Creative Woodworks & crafts 2001-08, страница 48

Rout a rabbet deep enough to Mirror receive the mirror Assembly

| Join the two mirror frame halves ?'< with dowels and glue

Bore 5/16"-Pia. x 5/8" deep to receive dowel (typ)

With the mirror in place, glue the race car to the mirror using Goo p.

After the frame is joined, place the mirror into the rabbet in the rear of the frame and adhere with the Gooo adhesive sealant.

Final

Assembly Drawing

5/16"-Dia. x 1" long dowel to join mirror frame (typ)

Mirror frame assembly

Note: attach 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" squares to the top of shelf and letters to spell "NASCAR" to the bottom.

Shelf

Assembly

Drawing

Join the mirror frame to the shelf with 1/4"-Dia. x 5/8" dowels

Shelf

Bore 1/4"-Pia. x 3/8" deep to "" receive the dowel

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Glue dowels and brackets | to bottom of ⁴ shelf

Shelf assembly

Rout a decorative profile on the front and side edges of the shelf. Do not rout along the back.

Bracket).

Bracket

Bottom view

Attach desired numeral to sides of bracket

1/4"-Dia. x 1-1/4" long dowel to join the bracket to the shelf

.., Bore 1/4"-Pia. x 3/8" deep

| to receive dowel which ⁰1 attaches bracket (typ)

Rear of shelf

Adhere squares to top of shelf. Total of forty squares, twenty wood painted black, twenty mirrored. Alternate wood and mirror.

Top view

Plan Views of Shelf

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Bore 1/4"-Dia. x 3/8" deep to receive dowel which attaches mirror

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SUPPLIES

Wood: oak plywood— one piece 3/4" X 6-3/4" x 15" (for the shelf), two pieces 3/4" x 5-3/4" x 8-3/8" {for the brackets), one piece 3/4" x 10" x 1" (for the "NASCAR" letters on the shelf), one piece 3/4" x 18" x 28" (for the mirror frame); oak—one piece 1/8" x 2" x 4" (for the race car numerals); Baltic birch plywood-one piece 1 /4" x 7" x 17" (for the race car), one piece 1/4" x 14" x 1" (for the mirror lettering), one piece 1/4" x 3-1/2" x 12" (for the bracket numerals), twenty pieces 1/16" x 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" (for the checkerboard on the shelf) Tools: table saw or similar; scroll saw with blades; drill with bits; router with rabbeting, decorative profile, and keyway cutting bits Temporary-bond spray adhesive Sandpaper, assorted grits Wood glue Epoxy

Goop adhesive sealant

Assorted clamps

1/4"-Dia. x 9" and 5/16"-Dia. x 2"

doweling Mirror, 14-1/4" x 24-1/4"* Twenty 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" mirrored

squares Black paint Stain of choice Clear polyurethane Kraft paper, one sheet 18" x 28" *The mirror for this project should be professionally cut to shape. Check your local yellow pages under mirrors for a retailer near you. An inexpensive alternative would be to use a piece of mirrored Plexiglas and cut it to shape with your scroll saw.

desire (you'll want to match the ones on the brackets here) and transfer them to 1/8" oak. Cut to shape and sand. Referring to the photograph, glue the numbers in place.

Finishing

Stain the mirror frame and shelf assembly with the stain of choice. When dry, apply several coats of a clear polyurethane.

Final assembly

Glue the mirror into the rabbet in the frame with the Goop adhesive sealant (see the Mirror Assembly drawing). Affix the race car to the mirror also using Goop. Glue a piece of kraft paper to the back of the frame. Rout a keyway on the rear of the frame where indicated for hanging.

Join the shelf assembly to the mirror frame with wood glue and dowels (see the Final Assembly Drawing). Hang the shelf and you'll be off to the races!

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