Krenov Inspired Cabinet                                     Page 1

Inspiration-My daughter eats my cake while I get excited about my sketch.

mock-up to see how it looks.

mock-up in 3-D

slab of Ovangkol for the legs and stiles.

Legs cut to rough size.

The ovangkol is a similar colour to black walnut-it planes up nice!

Matching the grain for the legs.

Round outside of legs with a block plane.

legs almost ready.

cleaning up stiles. The timber is very interlocked in places.My Gordon smoother and cabinet scraper make short work of it.

Cutting out stock as per my cutting list.

Marking out rails for tenons.

Layout test block with dimensions and positions of mortices.

Chopping mortices with my Delta hollow chisel mortiser.

Front frame coming together. Have'nt fitted the bottom rail as I want to get the wait until the frame is together to see how deep to make the drawers.

Marking out side rail mortises.

Tenons cut using dado and Osborne mitre gauge-piece of cake!

Fine fitting tenons.

Starting to take shape.

Lower rails fitted.

The joints are now completed on the main frame, final shaping will be done after the panels and doors are done.

Choosing material for doors and panels.

I used a mirror to bookmatch the material for the doors.

Timber for the doors rough cut.

Flattening one face of the timber using hand planes and winding sticks.

After thicknessing I split the plank in two so I could deep rip it on my bandsaw.

Timber ripped in half.

Gonna look great!

Look at that figure!

Planing edges for a perfect fit.

Checking for gaps.

Dry clamped to check fit.

looks good!

Glue up.

Both doors in the clamps.

Yum!

Timber planed up for the side and back panels.

Ripped to 12mm on the band saw then thicknessed.

Laying out panels for best look.

Ripping down sycamore.

Grooves for panels routed out.

All grooves were indexed from the inside face to allow continuity.

Checking for a tight fit before sizing the panels.

Sides are grooved to take a loose spline and the top and bottom have a tongue machined.

One side completed.

Fitting second side.

Sides panels in and done.

Raising lower panels on the router table.

Panels in place-the bookmatch effect is obvious on the lower panels.

preparing timber for rear frame-and-panel.

Arranging stock.

Lay out.

Tongue and grooves cut on the router table.

Bridle joints on out frame members cut on the table saw with the Delta tenoning jig.

perfect cuts!

Looking good.

Frame and panels hand planed then finished with oil.

The completed back panel.

Back panel glued up.

Wax polishing the panels.

A lovely shine!