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Thread: Corner cabinet WIP
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25th September 2012, 11:22 PM #1
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Corner cabinet WIP
....standing on its own 5 feet
I went to a wedding a few months ago and decided to wait to see what they got as gifts before I committed. A little while later 'uncle Alan" was asked to make a corner cabinet and I offered this as my gift. It has to match some existing furniture in style and colour so, once again, I'm working with pine. I decided to make the base and use that as a template and build up from there because the shape is ... uhm ... err .. special.
Today it is now standing on its own 5 feet. The lower section will be cupboard and drawer and the upper section is a display case. I don't know how others make 5 sided figures but the key to my design is the posts either side of the cupboard.
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the slots in these posts will also take the divider between the cupboard door and the drawer and a top brace to support the frame that will then support the display case. The next pic shows a scrap piece in place just to check dimensions...
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I'll make the display case in a similar way by continuing the 5 posts upwards.
flettyLast edited by fletty; 25th September 2012 at 11:27 PM. Reason: finger trouble!
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25th September 2012, 11:36 PM #2
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Coming along nicely fletty.
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26th September 2012, 08:21 AM #3
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Well in Fletty, it's items like this that become treasure heirlooms in the years to come.
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26th September 2012, 08:46 AM #4
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Pity its not Huon Pine.
Good thing there's a new Bunnies store close by for all that Pine.
At least your asthma will not be playing up.
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26th September 2012, 08:10 PM #5
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Any secret compartments?
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26th September 2012, 10:40 PM #6
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yup ..... keep watching!
Originally Posted by Christos
Any secret compartments?
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1st October 2012, 06:04 PM #7
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a bit of fun....
The Sun is shining through the shed door, it's a public holiday, there's a cold beer in the frij (medicinal only of course), it IS a love job ... so a bit of fun is only to be expected.
Yes Christos, I cant resist hidden compartments and secrets in pieces that mean something special to me, so this corner cabinet was to be no exception. Once the idea got into my head I needed to make it before it equally drifted out again.
I made the trapdoor by angle cutting and reassembling the pieces of a bit of pine with some distinctive grain and an essential sap line ...
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The drawer compartment and SECRET COMPARTMENT are suspended from the top of the lower cabinet and the combined module is preassembled as below
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The trapdoor is held in place with a rare eath magnet and a fine cut is made on the back with with the Fein multitool so that it aligns with the sap line on the visible face. A cut nail is then recessed perpendicular to the cut
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To open the trapdoor a Stanley hooked blade is inserted into the cut hidden by the sap line and .....
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The trapdoor is pulled open
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Once the drawer and SECRET COMPARTMENT module is attached to the top and installed, the trapdoor is very hard to see even when the drawer is removed.
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Just like you should ALWAYS put some money in a purse or wallet that is to be a gift, it looks like I'll have to leave a Stanley knife with a hooked blade in the drawer of this piece!
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1st October 2012, 08:17 PM #8
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Interesting mechanism/concept, but something that I read recently suggested that the hooked Stanley blades were becoming a thing of the past. Might pay to stock up or find something else to work it with (dental pick, spring hook or similar).
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1st October 2012, 10:02 PM #9
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bugger! Originally Posted by malb
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2nd October 2012, 10:19 AM #10
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I like the trap door. Now how did you come up with this idea?
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2nd October 2012, 10:50 PM #11
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It all started with a bottle of red wine, a nightmare about a cave, a bunyip and a shepherds crook......... Originally Posted by Christos
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7th October 2012, 02:41 PM #12
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I've only had a few shed hours this weekend but I had enough time to make the top (on the right) and bottom frames for the display cabinet upper section. Although the brief was to use pine to match existing furniture, I had a few nice thin pieces of camphour laurel which I decided to use as the bottom shelf of the display cabinet. Its not visble until the door is open ... but you can smell it!
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The bottom frame is shown where it will eventually be mounted and the blocks indicate where the 5 posts WILL be.......
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It was going to be difficult to finish the bottom frame once the cabinet is assembled so I decided to finish it now. The camphour is finished with shellac, the pine is stained and the whole assembly has 2 coats of WOP gloss. The dark line is masking tape as this area needs to be clean enough for glueing later. The piece behind is a shelf from the furniture I need to match and, after a LOT of trial and error, I've ended up using a 50;50 mix of Watyl golden oak and nordic teak....
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8th October 2012, 11:29 AM #13
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The finish does look very close to the original piece that you needed to match.
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13th October 2012, 06:52 PM #14
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standing on its own 5 feet ... with its arms in the air
I had a rough work week so shed therapy was prescribed. I cut and dadoed the verticals, cut the stiles, mortice and tenoned, and friction and stiction holds it in place.
There are no 2 verticals the same so the potential for making a mistake was fairly high.
There will be a very basic 'crown' replicating the top of the cupboard section and standing proud of the top frame and there will be a clear panel set into the top frame.
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14th October 2012, 05:01 PM #15
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Looking very good Fletty!!
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