Page 4 - Album Stand - Work in Progress

This is an album stand I made for a co-worker. It is solid ash wood (except for the bottom of the box, which is plywood).

Homemade jointing sled constructed with Microjig clamps secured to a plywood base, designed to create straight edges on wooden boards for woodworking projects.

I don't have a jointer so I made this. It's a simple jointing sled made using some Microjig clamps and a piece of plywood. It will create a straight edge on the board that I can place against the fence of my saw when I go to cut it to width later.

Several rough-cut wooden boards arranged and waiting to be planed smooth in a workshop setting.

This image shows the rough boards that have been cut to length and are waiting to be planed.

Planing sled apparatus designed to flatten warped or twisted boards by creating one flat reference face using woodworking equipment.

This is a planing sled to flatten warped boards if you don't have a jointer.

Close-up of a wooden board secured to a planing sled with shims and hot glue, stabilizing it to prevent rocking during the planing process.

This is a closeup of the planing sled. Shims are placed under the board to keep it from rocking so the planer can create a flat face. The shims are held in place with hot glue which is easy to clean up.

Wider view of the complete planing sled setup showing the full apparatus with shims and board positioned for flattening in the workshop.

This image shows a wider few of the planing sled to give a little better idea of what I am doing with it.

Planing sled with a warped board mounted on it passing through an electric wood planer, smoothing the upper face of the twisted board.

This image shows the sled with a board on it going through the planer to smooth one face. The board will then be removed from the sled, flipped over, and run through again to flatten the opposite face.

Ash wood boards with smooth planed surfaces and rough edges, arranged in a workshop and ready for cutting to final width dimensions.

This image shows the planed boards ready to cut to size. Notice the face is smooth but one edge is still rough and needs to be cut off to trim the board to the proper width.

Wooden boards coated with glue being glued up to create thicker leg blanks for the album stand in a clamped assembly.

Glueing up blanks to make the legs. I didn't have any boards thick enough to make the legs so I glued up some blanks to get the thickness I needed.

Four wooden leg blanks clamped together in the workshop, alternately staggered to prevent accidental glue bonding during the glue-up process.

I placed all four leg blanks in clamps together to save clamps. You really need to be careful to alternate the legs so you don't glue them together when doing it this way.

Woodworker's hand using an blue and black silicone brush to apply glue evenly across a wooden board for the back panel assembly.

Applying glue to the first board of the back panel of the album stand.

Three ash wood boards clamped together and marked with cabinetmaker's triangles to track orientation, forming the back panel of the album stand.

Three boards glued up to get the right height for the back panel. Not sure why the middle board doesn't have the cabinetmaker's triangle on it. I think I flipped it at the last moment for some reason. It's been too long since I took this picture.

Three glued boards secured with multiple clamps and wooden cauls placed on top and bottom to ensure the panel remains flat while the glue cures.

I added extra clamps to make sure they are flat. I also placed cauls on top and bottom to help keep them flat while the glue dries.

Close-up of a wooden caul positioned at the end of clamped boards, ensuring even pressure distribution during glue curing.

Close up of the caul on one end.

Ash wood board positioned on a table saw with a Hedgehog featherboard pressing it tight against the fence for a precise width cut.

Back to the table saw to trim one of the front boards to final width. Using a Hedgehog featherboard to keep it tight to the fence.

Assembled front and side ash wood panels laid on a workshop table with leg blanks visible on the left side, awaiting final dimensioning.

Front and sides glued up. Back must still be in the clamps. (These pictures are not necessarily in order.) Leg blanks can be seen on the left side, waiting to be cut to final dimensions.

Woodworker's hand using a center scribe tool to mark a centerline on the edge of a light ash wood board, with woodworking tools, clamps, and materials visible in the active workshop background.

Using a center scribe tool to mark the centerline of the board to prepare for joining.

Workshop setup demonstrating the Rockler Beadlock joinery system for creating loose tenons and strong joints. The blue and black precision jig is mounted on wooden workpieces, showing the drill guide and clamping mechanism. Workshop clamps and tools surround the setup, documenting a first-time learning experience with this joinery technique.

Using the Rockler Beadlock system to create loose tenons for strong joints. First time using it. It took a little fiddling to get the hang of it.

Shavings of wood left by hand planing, scattered on a workshop table next to a wooden board being smoothed with a hand plane. The shavings are thin and curly, indicating the process of flattening and smoothing the board's surface.

I don't use hand tools a lot but I needed to plane the edges of a board I cut on the bandsaw. It left too rough of an edge to try to sand.