A few more bits n'pieces done on this one. The drawer box has been made and glued in place followed by the top, the frame and box have been polished with three thin coats of Osmo with wax over the top prior to assembly, wax yet to be cleaned off under the top:
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Completed joint on the wishbone rail, twin stub tenons, wedged, exposed and rounded:
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The rear of the drawer box, veneered in brown oak. This had to be fitted (on the bench) after the box was glued to the underside of the top, buttons used to join the twin real rails to the top:
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The drawer box itself, domino'd together. The drawer runs on a 12mm hornbeam rail located in the middle of the base and the drawer sides move on a pair of 3mm thick hornbeam runners:
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The drawer is made from 8mm thick quarter sawn oak, dovetailed together, with an oak centre muntin (under which is the 12mm hornbeam rail), quarter sawn oak bottoms and oak slips.The brown oak drawer front is located in position with a pair of 4mm brass pins and will eventually be screwed to the main drawer with eight 16mm Torx headed screws:
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A view of the front of the drawer showing the narrow 'edge' of the drawer box, which is the effect I was hoping to achieve. A circular recess has been routed out (depth 5mm) into which will fit an ebony knob which was spun up on the lathe this morning. The last thing to be made is a tray for A4 paper to fit inside the drawer and this was started this afternoon:
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Once the tray has been made, the last thing to do will be to give everything a final sand and then polish - Rob
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