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HB Tansu #2-Progress 6
Well all the fitting of the front to rear bearers is now completed. They have all been planed to mate flush top and bottom with the front and rear bearers. This little detail is important when it...
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HB Tansu#2-Progress 7
It’s been a rough week all around. The server at work crashed while trying to install an upgrade to the accounting software. Since I double as the IT department, the problem fell to me....
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HB Tansu #2-Progress 8
Today was carcass glue-up day. Always a little stressful, but getting less so every time I do it. I started by addressing all of the small areas that I identified yesterday as needing work. Once...
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HB Tansu #2-Progress 9
Now that the carcass is assembled, it’s time for drawers. My shop is small and I have found that is much easier to build one drawer at a time in my confined space. Not exactly conducive to...
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HB Tansu #2-Progress 10
I’m extremely disappointed in the 4-5 people who read my sporadic drivel. In the last installment you let me drone on about drawer fronts and frames and how I was going to spend Sunday in the shop...
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HB Tansu #2-Progress 11
Time flies when you set a crazy goal. I only managed to get about an hour in the shop over the past week. So my goal this morning was to complete all of the drawer frames and have them glued up. It’s...
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HB Tansu #2-Progress 12
I began the weekend by finishing the fitting of all of the drawer frames. I must say that leaving the bottoms out for now has been a very good way to go. It has been much easier to work on these and...
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HB Tansu #2-Progress 13
Today saw the final round of glue-up for HB Tansu #2. Unless I make a mess of something and have to do some repair work. Fingers crossed that nothing like that transpires in the next few days. Doors...
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HB Tansu #2-Progress 14
Yesterday, Monday, my plan was to complete and fit the sliding doors and then do all of the final trimming and sanding winding out the day with the first coat of BLO. Yep, you guessed it, that didn’t...
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HB Tansu #2-Progress 15-Complete
Three coats of BLO and two coats of the Tried and True Original finish, lots of hand buffing and rubbing, the “hardware” installed and I’m calling it done. The oil finish is exactly the look and feel...
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