Hello Again and welcome back to my blog.  This is the final post in a series detailing the build of a pair of medicine cabinets in white cypress.  In this post I will be fitting the scissor hinges and catch to the cabinet, then finishing the cabinet in shellac and finally …
Hello and welcome to my blog. Â This post is a continuation of a series in which I am building a part of medicine cabinets in white cypress and currently working on the doors. Today’s post will revolve around the cut out of the upper door rail, detailing of the frame …
Hello and welcome to my blog, today I’m continuing with the cabinet door. Â This post will start off much like the ones before it…..with a large Disston saw ripping white cypress. I find it important to lead my cut by working at an angle such as this and by keeping …
In this post I will detail the mortises and tenons required to attach the left side stile. Â To chop mortises I first layout my lines with a mortise gauge. Â The mortise gauge scribes lines with a cutting edge and helps reduce the change of damaging the mortise landing. Â I then …
This cabinet, which features scissor hinges, is not conducive to a typical frame and panel door, to my eye. And so I’ve been moving toward a design which minimizes the appearance of the frame work, first by putting it flush with the panel (the panel will not be recessed) and …
Hello and welcome again to my blog. Â In this post I am in the beginning stages of building a door which will enclose my medicine cabinet. Â I’ve chosen white cypress for this cabinet and have continued along with white cypress for the door as well. This door may like quite …
Hello and welcome back to my Blog. Â Today I am continuing the medicine cabinets build by creating the outer door frame of the case. Â I have prepped the stock and cut the first dovetail in the previous installment. Â I’m now transferring marks onto the pin board. After I transfer my …
Hello and welcome back to my blog for part two of a continuing build to create a pair of Medicine cabinets from white cypress. I’m currently working on the inner case, the inner case will hold shelving and stand as the foundation for the project, it will have an outer …
Hello, and welcome to my blog, my name is Brian Holcombe.  I specialize in woodworking by hand with hand tools. My tagline on SMC and the title of this post are a Frank Gehry quote, one that has really stuck with me as it certainly describes my feeling of how proceeding …