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  • Jami :heart_cyber:jamigibbs@hachyderm.io
    Dec 30, 2025, 8:51 PM

    Goodbye loud machines and hello to the zen state of hand plans.

    It’s edge jointing day! Probably the first of many. I haven’t jointed by hand in over a year so kind of proud to see I still got it.

    I was going to joint and glue-up each panel section one-by-one but I think I might do all the boards first and then have one big glue-up. Maybe that will cut down on warping if panels are sitting around for a long time?

    Either way, I’m very slow. It’ll be a miracle if I finish this in 2026.

    Pictured is the bottom panel of the carcas which is all I was able to get done today.

    #woodworking

    A close up of several walnut boards clamped together on their edges with no gaps.
    Four walnut boards laying side by side with a quarter inch gap between them. It’s showing the boards before clamping.
    Four walnut boards laying side by side with clamps and the gaps closed.
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  • Jami :heart_cyber:jamigibbs@hachyderm.io
    Jan 2, 2026, 7:27 PM

    Hopefully this will be the last photo of “stacked wood” but the significance of this one is that I finally finished dimensioning and jointing all the case boards. 🎉

    I’ve logged about 25 hours this week so that’s about 1.5 hrs per board. These fuckers are straight and true though.

    Aiming for a glue-up this weekend.

    #woodworking

    Four stacks of four boards of walnut on top of saw horses.
    A No. 7 jointer plane on top of the ended of a walnut board. The board is clamped in the bench vise.
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  • Jami :heart_cyber:jamigibbs@hachyderm.io
    Jan 4, 2026, 8:53 PM

    That’s a wrap for this week. Work is starting back up tomorrow so things will be much slower now.

    My goal was to get the case sections ready for joinery (thickness, dimension, joint, edge glue) and I’m close. I have one more panel that needs final flattening otherwise I’m calling the week a #woodworking success (not without a lot of aches and pains along the way though 🤪).

    Several walnut boards laying flat with their edges touching. There are clamps pressing them together with a small amount of glue squeezing out of the edges.
    Stacked panels of walnut wood smooth and flat.
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  • Jami :heart_cyber:jamigibbs@hachyderm.io
    Jan 19, 2026, 10:11 PM

    A little more progress with marking out joinery and starting to cut dovetails. I decided on tails facing up and corners mitered.

    But it’s single digits in Chicago today so everything is stinking cold. I only managed to cut one set of tails before I retreated to a warmer upstairs.

    #woodworking

    A red coping saw cutting the waste between dovetails in walnut wood.
    The waste cut out between dovetail joints in a walnut panel.
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  • Jami :heart_cyber:jamigibbs@hachyderm.io
    Feb 9, 2026, 9:36 PM

    I had to put this project on pause to refinish a chair over the last few weekends but I'm back chipping away at it.

    Something that's been worrying me since drawing out the plans was how I was going to transfer the tails to the pin board because the case pieces are so big.

    It took a little ingenuity but problem solved. This workbench is the gift that keeps on giving.

    #woodworking

    The long side piece of a cabinet case laying flat on top of a workbench. It's elevated about six inches off the workbench top. On the end of the workbench is another shorter piece that meets the end of the long piece at a 90 degree angle. The long piece is sitting on top of the end of the short piece so that dovetail marks can be transfered to the short pin board piece.
    Two walnut boards meeting at a 90 degree angle. The top board has dovetails that will be transfered to the board below it.
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  • Jami :heart_cyber:jamigibbs@hachyderm.io
    Feb 22, 2026, 9:47 PM

    One measurement, cut, and chop at a time. It all adds up. I’m finally getting close to assembling the case.

    I need help from the #woodworking hivemind though…

    How would you clamp something this size? Even my longest bar clamp won’t reach on the long ends. 🤔

    A walnut board laying across the end of a large walnut panel. The edge shows tails cutout for dovetail joints.
    Two walnut panels connect at a 90 degree angle by dovetail joints. The corners are mitered.
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  • Jami :heart_cyber:jamigibbs@hachyderm.io
    Jul 3, 2026, 7:50 PM

    It's been four months since my last update on this build. So sorry! Most of the work halted for some personal reasons but even if it's very slowly being worked on, it's still going forward.

    I survived glue-up but didn't take any photos of that. Too damn big. Too damn stressful so here is the case united after clamps and cleanup.

    #woodworking

    A large cabinet case made of walnut wood. It is on its side on top of a woodworking bench.
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  • Jami :heart_cyber:jamigibbs@hachyderm.io
    Jul 3, 2026, 7:52 PM

    And after the case was assembled, I realized that I couldn't move it very easily so I had to stop and build a cart to get it on and off my bench. This ugly thing is a blessing! I can just zip it on and off my bench and move it around without any effort.

    #woodworking

    A wooden cart made of a number of 2x4's. It has large casters for wheels. It's large enough to hold and move a wood cabinet.
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  • Jami :heart_cyber:jamigibbs@hachyderm.io
    Jul 3, 2026, 7:57 PM

    I've also made the structural divider shelf that will demarcate the single large drawer at the bottom of the cabinet with the top doors. I'm installing it with just some simple dados. I can't be bothered to do any other fancy joinery.

    #woodworking

    A dado joint across the interior of a walnut cabinet wall.
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  • Jami :heart_cyber:jamigibbs@hachyderm.io
    Jul 3, 2026, 8:02 PM

    I have a choice of what I'm going to work on next:

    1. Top doors: there will be two that swing out and it will open to show shelving inside
    2. Back panels: this will be cedar and I can use my super fun Lie-Nielsen tongue and groove plane
    3. Bottom drawer: one large storage drawer. More walnut. I have to figure out heavy duty slides.

    I kind of want to play with the t&g plane but I found this 12"+ walnut some time ago and it will be perfect for the drawer face. So I might just get started on that next.

    #woodworking

    A straight down shot of a wide walnut board. The photographers two feet showing in front of the board.
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  • fundamentalfundamental@treehouse.systems
    Dec 30, 2025, 9:09 PM

    @jamigibbs Well done, they look very straight and parallel in those snapshots. I usually get stuck between creating arches and then having the edge go out of 90 with the face when hand jointing large planks.

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  • John Appeljappel@wandering.shop
    Dec 30, 2025, 11:30 PM

    @jamigibbs Looking great! What plane do you use for jointing? I love any opportunity to break out my 100+ year old Stanley No. 8.

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  • Jami :heart_cyber:jamigibbs@hachyderm.io
    Dec 30, 2025, 11:35 PM

    @jappel For these short boards (36"), I can manage with just a jack.

    When I get to the longer boards (62"), I'll pull out the No. 7. The largest I have. Your No. 8 must be a beast!

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  • PalmAndNeedlePalmAndNeedle@norden.social
    Feb 10, 2026, 9:04 PM

    @jamigibbs aaaaaah

    Took me a minute to figure out what you're doing with the clamps, but that's pretty damn ingenious! Clamps on clamps. I probably would have tried the same orientation of the boards on the workbench, don't think I would have come up with that inspired bit of workholding. Nice work

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  • That Hoopy Frood, KarstanKarstan@pdx.social
    Feb 22, 2026, 9:57 PM

    @jamigibbs some types of clamps can be reversed. In those cases you can brace your piece against an immovable object and use your reversed clamp to press against your piece and a wall or ceiling, etc.

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  • rag. Gustavino BevilacquaGustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org
    Feb 22, 2026, 10:07 PM

    @jamigibbs

    I've got those Bessey clamps running on a water pipe.

    To make them longer all I have to do is to add a connector to the threaded end of the pipe and screw on it another piece of pipe.

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  • Alfred Chow - Maker of ThingsMaker_of_Things@cupoftea.social
    Feb 22, 2026, 10:12 PM

    @jamigibbs
    I would test using a couple of long 4x2s to make long clamps.
    A block screwed to one end as the fixed jaw. Another fixed jaw at the other end but with a wedge between it and the work to provide clamping force.

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  • PalmAndNeedlePalmAndNeedle@norden.social
    Feb 22, 2026, 10:21 PM

    @jamigibbs hm.

    My first thought is: gravity.
    - Level it out of the floor with one long side down and supported near the ends.
    - diagonal braces clamped to both short boards as they're added to keep the assembly square and true.
    - put the other long board on top.
    - stack weights on top over the joints.

    I've also used ratchet straps with battens.

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  • Display Namealper@sfba.social
    Feb 22, 2026, 10:33 PM

    @jamigibbs pipe clamps are cheap, (pipes are most of the cost though). A corner clamp might do the job in this case

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  • Dyamidyami@twit.social
    Feb 22, 2026, 11:18 PM

    @jamigibbs I'd suggest band clamps or maybe glue on a a sacrificial clean on either side and clamp the dovetail directly though that would mean having to remove them later.

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  • jfroehlichjfroehlich@mastodon.social
    Feb 23, 2026, 6:18 AM

    @jamigibbs I would use some battens, one or two ropes and a stick for each rope. Or some dots of superglue and weights.

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  • Daniel BlakeDaniel_Blake@mastodon.top
    Mar 5, 2026, 9:13 AM

    @jamigibbs Probably go for strap (band) clamps. 2 or 3 of them, with pieces of wood to keep the targetted joints braced true. Or invest in some pipe clamps; they’ll always be useful.

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  • PalmAndNeedlePalmAndNeedle@norden.social
    Jul 4, 2026, 6:25 PM

    @jamigibbs It is my firmly held believe that people who have photographs of large glue-ups in process had more hands on deck than they knew what to do with. Also: welcome back!

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