Popular Woodworking 2000-06 № 115, страница 37
It doesn't matter if I've been in the shop or at a swanky soiree. At the end of the day I empty the exact same contents of my pockets onto my dresser: wallet, knife, keys, change and watch. Instead of keeping my manly necessities in one of my baseball caps, this valet seemed the perfect solution. The wood in this project (cocobolo) priced out at $28 per board foot, so I had to be frugal with it. My first step was to make sure I had enough thickness to resaw two ^"-thick pieces from a board. Otherwise I would have the openings between the dividers. This is best done with a scroll saw. When you've finished, nail down guide strips, the exact same width as the dividers, right over the dividers in the pattern, and flush rout right up to the guides (see photo next page). After this is done, nail and glue guide strips to the back edge and one end of the pattern. When you place the top in the template, it will be square to the cut-out holes. Always do a test piece on scrap plywood. With a core box bit in your router, set the depth of cut to V4" beneath the template. A core box bit with a bearing on top will give nice-looking results on the edges. However, because the tip of the bit only touches the bottom of its cut, the bottom will look a little rough from moving the router back and Top Pattern 1/2" radii in corners
forth. Try to remove as much material as possible with the router; then, after assembly, scrape the bottoms out with the homemade scraper described on the next page. Make the Case Once the other box parts are cut out, form a V4" x V4" rabbet on the bottom edges of the sides to capture the bottom. Mill a V4-thick bottom and glue a cocobolo front edge to it. The edge of the poplar bottom requires Front Pattern 1 1/»"^vJ3/4V1 1/8" 1 1/a" rfl/Jiiitt -r'(i 2 1/2" to buy Vf stock. It's just too expensive to go shooting chips up a dust collector. Cocobolo is pretty stable, so there shouldn't be much movement after resawing. Dish Out the Dividers The next step is to make a template to rout the top. Lay out a full-size pattern from the diagram. Use 1/2" radii on the corners. The template for the top should be V2" Baltic birch. Make a copy of the pattern so you don't cut up the original. Paste the pattern down using spray mount or some other light adhesive. Don't worry about making sure the pattern is square to the board. You'll fix this after cutting out the holes. Rough cut Pull is hollowed out, underneath, with a chisel 3 |
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