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Posts: 161
Joined: Feb. 16 2011
From: Danville, CA
my latest screwup
Yes, this isn't a luthier question directly, but does affect my luthier endeavors indirectly. So bear with me:)
Ok, so I promised the wife I'd make my son's dresser before starting my guitar. Yes, I did cheat a bit and start the guitar in parallel. Still, figured that the dresser can't take that long and I'd be able to knock it off, and then focus all my energies on the guitar.
So, things have now gone a bit wrong :(
Yesterday I glued up the carcass and was feeling pretty good about my progress - it looked great, but a bit BIG. (see attached photo). Still, running with the self pride... had the wife come up and take a look at my handy work. First words out of her mouth are "wow, it's really wide!". Now she's the one that pushed me into the bigger dresser, no naturally I blamed her. I did, however, go in my sons room and double check the wall nitch it's intended for. OOOPs, looks like I made it 10" too wide!
So now I need to cut apart the carcass and rebuild the draw dividers 10" shorter, and then reassemble everything. Not too worried about this as I can just rerouter the divider slots again (just a tad deeper) and rebuild the dividers easily.
My question is this: How can I best cut the dividers from the carcass sides. I'm thinking about using a flush cutting Japanese saw (like they use for pegs), but that's going to be a lot of cutting. Any bright ideas out there?
thanks
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My question is this: How can I best cut the dividers from the carcass sides. I'm thinking about using a flush cutting Japanese saw (like they use for pegs), but that's going to be a lot of cutting. Any bright ideas out there?
Since you have to lose 10" anyway why not use a circular saw indexed to the side panel? You could saw the dividers on each side and still only lose around 3". Lay the sides down and flush cut the stubs off with your router. Once the stubs are flush it's easy to re-cut the dados.
I guess that I could make a jig that held the router above the stubs.
Just make a new base that's open on one side. It's a handy thing to have anyway. Lay the cabinet side flat with a shim the same thickness to support the router when you start the cut.
Was showing my daughter some foroflamenco stuff, and we came across this old thread, and your post. She was ticked that I didn't respond and thought you'd find this appropriate for your avatar.
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