[Steve Davis]

I have begun the second 70 reproduction cabinet. I'm going to post pictures as I go along.

We begin with the front arch.
[Image: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4338/3719...4fbc_z.jpg]105_0802 by Steve Davis, on Flickr

The core is made of Poplar ripped into strips about two inches wide. The grain cup alternates cup up, cup down, cup up etc. This minimizes warping.


I glue the core up in two pieces because my thickness planer will only handle thirteen inch wide stock.

[Image: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4424/3719...18a5_z.jpg]105_0804 by Steve Davis, on Flickr
After thickness planing, the two halves were joined.

[Image: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4432/3719...4885_z.jpg]105_0835 by Steve Davis, on Flickr
Cross banding is added to the core. Cross banding is a thick cheep veneer that the grain runs perpendicular to the grain of the core. The cross banding minimizes cracking, splitting and warping of the core.