Now that my Record 778 is setup I need to finish rabbets needed to assemble the drawer bottom. First I finished to cut the side rabbets to slide all boards between sliders and middle batten.
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| All side rabbets cut. |
Then I cut the rabbets for the ship lap assembly. Each board has a rabbet cut from the top on one side and a rabbet cut on the bottom on the other side.
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| Rabbet cut from the top face. |
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| One rabbet cut from the top, the other from the bottom. |
The Record 778 is very nice to use. With the dual arms the fence does not rake at all, and after having sharpened it, it now cuts very well, I like it.
One hour later all boards have been rabbeted and ready for a dry fit.
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| View from drawer bottom... |
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| ... and from the inside. |
I now need to bring the last board (at the top on the picture) to the correct side. Considering that I just need to remove half an inch or so I will plane the boards instead of sawing them. This will be first thing to do tomorrow. I will also plane the drawer bottom interior so very thing is well flat and I will also plane a bead between each board where they overlap to make the join nicer.
Before doing the final assembly I will apply finish on each board as it will be easier to apply if the boards are not jointed. The interior finish will consist in a coat of high grade nano penetrating polymerized protection that I elaborated after years of research in laboratory (a simple 50/50 mix of boiled linseed oil and turpentine), then a NASA approved molecular statoresistant layer of protection (a.k.a. shellac).
Stay tuned!
Nicely done, Lionel. I'm glad the #778 was working well for you. I remember my own troubles with a #778 when I was making some picture frames a couple years ago. It's such a relief to get past that. I'm looking forward to seeing how the bottom boards look with the bead detail.
ReplyDeleteThank you Matt. I read your post about the 778 and it was great inspiration for me like many of your posts.
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