A Quick Windsor Repair

We do this repair pretty often ... Broken bow .... We set it up so we can rout accurately with a small laminate trimmer, first the fromt usually, then the back, which is a little more complicated. we glue the repair pieces on as we rout. This bow was hickory and we had some ... Rout, glue, rout, glue, file trim, sand, color ... Will did this one and it went by so fast I didnt even get pictures of the intermediate steps... The chair was a worthy example though and it looked good when it was done ...
Broken
Front view finished ... A good save ..
Repair zones ... one side is usually longer than the other to (hopefully) eliminate new weak spots
Close up .... cant hardly tell ...

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 After a commission job, and a very nice trip to Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg, I completed the next major step in the bench build, adding the doors and drawers. 

The doors are 1" poplar and are attached with the hinges supplied in the hardware pack from Benchcrafted, the knobs are cherry as is the door latch on the side door. I still need to make two more.

The half blind dovetails on the drawers are hand cut, I used pine for the drawer sides and back, the big reason was I ran out of poplar for the drawers, and I had the pine on hand from a previous job.

Happy with the results of the dovetails, the more I cut the better they look (to me anychoice) and this step was one of the more enjoyable parts of this phase of construction.Next step. Front Leg Vise construction and installation, final fit, and finish, of the drawers and doors, and coloring the cabinet in a yet to be determined color of Milk Paint.

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More Metal Doors

Sam has another little door project for Peter Moore Masonry. Similar to the last one that covered a digital thermometer in a traditional brick oven, these incorporate parts of the logos of the owners companies ... Love the pulls ....click the pictures to enlarge them ...
The first door ready for patina ...
In its frame yesterday
The second door ... might be a copper rivet/sun on this one later ...

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