Day 11 – Sacristy cabinet
Only a few hours to work today, thought I would try to knock out some of the spindles. I had some 2-1/8″x3/4″x8′ pieces that were perfect for these. I trimmed off the 1/8″ from the rough side, cut them down to 48″, and ran them through the planer just to clean up the faces. Next I planed and cut to size (20) 2″x2″x1/2″ spacers. Once those were done, I moved over to the router table and rounded the edges of the long boards. All but the ends on the inside faces. I then glued all the mating faces and assembled them with brad nails. Finally I dropped the router, with a round over bit installed, into the 1/2″ slot to finish rounding the inner groove. I thought I was all done for the evening until I counted my spindles… I needed ten but only made nine. Oops! Oh well, 20 minutes later I had ten… Next will be sanding then drilling out the ends for the 3/4″ dowels…
Cutting down the stock for my spindles
Rounding over most of the edges
Routed all but a few inches on the mating side
Glued in the half inch spacer
Clamped and nailed for extra strength
All assembled (but one)
Finished rounding the inside and outside edges
Ready for sanding
Midnight Woodworking 