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WorldSkills Competition: Cabinetmaking |
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The
WorldSkills Competition project was a nightstand with
a dovetailed drawer |
Drawer:
The hand-cut dovetailed drawer consisted of half-blind dovetails
on the front corners and through dovetails at the back. Sharp
chisels were important, because the joints had to be very clean;
there could be no visible saw marks and no tear-out from waste
removal. Since time was a factor, I used a fret saw to cut away
most of the waste and pared down to the line with a chisel.
When I transferred the markings from the tails to the pin board,
I used a single-bevel marking knife. I find it gives the most
accurate mark because its point is tight against the workpiece.
During glue-up, I was very careful in spreading the glue to
avoid squeeze-out on the inside of the joint.
Door: The joints consisted of bridle joints on the upper
corners and haunched mortise and tenon joints on the lower corners.
The center mullions were joined to the outer frame and center
block also using mortise and tenon joints. I cut the bridle
joints using the shaper, which gave me a very clean and tight
fit and made handwork unnecessary. The mortises for the haunched
tenons were cut using a hollow chisel mortiser, which required
cleanup using a sharp chisel. I cut the tenons on my router
table and cleaned them up to fit perfectly using a skew block
plane and shoulder plane.
Leg frames: These included mitered dovetails, which are
a bit trickier than regular dovetails, on the upper corners
and mortise and tenon joints to join the lower rail to the leg.
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Y-shaped
veneer in vacuum press |
Tabletop:
This was veneered in a Y-shaped pattern, much the same way as
you would prepare a diamond match. I used a utility knife with
a straightedge to cut the veneers and then fine-tuned the joint
using a straight sanding block. I used a vacuum press to glue
the veneer to the substrate. To finish off the top, I joined
solid headers to the outside edges using biscuits and glue and
brought them flush to the veneer using a sharp plane. |
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