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18th January 2021, 02:10 PM #1... and this too shall pass away ...
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WIP Entertainment Unit
A bloke who is a close friend and who services all my vehicles has asked for a new entertainment unit.
After much discussion and more than a few sketches everything was thrown out when he saw that I had veneers used to make the cabinet in the pic below still available. He pointed to the veneers and told me he did not care about dimensions or shape. All he cared about was three things. 1. The veneers below were to be used on four narrow doors. 2. In the middle of the unit there was to be a door with glass panels through which his IR remotes would work. Plain glass was specified. 3. I was to fit drawers behind the doors to the right hand side.
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The cabinet will be in three sections. The LHS will be behind two of the doors and will be used to hold "Stable Tables" the client likes to use when eating whilst watching TV. The RHS will house cedar drawers behind the other two camphor laurel doors. Two narrow doors were preferred over a single larger door so when his 11 year old son opens a door and leans on it, the cabinet will not want to topple forward (DAMHIKT). The centre section will have a simple framed glass door with a single glazing bar, behind which will be a shelf to house electronic gear.
The next pic is of the sides of the cabinet, which will be about 800 mm high once the legs are added, about 470 mm deep and 1,600 mm long. The sides are 2 mm camphor laurel book-matched veneers over lipped MDF, so there are no wood movement issues to deal with. The top will be a close fitting thick top very like the little cabinet above.
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18th January 2021, 03:56 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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Dragging a chair out to watch this one.
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19th January 2021, 03:40 PM #3... and this too shall pass away ...
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Started making the web frames. Floating tenons for all joinery.
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The beast in the background is a drop saw with wings and a fence. I love it to death. I just cut 6 pieces at precisely 500 mm and another 6 at precisely 338 mm. It is wonderful when you need to cut bunch of components and want them all exactly the same length.
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This recently built unit is the base model for this build. The new cabinet will be 1,600 mm long instead of 1,500 mm long and will have five doors, the centre door having glass panels and the doors either side being camphor laurel veneered doors. Also, there are no drawers to the front of the unit as per the pic. The doors will be full length. The drawers will be behind the doors on the RHS.
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8th February 2021, 12:39 AM #4... and this too shall pass away ...
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Been a bit slack updating. Here is a pic showing the top and bottom web frames glued to the sides, with the guts work dry assembled.
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8th February 2021, 12:41 AM #5... and this too shall pass away ...
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In this pic the guts work is complete and the strengthening beams are in place under the cabinet. Next I'll make the drawers.
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2nd March 2021, 11:32 PM #6... and this too shall pass away ...
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The job progresses ... slowly.
First pic shows the drawers in the cabinet. Cedar fronts and hoop pine sides. Because the doors will be push to open there is no room for knobs, so cutaways are used.
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The second pic shows two of the doors in the vacuum press.
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Here we see the doors sitting in the frames. Centre door will be glazed so the IR remote will work through it. Client wants clear glass. I recommended red glass.
These veneers are a hoot. I have asked nearly 20 women what they see in the veneers. All but two said "boobs". What the other two said cannot be published. Nearly every man has seen a bulldog. Whatever one sees, they are dramatic. These are the most dramatic veneers I have cut in the shop, and I love them. More importantly, the client is crazy about them.
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This pic shows the top in the vacuum press.
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Next I'll frame the top and fit it, followed by swinging the doors.
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3rd March 2021, 08:25 PM #7... and this too shall pass away ...
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Top finished and in place. Doors swung. Hinges to RH door needed to be morticed into the carcass/leg to allow the drawers to slide past them.
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Client has changed his mind and asked for red glass to the centre door.
Removable shelf for centre section made.
Some time ago I sat down and thought about a way to swing doors that gave perfect placement and which was a one man job. Arrived at a method where the hirline (non-morticing) hinges are screwed to the cabinet, opened and masking tape applied over the hinge plate and the carcass after which time the hinge is closed again.
The doors are trimmed to final size. Then the tongue of the hinge is painted with epoxy resin and the door is dropped in and held in place with soft cedar wedges, which also press the door onto the glued tongue of the hinge. The door is tapped around until the fit is where it needs to be, and then I forget it for about 12 hours.
Once the epoxy is set the doors are carefully opened, the tape removed, holes are drilled and the hinge screws are driven. There is a little clean up of excess epoxy, but in this case that took 5 minutes. I have done this several times, and am pleased to report that it has worked like a charm every time.
The final pic shows the method of drawer construction.
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Fronts are rebated using a set of dado blades. Drawer is glued up and assembled with clamps. Once the glue is dry Holes are drilled with the drill press and pre-stained dowells are glued in place. In this case the fronts are cedar and the sides are hoop pine.
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4th March 2021, 12:32 AM #8... and this too shall pass away ...
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Needed to do a little "adjusting" of grain, as noted in the shots below.
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This is two close up shots of one of the doors. The LHS is before and the RHS is after. Note in the circled area on the LHS the grain "misses" where it has been book leafed. This happens sometimes. The RHS shows a repair, using nothing more sophisticated than coloured pencils. It needs a bit more work, but I am happy with progress so far.
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4th March 2021, 12:49 AM #9... and this too shall pass away ...
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This feels like a good time to thank those forum members who have helped me so much over the years. Since coming to this forum in 2012 my work has improved out of sight. I have learned about the evils of wood movement, and how to build cabinets that do not fear changes in humidity. I have learned how to cut and fix my own veneers. I have a vastly improved dust collection system. It goes on .... and on.
I have been helped by too many to allow me to name them all, but there are a few who have been so generous with their time and their skills that they must be named. Wongo, Ian (Canada) and BobL. To you blokes, and to everyone else who has helped out along the way, many thanks. I'm sure I speak not only for myself, but also for every household that has the fruits of my workshop.
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4th March 2021, 07:50 AM #10SENIOR MEMBER
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Im looking forward to seeing the finished article John. Some pretty amazing veneers you have been using (i saw boobs, but my wife would say that's not surprising) One of the attractions of this forum is being able to watch different builds, always learn something from them. Thanks for posting.
You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. ~Oscar Wilde
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7th March 2021, 09:25 PM #11... and this too shall pass away ...
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Awww ... tony_A ... how could you not see a bulldog?
Here are the same veneers, on a smaller piece, before and after the top was cut down to size. It almost barks!
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8th March 2021, 10:21 AM #12SENIOR MEMBER
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10th March 2021, 05:00 PM #13... and this too shall pass away ...
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Lacquer on.
Push to open catches on.
Glass in.
All finished except the top will be polished in a day or two. Then delivery.
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Developed a different way to fit the push to open catches. I sanded a piece of cedar to the same thickness as the doors on the drum sander, which was clamped to the underside of the top, where the door would fit. Then the latch was clamped in position, just touching this piece of timber. A couple of screws were driven and all that remained was to fit the metal plates to the door that the magnetic catches engage. Worked like a charm.
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12th March 2021, 01:48 PM #14... and this too shall pass away ...
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Top polished.
Reflected light from windows indicate the type of finish.
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Loaded.
Ready for delivery tomorrow.
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End of WIP.
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15th March 2021, 11:39 AM #15... and this too shall pass away ...
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In its final resting place.
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