Woodworker's Journal 2001-25-2, страница 40

small frame is similai to the case frame, without Ihe beading detail.

Small Frame Molding: Full-size

create the door sides, top and bottom (pieces 5 and 6). Gluing up this frame was simpler, but I used the same sequence as 1 did earlier with the case. After allowing the glue to dry. and removing the assemblies from their clamps, 1 cleaned up all of the surfaces, nooks and crannies.

Having recently read Michael Uresdner's article describing "chatoyance" (see Finishing Thoughts. June, 2000), I rubbed down all surfaces with linseed oil cut with turpentine. I let it dry for 24 hours and then hit it wilh an initial coat of lacquer. It would get at least two more coats, but 1 liked having all the surfaces sealed before attempting to glue the brass inlay in place, as this helps make cleanup a breeze.

To make Ihe door frame, first use your Roman ogee bit to soften the inside edge, then turn to a Wedge beading bit to both shape the outer edge and create the groove for the brass Inlay (left). Later, you can cut the rabbet on the table saw or router table.

The Brass Inlay

I had heard that the thin accent brass strips (pieces 7) cul easily, but holding them would prove to be the real challenge. I made a little jig to use on my chop saw. but when I tried to make the cut... "schwing," the blade's teeth caught the inlay and sucked it right oul of my jig. Yikes! I had to go gel another piece of inlay and figure oul how to cut it. A nipper turned out (o be the best answer. After practicing a couple of times on my slightly mangled sera]), 1 got pretty good at scribing a 45° line with a .05 mm mechanical

Form the binning strips by taking two passes with a beading bit and then cutting the rabbet with a straight bit.

Binning

Strip:

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pencil and my li" try square, then nipping right on the line. A mitered portion of my scrapped jig allowed me to hit the brass a couple of times with a fine tooth file and perfect the ntiter. After cutting one end. I would lay the brass in the frame's groove; mark its pro|>er length, plus a hair, nip: then file until the fit was perfect.

Since I was planning on applying a couple more coats of lacquer, I selected cyanoacrylale glue for installing the brass. It was easy, and there was virtually no cleanup to worry about. A quick swipe with some brass cleaner and just a little polishing with a soft cloth had the brass looking good to go. Starting in a corner, just a tiny drop every five to six inches did the trick. I used three

A Commendable Act

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Right after completing my Dad's commendations case, I flew home fi.tr the occasion of my mom s 75th birthday party. While there I mounted his rase on the wall, and that night my dad decided to share some war stories with the family — among them, the event that earned him a commendation.

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Dad was a radio man on an LCI (Landing Craft. Infantry) during the invasion of Sicily. He had just come from the tail end of the invasion of North Africa His craft had dropped their rangers on the beach when word arrived that 1JST158 (a landing Ship Tank J had been hit and was on fire. In spite of the risk of exploding ammunition, my l)ad ivlunteered to help unload survivors from rescue crafts.

As his boat raced toward IJST 158, a German submarine surfaced. 'We exchanged machine gun fire." my Dad said, "but they must have thought we weren't worth a torpedo,'