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Here as requested are the drawings and dimensions.

I do have some pics of the jig I made. Here are a couple which show the jig and it's parts.

This is a good little jig for just such cuts as you require on the table saw.
KM-1 Kerfmaker - Bridge City Tool Works
I made one myself and it works great. watch the video on how to use it, it is...

i started this yesterday and managed to get it all ready for the finish today. It is a close copy of one I built a few years ago. It will be finished in a Honey pine stain with a matt varnish over.

No there is a track at the top of the doors that they hang from. they are much too heavy for the hinges alone.

Well Jill, to get a smooth glossy finish on Pine you will need to seal the wood well first. Again you can use sanding sealer but it will take a few coats to get a smooth grain free finish. A much...

Sure Jill, here is a link to the brush in question. It is the last one at the bottom of the page that I use.
Chestnut's Drill Polishing Brush

I will just add my comments to this post and detail the way I work with pine. This isn't a definitive system but one I have found works for me very well. After all the pine is sanded to a pretty fine...

After you have finished the spraying are you polishing the finish when it is hard? As the paint dries it does dull down a little to a sort of satin finish but once it is hard usually one or two days...

I am not sure what Carbothane is so I cannot answer tha I am afraid. Normally sanding sealer should be used over a stain with most hardwoods but in the case of Pine I find that a thinned 50/50 mix of...

Yes the 3" square used for the legs was off the shelf stock at my timber merchants. They are kept inside with all of the kiln dried timber and I am allowed to sort through them to select the best...

Just finished these today. They are for a furniture company and the customer is going to stain and finish them. Nice quick job for me as the furniture company was too busy to make them. :D ...

I have just fitted these Bi fold doors today. I made them in pine using M&T joints and they are glazed with 4mm laminated glass. I also made the top light which is fitted with 4mm plain glass and...

I have been busy recently setting up my cabinet making business. I have now been running for three months and although not making much money yet am enjoying myself and gaining new clients. Here are a...

Water based paint is never easy to spray. I always use solvent paint for my work as it is better in my dusty shop. Water based has to be sprayed lightly and do not attempt to put any great build on...

Very nice work. It reminds me of when I first started out I made a fire surround out of scaffold boards. I stained it Mahogany and put tons of varnish on it for the finish. I even made a jig for the...

I too use one of these jigs for cutting dados. I use the same cutter that I used to trim the jig as has been suggested and it works fine. You will find however that even the router base is not...

Got invited to a get together at the neighbours for whom I built the drop leaf table for so I got some pictures of it in use. I think new chairs will be on the menu next for sure. :D

The door is laminated with three pieces of 3mm MDF and formed in a vacuum bag. :wink:

I have just finished this cabinet for the wife. She wanted a cabinet to house our shoes in the porch. It is made out of MDF with a Beech frame. It was her idea to paint it Silver Grey I may add. She...

Well I must admit I made a mistake with the legs and didn't half lap it into the frame, consequently it doesn't line up with the rest. I can live with this as it is mostly hidden when the leaves are...

Yes Alex, it is my own design. Originally the client wanted tiles inset in the top but I dissuaded him from this course. I designed it using Sketchup then submitted it for approval before starting...

I have just finished this drop leaf table. It is made from Beech with Mahogany inlay. Top is made from MR MDF veneered in Beech with a radial pattern and the joints have Mahogany pegs. It has taken a...

I use a small Elu 96E for my signs although a smaller one would be better. I find that taking shallow cuts and guiding the router by it's base and not the handles is much better as you have more...

Hi Carl. I have been freehanding signs for a while now and like you find it easy once you get the 'feel' for the router. I also print out the signs from the computer and transfer them to the timber...

I have just finished fitting thisset after spending a few weeks building it. It is made from American White Oak and finished with acrylic varnish. Main parts are MDF veneered and the doors are solid...

Just finished this shop counter for my local Chinese take away. Took me three days to complete all being built on site. MDF board was used and then laminated with high pressure laminate. (very messy...

HI John and thanks. Yes they are floating panels. They had to be as they are made up of four 4" boards of pine. :wink:

In between working on the oak wardorbes I knocked this up this weekend. It is a small cabinet to cover a fuseboard on a kitchen wall. It will hang on two keyhole slots on the rear and I am happy to...

I have been pretty busy of late with general joinery jobs. I have also been setting up a website for my woodwork so haven't had a lot of time for the bedroom suite. I did manage to get back into the...

I managed to get the frames all rebated today. I also started cutting the panels to size and fitting them. I finished the evening by completing the first door. Tomorrow I hope to finish the remainder...

Thanks guys. Vernon the haunch in the top and bottom rails is to stop them twisting and as someone pointed out in another forum if the glue gives way it stops the rail falling out! :D
I went back...

after spending all of yesterday planing up some American White Oak, I started work today on the wardrobe doors. I morticed all of the door rails and cut the tennons for one door. I finished the day...

Now that is a coincidence Duncan, I made one very similar to that at the request of a friend.

Hi and thanks Michael. I cut the mortices on my bench top mortice machine. The tennons were cut on my talbesaw jig. Hardest part was cutting the mitres on the profile.

I am waiting for some veneered MDF panels to arrive for a set of wardrobes I am to build so in the meantime I decided to make these panelled doors up for someone.
It has been a while since I made...

You have made a very nice job of those cabinets. I think you should be very proud of them. :2tsup:

Well I have been busy for the last couple of months building the rest of the computer suite to add to the wardrobes and computer desk I recently built for a friend. I still have one or two details to...

I have spent the last couple of days finishing the tables and finally have them done. I am now letting the glue set to hold the front part of the top on. then it is a quick clean up and on to the...

Well I got back in the worshop today and had a very productive day again. I started on the second table and got it finished:
So I thought I would carry on a little longer and got the third table...

I made a start today on one of the three nest of tables which will match the Tv unit I have recently finished. I am afraid I have no WIP photos as yet but thought you might want to see the dry fit as...

Hello Old Farmer and thanks. Yes you are correct assuming that the panels in the doors and the sides are Pine. I have only used ply for the two lower shelves, all the rest are laminated Pine boards.

I have just finished building this TV cabinet. It is made in Pine with a water based antique pine satin varnish. TV will sit on top with a cable box and DVD player on the shelf below. In the...

I have just finished this computer desk to accompany the wardrobes I built recently. It will sit next to the wardrobes and the top will be battened to the side. The computer tower will sit on a slide...

After much nagging, in between my other jobs I built this for the wife out of scraps of shiplap from a shed build I have just done. As for the colour it is to match our entertainment centre and the...

Here is a wardrobe I have just finished ready for varnish. It will eventually be accompanied by a computer desk, shelves and top cupboards which are still to be built.

Been working on some pine wardrobes this weekend. This is just the start of a bedroom refurb as it will also include a computer desk, shelves and top cupboards. this is the result after a weekends...

Well Les this is the second pair I have made for this guy and the first lasted over seven years. It doesn't show it in this picture but the diagonal brace is half lapped into the rails along with the...

That is one beautiful fish tank stand, well cabinet really. It has excellent classic lines. Great work. :2tsup:

Another recently finished project are these ranch style gates. These were made out of Treated timber and given a coat of coloured treatment.