On yesterday’s blog, Larry asked for a better photo of the inserted spline, here it is Larry. You’ll notice further down in this blog when the hole is drilled for the hinge insert that you can see the spline there as well.
It’s not as easy as it looks, the smooth flat faces paint fine [...]
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I’ve got the cabinets primed, filled and ready for paint. I’ve got the backs done and ready for the doors. I decided to go with the MDF so as to have a nice flat panel as these doors simply get a routed profile. I have had issues with MDF’s screw holding ability, especially on euro hinges. I have seen [...]
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I guess its our turn. I’ve been making fun of all you “Yanks” having bad weather. Well seems today it’s our turn. We are still not near as cold as you guys, it’s 28 here. Snowing,sleeting and icing all at the same time, keeps changing around, it’s getting to be a mess. Sounds like a good day to go home, so [...]
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Came over here to write a little blog, and it was gone….Where did it go? Ken and Sherri have gotten more of the site done and cookin, looks good, but My blog dropped down a few notches, I am going to let Sherri tell you a little more about that.
I planed the cherry for [...]
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I have a little more to get done on the cabinets. I have all of the cases built so I will start the finish process this week end. I’ll start with a coat of shellac just to insure everything is sealed down, a scuff with 320, then the undercoat. After that dries [...]
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Last night we delivered the mirror we made to go with the bedroom suite we built, and got some photos we forgot to get last time. I want you to see the Accuride Pocket Door System and the way I did the doors as inset’s which is normally not done. Inset doors have [...]
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Yesterday, I got some cherry in from Justin and Billy at Willow Run, all 12″ and wider. I need to sort through it to see if it will do what I want on this slant front desk. I’ve also emailed Skip at Good Hope to see what he may have. [...]
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Here are a few pictures of some of the cabinets. I’ve still got to face frame the tall unit that will house a built in oven. They are using the original oven and boy did I have to hunt to get all the specifications on it. Now we can get it wrapped [...]
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well its Monday, and we all know about them, over the weekend I did about nothing, worked on these kitchen cabinets some , as well as some other stuff, but mostly just let my head clear…I did manage to clean up a little and get things a bit more organized…seems i had every tool [...]
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