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how do I do this?

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Steve Kubien

how do I do this?

Steve Kubien

>Hi everybody,

I will soon be embarking on a small cabinet to house my growing assortment of Knight planes. Basically, it will look like a small bookcase/wall cabinet. I want the top to extend past the sides and front edge. How do I taper this overhang?

I know I could use my t*bl*s*w or the screaming finger eater but I want this to be all handtools. I own NO moulding planes. So, my thought has been to score the underside of the top deeply with a knife. I would mark the final thickness of the edge around the piece with a marking gauge. Then, I would use a rip saw to remove the bulk of the wood and finish up with a variety of handplanes. Hopefully by scoring the underside, I can avoid tearout as the rip saw finishes and exits the cut.

Does this sound reasonable? Do you see any chance for success or just dire prospects of wood butchery? BTW, the tapered edge is intended to be a straight line. Sort of the limited adornment motif of the Shakers.

Thanks for your help,

Steve Kubien

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Justin W in Ann Arbor, MI

>Steve -

The link below describes making raised panels with handtools. If I correctly understand what you're wanting to do, the link may be helpful.

- Justin


http://www.shavings.net/RAISED_PANELS.HTM

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Steven, mark the chamfer/splay in pencil and plane

Andrew F in Australia

>...plane it down.

Won't take long - you'll be surprised how quickly it goes.

Don't use a marking gauge as the gauge line stays behind in the finished product.

Cheers,

Andrew

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Steve Kubien

Re: Steven, mark the chamfer/splay in pencil and p

Steve Kubien

>Thanks for the advise. I'll give it a go, once I've finalized the design.

Steve Kubien

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Steve Kubien

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Steve Kubien

>That's great Justin. Thank you very much. That page gets printed and added to my workshop binder, right along the Wisdom of Adam Cherubini.

Cheers,

Steve Kubien

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And if you own one

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>and you're feeling really gutsy, you can rough down the chamfer with a drawknife, then finish to smooth and pretty with the plane.

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