Hello All! -

Well, I've been off-line for a bit, between the troll storm here and the
trolls in woodshop... more on that one later, but long story short, the
classes are doing pretty well - about 20% of the students are genuinely
interested in learning skills and building things... Better than par, from
the feedback I've been getting - more in a separate post...

So, to the subject - I am building a couple of cabinets - an entertainment
center, [appx 66" tall (30"t base, 36" t chest) , 36" w 24"d] and was going
to dovetail the top and bottom of the carcasses to some poplar
"H"stretchers, if that's the right term - the cabinet shelves will be dadoed
into the sides, and I wanted to put a framework at the top and bottom of
each carcass that would hold the sides in. Both cabs get tops and trim
that'll hide the DTs... If it translates, here would be a typical top view.
Back
side framework side
| ------------------------- | Poplar stretcher ~ 6" wide
| ------------------------- | DTs here and at left
| ' ' |
| ' f2b ' |
| ' stretchers ' |
| ' ' |
| ------------------------- | Poplar stretcher ~ 6" wide
| ------------------------- | DTs here and at left

Front
doors

The carcasses are out of QSWO veneer ply, (with QSWO face frames) - I am
routing the carcass to stretcher dovetails using a Stotts/Keller type of
jig. The DTs are double spaced so I only have to cut half as many. Each of
the poplar stretchers would be about 6" wide, with 2 - 3 tails per... The
framework at the top of the cabinet will be covered by the ply top, with
molding or small crown molding covering the exposed DTs. Each cabinet has
two additional fixed shelves within 4-6" of the top and bottom, along with
one adjustable shelf. The bottom cabinet has two drawers at the base
"filling in" the lowest shelf hole. The lower cab also has a 3" kick at the
base and a pair of frame and panel doors overlaid on simple hinges.

The upper cab is generally similar, except that it has overlaid flipper
doors on a face frame - the doors slide back into the carcass, and there
aren't any drawers beneath the shelf for the Teevee. (That's short for
television, for Vito Kuhn and his ilk)
I was going to set a panel in on either side of the flipper doors to give it
a more finished look and conceal the werks, and I was going to set the panel
into dadoes in the upper and lower fixed shelves.

Among the other things I am concerned about is cutting DTs in plywood. I am
using a "fronter" board to keep the ply from blowing out, but I am still
turning scrap into shrapnel in my test cuts. With some finagling, I could
use a thicker "fronter" but thought I'd post here for some feedback.

I hope I am making this clear and that the ASCII stuff doesn't get
scdrambld...


TIA,


John Moorhead