Connoisseurs have certainly already recognized it from the large photo on the front page: This vanity is a classic frame construction, which was common, as furniture made of solid wood and not of veneered chipboard- or blockboards were manufactured. wood works, Glutos. h. it bowls, shrinks or expands, when exposed to changing temperatures. A solid frame made of solidly doweled and glued wood gives the fillings support and allows this work to a small extent, without the furniture warping. In the photos on the right you can see, how to make frames and panels and what tools are needed for this.
Solid glued wood is the material for frames, fillings and bases. You cut them with the table saw (Protective hood was only removed for the photo!). A drilling jig, glued from leftover wood, is clamped to the ends of the short frame wood for the dowel holes. Sie garantiert gleiche Bohrabstände. Alle Nuten für die Füllungen können auf der Tischkreissäge oder mit der Oberfräse herausgearbeitet werden. The groove width should 8 mm, the depth 12 mm. With dowel markers, inserted into the holes in the short frame wood, you can punch the long frame pieces. An auxiliary board with a stop angle provides guidance. The two woods of different widths for the upright frame lugs at the front have to be glued flush with the edges. apply glue, join together with clamps. Three decorative grooves, worked out with an 8 mm half-round cutter in the router, loosen up the front of the stud. Plane the studs flat beforehand, grind. All fillings are off 19 mm glued wood cut. With the same button head all around one 8 Mill a groove in the panel fronts that is mm deep.
An auxiliary stop with 11 degree tilt angle, clamped on the saw table, enables safe guidance when cutting the panel fronts at an angle.
Sufficient glue is only put into the dowel holes when gluing the cabinet sides. The fillings are fixed in the grooves with a drop of glue each.
With three long spax screws, but without glue you connect the cabinet sides to the floor. Two dowels on each side provide guidance when screwing.
Is there enough space for this beautiful, nostalgic furniture? You can find out quickly using the measurements in this sketch. More details can be found in our large construction plan.