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Scratch Build – In Progress CaseMod: Cellarette (FINISHED)

Discussion in 'Project Logs' started by Pfaffen, 10 Aug 2011.

  1. Pfaffen

    Pfaffen What's a Dremel?

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    While searching for inspirations for a new CaseMod. I came across an 18th century piece of furniture that sparked my interest, a Cellarette.

    What is a Cellarette??? It is a small, moveable wine cooler. In the 1700s there wasn't alot of electricity and keeping your wines cool was a chore, especially if you were travelling. Cellarettes were typically made of mahogany and came in a variety of sizes and shapes.

    After scanning the internet and sketching a few designs. I decided to build two new cases. One in the American Federal Style (1780-1820) and one in the English Queen Anne (1702-1714).

    In keeping with tradition. I made a quick trip to my local (not that local) lumber store and found some beautiful mahogany. I bought ~26' of 4/4 (case and skirt), ~6' of 8/4 (lid and Federal legs) and ~12' of 16/4 (Queen Anne Ball and Claw legs). I also bought 18" of 6/4 American Holly (stringing).

    Here is a picture of the rough lumber in the shop.

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    Here is a picture of one of the future Queen Anne Ball and Claw Legs.

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    Measuring for the skirts.

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    Cut rough for length.

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    Eight sides. The grain for each is matched to run Left, Front, Right, Back.

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    Milling up the leg blanks. Each took 2 passes per side. The table saw will only cut 2.5" per pass. Milled the legs to 3" square.

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    Here is the rough cut lumber. 4 Federal Legs, 4 Queen Anne Ball and Claw Legs and 2 pair of skirts.

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  2. Cheapskate

    Cheapskate Insane? or just stupid?

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    Cool. :D I see some chisel carving action coming.
     
  3. kelmannen

    kelmannen What's a Dremel?

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    mmmm... and probably awsomeness! :D
     
  4. Karrek

    Karrek Minimodder

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    Nice selection of wood. I'm excited to see this develop...
    Keep modding!
     
  5. Pfaffen

    Pfaffen What's a Dremel?

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    Cheapskate, great to hear from you. It has been a while since I've been here. Glad to see you are still modding. Yes, I already bought the chisels and have been working on some pine. I have a few pieces of mahogany to work on next. Should have some pics of the test pieces soon.
     
  6. Pfaffen

    Pfaffen What's a Dremel?

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    One of the thing I struggled with were the dimension. It had to look like a piece of furniture, but also hold a complete rig, including at the request of the recipient a water cooling sub-system.

    I built a quick mock-up of the general design from foam board. and then played with the proportions. Here is a picture of mock-up.

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  7. Pfaffen

    Pfaffen What's a Dremel?

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    Here is a concept shot of the interior. The owner did not want all the cables comming out of the back or side, so I designed them to come out the bottom (access slot). There will be a wood backplane to support the video cards and other items from the mobo.

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    Here is a shot of sawing the 6/4 stock to make up the interior back plane.

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  8. Pfaffen

    Pfaffen What's a Dremel?

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    I thought I would explain 4/4, 6/4 and 16/4. When purchasing lumber, it is referenced in quarters. So 4/4 would be four quarters or roughly more than 1 inch. 6/4 would be 1.5 inches and 16/4 would be 4 in thick. Since the 12' of 16/4 were posts they were 4 inches on a side.
     
  9. modd1uk

    modd1uk Multimodder

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    this looks like fun. Sub'd !
     
  10. Pfaffen

    Pfaffen What's a Dremel?

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    Worked on the case today. Squared up the internal backplane for the case. I was the piece I cut with the hand saw.

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    Here is the layout before all the pieces are cut. You'll notice each one is labled with Fed or QA for the different cases.

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    Here they are laid out next to each other.

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  11. Pfaffen

    Pfaffen What's a Dremel?

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    For the Federal Style CaseMod, I had to taper the legs on all four side. So I built this jig this morning and tested it out.

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    With the shims in place it worked out great!

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    Here are the four legs with a rough taper. Will need to clean them up with the bench plane.

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  12. Pfaffen

    Pfaffen What's a Dremel?

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    Spent some time cleaning up the faces for the case. I traced out the hi spots and sanded/planed them down.

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    Here is a shot of the apron. You'll notice the grain runs from the left to the front to the right side. Also the back is cut from the right side.

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    Working on the tenons for the apron.

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    Here is a glue up of some thin Tiger Maple for the back of the apron.

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    Here is the apron and legs dry-fitted together.

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  13. craig - toyoracer

    craig - toyoracer Minimodder

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    Very nice design and good fitting so far. :)

    Sorry but where is the Tiger Maple going, on the inside of the Mahgony?
     
  14. Pfaffen

    Pfaffen What's a Dremel?

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    Its going in the back. I'll have some pics soon. I have alot more inlays to put in.
     
  15. PabloFunky

    PabloFunky What's a Dremel?

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    Double post for some reason, MOd, please delete this entry.
     
  16. PabloFunky

    PabloFunky What's a Dremel?

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    Pfaffen What's a Dremel?

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    PabloFunky,

    Thanks... That is alot of legs to make! I'm only making 4 QA and 4 four-sided tapers.
     
  18. Pfaffen

    Pfaffen What's a Dremel?

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    Made a jig for the drill press to clip the four corners of the inserts. Used a 1/5" forstner bit.

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    Here is the back of the apron of the case. It will take a bit of fine tuning for the Tiger Maple.

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    After alot of planing...

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    Here is the back of the apron.

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    Now on to the two sides. Did not have to book match the sides, I had some 4/4 tiger maple that I resawed into thinner pieces and did the sides together.

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    Here are pics for the back and sides, still all dry-fitted together.

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    You may also notice rabbets at the top of the apron, that is for 8 clips to hold down the upper case.
     
  19. Pfaffen

    Pfaffen What's a Dremel?

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    craig - toyoracer,

    Hope that answers your question... Keep them comming and keep modding!
     
  20. miahallen

    miahallen Team IRONMODS - World Champions!

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    Beautiful wood timber, I'm jealous :thumb:
     
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