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18th April 2017, 02:54 AM #1
For those that have built a kitchen ..
I have been reading a marvellous book by Nancy Miller, "Making Things Work". This is the story of her life as a cabinetmaker. I really recommend this to any aspiring amateur seeking to turn pro. I think I shall remain a happy weekend warrior.
One of the paragraphs that leapt off the page was this .. "You might imagine that full-overlay doors and drawer faces make for the simplest-possible installation. They do - when these elements have enough space between them to make any inconsistencies in the margins unnoticeable...... each adjustment of one door or drawer in any of its three planes affected every other one nearby. Not only did the margins need to be consistent, parts in such close proximity must also be in plane. For example, if the right edge of one drawer protruded even just a little relatove to its neighbor, the neighbor, too, had to be adjusted ... ".
I think Nancy wrote this to mock me as I began installing doors and drawers this weekend.
The installation so far. My work in USA Hard Maple ...
Lots still to do ...
I cannot wait to get back to building furniture!
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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18th April 2017, 08:43 AM #2Member
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Crikey. For a weekend warrior that looks amazing Derek. Great work.
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18th April 2017, 02:01 PM #3SENIOR MEMBER
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Great work on the kitchen.
I have been contemplating buying that book as I'm currently doing a cabinet/furniture making apprenticeship, it'd probably have some good insights.
And now that I have some birthday money on hand...
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18th April 2017, 03:39 PM #4China
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Looks pretty good to me there are alot of so called Cabinet Makers out there who would not have show at that sort of quality
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18th April 2017, 04:06 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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Looking great, Derek. I've not done a kitchen, but I've been building some frame and panel doors recently. They can be quite frustrating to someone with a woodworker's attention to detail.
Are all of your panels edge-jointed, solid lumber?
What do you think of Maple? It's readily available here, and I am developing an appreciation for it. I find working the end grain and planing against the grain to be pretty challenging, but both doable in a pinch. Compared to the other American hardwoods I understand where it gets the name "Hard" Maple.
Cheers,
Luke
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18th April 2017, 05:01 PM #6
Great work on the doors Derek. I like the effort you have gone to on the book matching, most retail solid wood doors I've seen don't give a damn!
Franklin
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18th April 2017, 05:29 PM #7
Hi Luke
The panels and frames are all solid Maple. All the panels are book matched. All the pieces in the frames were chosen to compliment the adjacent piece. I guess that is the furniture maker in me.
Working with USA Hard Maple has been interesting. First of all, it is not particularly hard ... as in Australian Hard. Let's call it "firm" - about the same as Tassie Oak. But it is so nice to work. The grain is tight and it is nice to plane, takes detail so well, and is good to finish. I was surprised how easily it can tear out, however. There are small pockets of reversing grain to watch out for. Either a high cutting angle or a closed down chipbreaker is important if you with to avoid tearout when finishing. Working against the grain I find easiest to use a plane with a closed down chipbreaker.
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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18th April 2017, 05:32 PM #8Visit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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18th April 2017, 06:35 PM #9Taking a break
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I must be a bit weird... I actually enjoy the process of getting a whole kitchen evenly spaced and aligned...
One area where good hardware really shines is ease of adjustment; we only use Blum and it's really a dream. 2-3mm of movement in all 3 axes and tilt adjustment on drawers as well.
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18th April 2017, 08:28 PM #10
They adjust easily ... in theory. Or perhaps I need to change the ones I am using, which as by Grass ...
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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18th April 2017, 08:54 PM #11
Been following along on this the end result looks fantastic.
Well done Derek.
And Ye new kitchen hinges are sooo much better these days.
Cheers Matt
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18th April 2017, 09:07 PM #12
Thanks Matt, but not even close to the end. I'll post before and after pics when it is done. I posted now just because it was such a relief to see the doors and drawers I have been building over the past few months (on weekends) actually turning into a real kitchen. Whew!
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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18th April 2017, 09:38 PM #13
Looking fantastic mate. Really love the contrast between the countertop and the cabinets, looks even better than I imagined.
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19th April 2017, 09:19 AM #15Senior Member
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Most of the major kitchen hardware manufacturers have these options in their hinges - three way adjustable and soft close and have done for quite a while - Hettich, Blum, Grass etc. Yes, they certainly do make adjustment a lot easier. One of the kitchens I had a bit to do with years ago was a big rustic country kitchen with exposed external brass hinges. It was a real bitch to set all the doors right so that all the tops were in perfectly in line.
Stewie
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