Sacristy cabinet delivery
I won’t have time to get into the shop today so I am posting the pictures of the sacristy cabinet that I delivered this past weekend. Since the cabinet was … Continue reading
Day 16 – Sacristy cabinet
Finished up today. I had help so it all went faster… Before we could get started, Adam had to test the lock just to make sure that it worked ok. … Continue reading
Day 15 – Sacristy cabinet
I started out the day by sanding down the first coat of polyurethane. The first coat is always rough. It raises the grain when it is first applied, and there … Continue reading
Day 14 – Sacristy cabinet
I got to work early today. The stain and Urethane had dried for about 8 hours. Since the spindles were dry enough, I moved the rails in a bit which … Continue reading
Day 13 – Sacristy cabinet
Getting down to the home stretch. I would like to finish this weekend. Today my youngest son and I spent about an hour cleaning and vacuuming the shop in preparation … Continue reading
Day 12 – Sacristy cabinet
My last pieces to construct for this project are the spindles. First I sanded down the spindle bodies that I made last night. Then I made up a jig to … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Day 10 – Sacristy cabinet
I got all of the cedar boards cut out and planed last night, so today I inserted them into place. (They are Spanish cedar that I had left over from … Continue reading
Day 9 – Sacristy cabinet
The last two components to be made, for the cabinet, are the locking door and the rear panel. I decided to go with cedar for the rear panel instead of … Continue reading
Day 8 – Sacristy cabinet
Things started out well today. I got the drawer slides installed fairly quickly using my new drawer mounting jig from Kerg. Then things went downhill from there… Once the slides … Continue reading
Day 7 – Sacristy cabinet
I started out by cutting out the door panel for the locked storage area. Luckily I had the foresight to cut the bottom of the door before glueing it up. … Continue reading
Day 6 – Sacristy cabinet
Finally starting to make some real progress. I finished cutting the dados in the front and rear boards for the drawers. They were then assembled with glue and nails. Then … Continue reading
Day 5 – Sacristy cabinet
Blew off work today to stay home and play in the shop. I finished planing and cutting the raised panel profile on the drawer faces. I also cut the notched … Continue reading
Day 4 – Sacristy cabinet
Finished up planing the glue joints on the big boards. Took a few hours so not many pictures today 🙂
Day 3 – Sacristy cabinet
I only had a couple hours to play today. I finished cutting all the pieces down to the correct width and started the fun job of cleaning up all of … Continue reading
Day 2 – Sacristy cabinet
Today I finished glueing the side panels as well as the top and the shelves. The ambo panels will be separated by 10-1/2″ tall and 1/4″ thick dividers. I only … Continue reading
Day 1 – Sacristy cabinet
I was asked to build a cabinet that would hold all of the altar cloths for our church. This is day one. Plans are attached to this page for anyone … Continue reading
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