suckered you into looking at no pictures again blah blah blah You should have to run the gauntlet of all the viewers of this thread while we whip yer ass with wet noodles ;D |
| DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: Pixelhugger on December 08, 2005, 02:35:06 pm --- --- Quote from: RetroACTIVE on December 08, 2005, 02:26:42 pm ---What kind of glue? --- End quote --- Yellow. But in retrospect (and for the rest of the cabinet glue up) I'd use something slower setting. I just can't take the stress! --- End quote --- Titebond makes a slower-setting glue you could use. Something to keep in mind for better joints is to use that regular stuff (the stuff that sets up too fast for you) as a prep coat on any end grain. You'll essentially be using that glue to somewhat seal the end grain so when you finally fasten the two pieces together, that end grain won't wick away as much glue and possibly starve your joint. With miter joints, that's a REALLY important step, but if it's just plain butt joints, it's not as important, but still something you might want to think about. Kinda like glue primer. |
| Pixelhugger:
--- Quote from: DrewKaree on December 08, 2005, 06:06:16 pm ---blah blah blah somehow DK is to blame blah blah blah but I suckered you into looking at no pictures again blah blah blah --- End quote --- OK this time I actually LOL'd. Quietly, since I'm still at work. But audibly. |
| DrewKaree:
Are you just going with a clear finish on the whole thing, or a Danish oil or something? I can't seem to remember, and there's way too many pages to sort through. |
| Pixelhugger:
The walnut will get a dark stain to even out it's color and prevent lightening over time. It'll also help bring it closer to the super chocolate dark look I had hoped to go for with *coughs* ebony. It'll be topcoated with whatever I use to top the cherry, probably shellac or varnish. The cherry will get no stain. |
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