Steve Rasmussen

  This is a project that started to take shape sometime in the mid 2010s. I’m going to hold back some of the details and let the story unfold on it...

 Since this cabinet is so small I ended up buying some artists brushes for oil paints. [image.png] They really helped with the application of the...

There are a lot of little pieces in this entry!    I started with the half circles - largest one first. Since this spalted maple can be fragile I p...

This is probably the most involved piece in the project (yes, even more than the doors). If you refer back to the first part in this blog you will ...

 I have one more set of details to add to the door - a set of 3 circular recesses.    First I make a template. [image.png] Then I add cleats to ...

A lot of the work here is slow - plenty of time at work with little to see.   The doors get some decorative strips on them. I chose to put the groo...

 This entry covers the next 3 days of work.    I got the door assembly out of the clamps. So far so good. [image.png] [image.png] And here is wh...

 The door blank needs to be split into 2 parts - a door top and a door front. I'm going to join them with a mitered rabbet joint. This will be a ne...

 I need to put a cutout on each of the 3 shelves and floor. For this I need a template.    After I cut the profile on a template, I locate a shelf ...

 First up on this day was to correct a mistake I made yesterday. When I cut the back rabbet on the top I had the part turned around. I have been ke...

 The next process is to create a second level similar to the first.    A 5/16" straight bit allowed me to leave 1/8" on the outside. [image.png] ...

When I decided to update this blog I realized that this is one of my favorite projects. It has a ton of details crammed into a small project. There...