On Mar 19, 10:16*pm, tiredofspam nospam.nospam.com wrote:
Please take these constructively. I'm sure you learned a lot during this
build.

1. Your Splines *grain is going in the wrong direction. You want this to
provide extra support, so you set the grain to go 90 degrees to what you
have them.

Hadn't thought of that. I can see now how the strength of the spline
would be greater "your" way, but I think it should be adequate in this
application as is.

2. Your case sides grain are going the wrong way. Your grain should go
vertical. It looks weird going horizontal.

I built that part a while back. Had I been doing it now I might have
chosen other wood entirely, but the horizontal grain itself doesn't
bother me.

3. prefinish your panels before glue up so that the unfinished area
doesn't show during the winter when panels shrink. Yours are ply so not
really a problem.

Yes indeed. That realization dawned on me as I was finishing the
doors. It was damn near impossible to get an even finish in the
corners. I will certainly follow that advice next time.

Also glue / flux brushes are not finish brushes.

I thank you for taking the time to delve that deeply into the photo
set.


On 3/19/2012 9:54 AM, Greg Guarino wrote:







Having marveled at the craftsmanship of some of the other "rec"
denizens, I feel a little sheepish "showing off" a project as relatively
simple as this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguari...t-721576277517...

... but hey, you have to start somewhere. Thanks for all the tips.

Greg Guarino