Bison Rump Roast – Sous Vide
Roast 3 lb bison rump roast split lengthwise 1 bulb garlic roasted at 375 for 20 min with tops cut off and some olive oil. The goal is to bake them without much browning. Then squeeze out the cloves and mince them. Note that raw garlic does NOT work well for sous vide as all […]
Making the Dresser Tops
This time I am using White Oak veneered MDF that is 3/4″ thick. I ran a cross a deal on some sheets that were edge damaged at Alpine Plywood when I was picking up the plywood for this project. The wood figure is beautiful. Something to remember is going to a commercial plywood vendor will […]
Fixing some defects
Defects happen With any project there will be defects to fix, for a variety of reasons. With the batch of drawers assembled there were a few that had some gaps in the dovetails. It appears that these were mostly due to cupping of the face boards due to the rapid humidity change. Here in Wisconsin, […]
Trimming and fitting drawers
Design and construction elements This design uses “flush” drawers that fit closely into the frame. Final fitting is fussier than if you are using overlay fronts. The drawers need to fit allowing for wood expansion in the summer, yet have an even appearing gap around the front edge with respect to the frame. There are […]
Dresser drawers part 2
Lessons learned With the first batch of the top drawers out of the way, it was now time to start on the rest of them. These are bigger, and I had learned a few lessons from the first set of top drawers: Consistency and repeatability are paramount. This lead to fixture board end stop additions […]
