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Ross Leidy
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Parquetry in a Stained Glass Pattern #3: And the Beat Goes On
Ross Leidy
While waiting for the circle cutter to arrive, I identified the boundaries for another independent module I could assemble - the cluster underneath...
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Parquetry in a Stained Glass Pattern #2: The Start of a Long March
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Initially, I didn't plan to make any blog posts for this project because I didn't know if it would work out or crash and burn (still don't). But si...
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Parquetry in a Stained Glass Pattern #1: The Plan
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In the near future, I'll be building a sliding panel similar to what Ron Stewart did here. In my case, I thought I'd try to make the panel a sort ...
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Media Cabinet #18: Finished!
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After about 2-1/2 months, the cabinet is finished and ready for use. Media cabinet project summary: • Baltic birch plywood with Izombe veneer an...
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Media Cabinet #17: Drawer Pull
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For the drawer pull, I decided on a simple edge-mounted design. I wanted it to be black to match the legs, and to avoid another round of ebonizing...
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Media Cabinet #16: Odds and Ends
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Here are some progress photos on some miscellaneous bits. I did do a test with edge-to-edge magnets. They did pretty well self-aligning, and they...
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Media Cabinet #15: Drawer Box
Ross Leidy
I used this opportunity to get some experience with the Leigh D4R dovetail jig. I bought it used in a package deal with the Leigh mortise and teno...
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Media Cabinet #14: Removable Rear Panel
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I waited until the the main part of the cabinet was built to work on the removable rear panel. That way I could take the actual dimensions of the ...
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Media Cabinet #13: Ebonizing
Ross Leidy
Google will provide you with a lot of information on this process, but briefly, the common practice for ebonizing involves creating iron acetate by...
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Media Cabinet #12: Support Frame (continued)
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It's the final push to complete the shaping, sanding, and glue-up for the support frame. On the front/back stretchers, I added a 1/4" roundover on...
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Media Cabinet #11: Support Frame
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The last bit of joinery remaining are the stretchers between the longer front/back stretchers. Are they really stretchers or do they have a differ...
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Media Cabinet #10: Leg Shaping
Ross Leidy
With all the joinery completed on the legs, I could work on rounding over their edges. I went slowly, raising the 1/2" radius bit a little each ti...
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