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Diminished (gunstock) stile door
- Thread starter Planeiron
- Start date
Planeiron
New Shoots
All of the chamfers are roughed out with a mallet and chisel, firstly bevel down then flat until about 1/8" or 1/16" from final depth. Then it depends: the longest sections get a no4 skewed to take the worst of the high spots off. Then they're finished with a spokeshave down to the pencil line. The extreme edges next to the little step stops are free hand pared to depth with a 1" chisel.
The middle size sections and small window bars are just chiselled. I wasn't happy free handing these so I made a 45 degree guide to register the chisel against and made the guide long enough to do most of the middle sized lengths. I was happy with most of these straight off the chisel but a few needed a couple of short swipes with the spokeshave to even out any undulations.
A few slight gouge marks probably as the guide is on the long side and might flex a little:
Then literally 2 or 3 passes with a finely set spokeshave:
Finished horizontal bar:
The middle size sections and small window bars are just chiselled. I wasn't happy free handing these so I made a 45 degree guide to register the chisel against and made the guide long enough to do most of the middle sized lengths. I was happy with most of these straight off the chisel but a few needed a couple of short swipes with the spokeshave to even out any undulations.
A few slight gouge marks probably as the guide is on the long side and might flex a little:
Then literally 2 or 3 passes with a finely set spokeshave:
Finished horizontal bar:
Planeiron
New Shoots
Planeiron
New Shoots
Slow progress but another bit done. Waiting on the glass company actually just responding for a quote but had hoped to have the glass to hand at this stage.
Got holes drilled so I can now mark the offset on the tenons for drawboring. Prefer this to wedging but both work. One or preferably 2 squares do as good a job as this wee drill guide. Check the hole both sides for square...
And then in haste knock everything together and realise you've forgotten to chamfer a stile when looking through the photos...
Went back and finished it properly.
Double tenon holes are offset so the grain doesn't line up, reducing the risk of splitting the wood when pinning. If the grain is running off, the holes might not need offsetting. It's good practice but in reality as long as the pins are properly sized it'll probably be ok.
The pyramid stops look alright with the faceted panel
Bottom rail gets a through chamfer without stop so theres no ledge for water. Hope the glass guys get back soon. That's all the major shaping done anyway.
Got holes drilled so I can now mark the offset on the tenons for drawboring. Prefer this to wedging but both work. One or preferably 2 squares do as good a job as this wee drill guide. Check the hole both sides for square...
And then in haste knock everything together and realise you've forgotten to chamfer a stile when looking through the photos...
Went back and finished it properly.
Double tenon holes are offset so the grain doesn't line up, reducing the risk of splitting the wood when pinning. If the grain is running off, the holes might not need offsetting. It's good practice but in reality as long as the pins are properly sized it'll probably be ok.
The pyramid stops look alright with the faceted panel
Bottom rail gets a through chamfer without stop so theres no ledge for water. Hope the glass guys get back soon. That's all the major shaping done anyway.
duke
Old Oak
Wow, great workmanship with all the details.!