I added a new cabinet so I can display more stuff.

Now on to that pesky door.

Looks the business Jeff. Very well made .. will you stain it to match the darker timber in the background?How deep is it?

Looking good Jeff. Is that birch plywood? Are you planning on a single or double door? I built a hutch for my wife a few years ago. It has glass double doors. Those doors took more time the whole rest of the project.

Cary

As a fumbling wood worker, I have to say that looks pretty good.

Thanks Fellows.

Answered in order

Frank I made it 13.5 inches deep 40 inches wide last time on that,as I had to use my friends saw that cut beyond my 36 inch cut on mine to cut the back out.

Think I might get me that grizzly saw with the 52" cut this year.

I might stain it dark do not know.

Cary

Thinking of a single door as would not hide to much interior,if I used double doors

Will see I might use Acrylic instead of glass also as to weight and well open the door the thing will want to fall over.

Yes Birch ply and a popular face frame.

Popular a good wood for this and cheap.


Last

Mark thanks
Cabinets are easy to do and only a few tools needed really.
Thing is the wood for the frame you must buy unfinished lumber or way to much in cost otherwise.

If you need any ideas on doing one drop me a line.

So get some tools and build something for all those models we will get done soon.

PS
Wife said no more cabinets upstairs as I have too many there now.

One more thing now on here 8 years dang I know I missed a few years during my 'Gun' craze days but have been back now 5 at least.

Cheers

Instead of wooden doors why don't you use plain glass and put a track in top and bottom.

Jeff, Long time since I did a book case, most of my current projects are more kid sized, for my wife's day care center

Nice job their Mark I think you do not need no help.

Bill a good idea but that glass would be heavy and would limit me having only one side open at a time.

I did that with my reloading bench,but wood of cause.

Cheers

Jeff,

Thanks, but it's a well staged photo.. You can't see that it's a bit out of square and where the router walked (fortunately it was on the underside of the shelf so it's hidden ). Now if she'll let me work on my F-16 for a while, I might get it done.

First there are no mistakes in woodworking.

Between me and you I would of ran it thru a Table saw with a dado blade and made a groove and everything flush to the front,then just trimmed it out.

Good work on the stop Grooves though.

Cheers

The plywood is a Chinese knock off of Baltic birch, made with an Australian hardwood veneer. Since it has the multi-ply structure of Baltic birch and this is for a daycare, I figured the rounded edges would give more storage and fewer cut fingers than a face frame. Got a 23/32 router bit so it works nicely on the stopped dados.

Good deal.

I must admit that lately the plywood from Overseas is getting worse a lot of Bondo and stuff gaps flaws ply's coming apart when rabbeting Etc ....

All junk and some pretty high priced.

Enjoy the Hutch

Cheers

I agree, I bought some A-C Exterior grade a while back and A side was full of Bondo. Got the stuff for the hutch from the Orange borg, ~U$35/sheet vs. U$40 for birch and U$50 for maple. But the more expensive stuff had standard 5 ply construction ane would have to have had a face frame. This stuff looked close enough to Baltic birch to get away with untreated edges.

The Orange Box stores must have different stuff as nothing like that here.

All Birch Red Oak 1/2 or 3/4 and most junk after you cut it so many voids in it unreal and at $50.00 a sheet that is not good.

I think quality control must be like out to lunch when they run this junk that they sell here.

Might be good for them there but not for me really.

Even the Plywood back had Bondo spots on both side at $18.00 a sheet.

Orange Borg = Home Depot, Blue borg = Lowes. IIRC local HD carries 1/4,1/2 and 3/4 Baltic birch knock off. One local Lowes doesn't carry it at all, the other one only carries the 3/4. Not void free like true Baltic birch, the sharp white in the photo burns out the places where I did add filler. But with 11 ply construction, the voids aren't a big a deal to hide. No voids on either face, but THIN veneer (1/40") and some glue issues along the factory edges.

The grain in that veneer looks too wide to be Australian Hardwood. It looks to me to be New Zealand Kauri Pine. "Australian Hardwood" is usually Victorian Ash or Tasmanian Oak, and tends to have very straight short grain with very little colour variation either in solid timber or veneers. Beautiful work on the cabinets Jeff and Mark !!

Cheers, D

Thanks Damian as a member of a Australian woodworking site you all have some fine wood there that will never be seen here.

A bunch of talented woodworkers indeed.

Even the Kiwi's



Cheers Mate

Thanks Damian.

You are correct, I found a label that says Agathis. Wiki defines it as an evergreen spices common in the Southern Hemisphere. It includes the kauri of New Zealand. Don't know how I got Australian hardwood out of that.

Well door done up.







Of cause one of the Cats has to make sure it gets it rubbing before anything else.

Wow, that cat is so realistic! How did you paint the fur?

Did you use the Krieg Pocket hole jig?

Was rough painting the cat especially the eyes

Yes sir only way to fly I have the jig for many years and only used it a few times is a real saver sometimes.

Up with more pics of the routing for the plastic.

Door hung.

Last one this big.

Wow! Thats a really nice cabinet! Did you have a plan to go by? I didn't realize how big that was till I saw the finished product. Great Job!

No plans used.

Cabinets are easy to do.

Cheers