Wenge White Wip

[JonnyD]

A little project I am just starting which may be of interest. I have already cut up a load of 25mm mrmdf which will become the shelving unit. There's a few mitre joins in this and the mitres have been cut on the panel saw and then jointed with dominoes

A 3mm round is put on the inside edges as it will be impossible to do after its assembled

I made up some cramping blocks by doing 2 45 degree saw cuts in some cls timber these are clamped onto the mdf shelves

The cramping blocks then allow the mitres to be pulled up nicely with pressure across the mitre

Some bits that have been assembled so far

When its done it should look a bit like this . There's some big scribes to the wall and some led lighting around the edges

Thanks for looking

Cheers

Jon

 

[marcros]

i like the idea of the clamping blocks- much better than the band clamps i have tried to use on boxes.

 

[MARK.B.]

Must put a few of those clamping blocks on my to-do list

 

[munkypuzel]

Great idea, the simplest are the best!

I like the project also, please keep the photos comimg,

 

[JonnyD]

Today's instalment started on the Carcases and realised I had made a mistake with the length of the sides . I had not added on the thickness of the top and bottom so the solution was to turn the sides around so the holes I had already dominoed were on the outside and make some new bottoms and tops that the sides sit onto. The mistake can be seen here but won't be seen after installation

The Carcases were marked out for the dividers

A simple fence clamped on to guide the domino

The domino slots are off centre on the 25mm mdf cause its easier to mark a everything out with the 10mm offset on the machine

Just a case them assembling everything to see how it looks got 2 of the top carcases done

Got the veneer out to see what it looks like nicely quarter sawn I thought

Thanks for looking

Cheers

Jon

 

[Tierney]

Looking forward to seeing the finished piece.

DT

 

[mn pete]

I really like this design! Can't wait to see it finished.

 

[JonnyD]

Thanks for the interest

Got the other 2 carcases done today and have changed the design slightly from the one posted as I think it flows better

Made a slight mistake on one bit so will need to make a new panel

Just having a bit of a look to see what the wenge back will look like

Thanks for looking

Cheers

Jon

edit- hopefully pics sorted

 

[JonnyD]

im making this for myself so have only made the bottom carcase today as i needed to do other jobs

I was toying with the idea of rosewood drawers but i think im gonna stick with the wenge although it would look nice

cheers

Jon

 

[JonnyD]

Got the units placed together to see how it looks

Going to start on the veneering next and hope it gets a little warmer soon so I can start spraying.

Cheers

Jon

 

[Tierney]

Jon,

Looking great. Did you consider making the vertical partitions in the bottom carcass double thickness to align with the top carcass? Not a criticism just curious as that's what I would probably do.

Regards,

DT

 

[JonnyD]

Hi DT i did consider it but wanted the grain of the wood to flow through on the bottom carcase .

Cheers

Jon

 

[marcros]

jonny did you ever finish this? any chance of some pics?

 

[JonnyD]

It's pretty much still at the stage as shown in the last photos. Hope to get some time on it soon but have been very busy with other work

Cheers

Jon

 

[Phil Pascoe]

That first wenge looks like ABW, I've a kitchen full of wenge that doesn't look like that.

 

[JonnyD]

That first wenge looks like ABW, I've a kitchen full of wenge that doesn't look like that.

It's definitely wenge it does look a bit lighter in the pics though probably the fluorescent lights in the workshop

Cheers

Jon