On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:07:10 -0700 (PDT), Greg Guarino
wrote:

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.

I -thought- I saw a 'wrong' spline there. If the grain direction is
the same as that of the stile (which I thought I saw) it can break
very easily, especially with the little gaps you had. Slam the door
hard once and it could be CURTAINS! G'luck!


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.

It's all a matter of taste, but vertical is more frequently used.
I didn't even notice it.


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.

Prefinish the case pieces, too, so the glue doesn't squeeze out onto
the bare wood, keeping the finish from adhering and coloring the wood.
The bottom to side panel showed a couple of those in one pic.


Also glue / flux brushes are not finish brushes.

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

He's wrong there. Anything which can move finish into a corner is a
brush. Needle-nose pliers with a piece of t-shirt in their jaws,
q-tips, whatever's handy, but it has to be wiped, too.

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