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Drilling the holes to prepare for drawboring, to ensure tight-fitting mortise-and-tenon joints.
Date: 07/29/2009
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All the mortises, and all the tenons cut. Also, the grooves have been made on all edges, in preparation for final web assembly.
Date: 07/29/2009
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Offset in the tenons, in preparation for pulling the joints tight.
Offset in the tenons, in preparation for drawboring.
Date: 08/05/2009
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Preparing drawbore pins
Preparing the drawboring pins - drawboring pulls the tenons tightly into the mortise, and keeps them there even when the glue fails many years later.
Date: 08/05/2009
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The drawbored mortise-and-tenon joint.
Results of drawboring the joint: Nice, tight fit!
Date: 08/05/2009
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The completed dust cover, after drawboring
The completed dust cover; it will go under the drawers.
Date: 08/05/2009
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Dry fit of the dust cover, front-right view.
Date: 08/05/2009
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Dry fit of the dust cover, front-left view.
Date: 08/05/2009
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Dry fit of the dust cover, right-rear view.
Date: 08/05/2009
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