Bloodwood Kitchen Mostly Done

[Richard McComas]

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[Victor Robinson]

Wow, very bloody cool! That is some gorgeous wood and beautiful finish - what are you using?

[brian watson]

Is there no vent over the cook-top on the island -- and what is the cooking contraption under the hood?

[Richard McComas]

Wow, very bloody cool! That is some gorgeous wood and beautiful finish - what are you using?I used Target coatings EM2000

[Rick Fisher]

That is very beautiful.. What an awesome project. Nice work ..

You must be an expert in washing the dust out of your clothes.. Lots of stains ?

(just occurred to me that not everyone wears a white t-shirt to mill bloodwood)

[Richard McComas]

Is there no vent over the cook-top on the island -- and what is the cooking contraption under the hood? That would be an indoor BBQ. The vent pops up behind the stove top when you want it.

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[Victor Robinson]

I used Target coatings EM2000

Thought that might be the case...love that stuff!

[Richard McComas]

That is very beautiful.. What an awesome project. Nice work ..

You must be an expert in washing the dust out of your clothes.. Lots of stains ?

(just occurred to me that not everyone wears a white t-shirt to mill bloodwood)LOL you got that right. The Bloodwood dust is a bit of a problem.

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[Dan Friedrichs]

Wow! It looks like you edge-banded the countertops? What are they?

[robert raess]

When you say Target for coating, is that a conversion varnish?...Awesome job!

[Richard McComas]

When you say Target for coating, is that a conversion varnish?...Awesome job!Target coating is an waterborne finish.

[Richard McComas]

Wow! It looks like you edge-banded the countertops? What are they?Counter top are Formica with bloodwood edging.

[Dave Mura]

Very nice work!!
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[Eric DeSilva]

Wow. That is spectacular!

I love the way bloodwood looks, but the one time I played with it, I had a devil of a time resawing. Stuff warped like crazy when cut in half, even though it was well seasoned. Must have been a lot of internal tensions in the wood, or something to do with the density. Given how much you have now used... Did I get some kind of particularly awful piece, or is it all like that?

[John Gregory]

Where did you ever find so much beautiful blood wood? I love your kitchen

[Richard Wagner]

WOW!

I like your shop almost as much as your kitchen. Nooo, not quite. But I envy your shop as much as I do your kitchen.

Great work.

[Richard McComas]

Wow. That is spectacular!

I love the way bloodwood looks, but the one time I played with it, I had a devil of a time resawing. Stuff warped like crazy when cut in half, even though it was well seasoned. Must have been a lot of internal tensions in the wood, or something to do with the density. Given how much you have now used... Did I get some kind of particularly awful piece, or is it all like that?Yes, milling all that bloodwood was a lot of work and not very fun at all.

[Phil Thien]

That looks fantastic. Not a single thing I don't love about it.

[Jim O'Dell]

STUNNING!!!! That is beautiful. Jim.

[Adam Cormier]

absolutely stunning. You are a true craftsman

[Bruce Page]

Richard, I can't think of any superlatives that haven't been already given so I'll just say WOW!

What does bloodwood go for in your neck of the woods?

[Brian Ross]

Thats a grand slam

Brian

[Don Sundberg]

Awesome! My wife is not allowed to see this kitchen.
So what does bloodwood do over time? Get darker, lighter, turn brown??

Don

[J.R. Rutter]

One of my suppliers told me that it turns brown quickly. Not sure if this is UV or oxidization. I'm curious to know if / how this kitchen changes over time. Looks very nice!

[Steve knight]

Bloodwood makes about the finest dust of all. no matter what dc I had I could always smell it when I cut it. I remember hand planing the edge of one board. 1/2 the edge have opposite grain.

[Don Morris]

Thanks for sharing. It's dynamite. When we renovated several years ago we put in a top of the line kitchen for LOML (cabinets and appliances) as she's a great cook. It's not a show kitchen, it's a used one. And I get the benefit of that!!! But I appreciated the comment about loving your shop as well as your kitchen. I'll second that. You would cringe if you had to work in mine. My heart would soar like an eagle if I had yours.

[Rick Fisher]

One of my suppliers told me that it turns brown quickly. Not sure if this is UV or oxidization. I'm curious to know if / how this kitchen changes over time. Looks very nice!

I have used some Bloodwood and it is still the exact same color after a few years.. Also did a Padauk cabinet with figured maple drawers and the Padauk has turned a bit brown..

I think Bloodwood holds the red color much better than Padauk..

However, I found the Bloodwood to be difficult to work with .. Padauk machined and sanded easily and finished well.. The bloodwood I used was troublesome ... the grain is all over the place, its harder to keep straight, and the red dust stains other woods like maple, making the maple pink.. If I tried to inlay it in maple again, I would scrape it rather than sand it ..

[Larry Edgerton]

Very nice work!

Need a job? ;)\

Larry

[Jeff Monson]

Stunning kitchen, every aspect is great. Love the bloodwood.

[Jeffrey Makiel]

Absolutely gorgeous!

May I suggest a light rail molding under the wall cabinets with some low voltage task lighting. When I did kitchen remodeling, customers always loved the undecab lights.

Again...absolutely gorgeous!

Jeff :)

[Richard McComas]

Where did you ever find so much beautiful blood wood? I love your kitchenWish I could remember. I bought the wood 4 years ago from a company in Oregon but I can't remember the name. I wish I could because I want to get some more. I even call the shipping company to see if they had a record of the transaction but they could find it.

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[Richard McComas]

Wow. That is spectacular!

I love the way bloodwood looks, but the one time I played with it, I had a devil of a time resawing. Stuff warped like crazy when cut in half, even though it was well seasoned. Must have been a lot of internal tensions in the wood, or something to do with the density. Given how much you have now used... Did I get some kind of particularly awful piece, or is it all like that?I had to spend a LOT of time milling this wood. As you say it wants to move. I had to face joint and plane it down a little at a time of several days. I had my wood in the shop for a couple years or more and still had trouble.

[Will Blick]

Richard, thx for sharing, its inspirational to see what is possible....
Is this your kitchen, or a customers?
Did you build the cabinet boxes from the hardwood, or bloodwood veneered ply/mdf?

[Peter Quinn]

That is a striking kitchen Richard. Beautiful. Like others I'm no fan of working blood wood and don't envy you that. How was the Target to shoot? What type of spray rig are you using? Any trouble shooting waterbornes up there in the great white North as far as temperature? Looks like a great space to cook and enjoy a meal. Bravo.

[Richard McComas]

Richard, thx for sharing, its inspirational to see what is possible....
Is this your kitchen, or a customers?
Did you build the cabinet boxes from the hardwood, or bloodwood veneered ply/mdf?This kitchen was for my wife. The boxes were built throughout including the backs with 3/4 per-finished maple plywood.

[Dave Zellers]

Amazingly beautiful.

And that kitchen isn't bad either. If I had a shop like that, I'd buy a hot plate and a mini fridge and never come out.

But seriously, there is more to your wife's beautiful kitchen than just the cabinets. Those ceiling lines are awesome. And what kind of wood is the floor? At first I thought fir but given where you live, some type of Alaskan cedar maybe?

And when are you going to trim out that window and the door??? And the baseboard between the door and the heat???


Oh geeze, sorry. I started channeling my wife there for a minute...

[Richard McComas]

That is a striking kitchen Richard. Beautiful. Like others I'm no fan of working blood wood and don't envy you that. How was the Target to shoot? What type of spray rig are you using? Any trouble shooting waterbornes up there in the great white North as far as temperature? Looks like a great space to cook and enjoy a meal. Bravo. The Target Coating spray GREAT. I have the two gun in the link below. I ended up using the mini gun on the cabinets. It just seemed to spray better than the full sized gun. Probably just my setup of the gun as I'm not an expert on spray.

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I had no trouble temperature wise. I brought the shop up to 75 degrees and then opened an window enough for makeup air and started spraying. My furnace kicked in and would run continuously until I was done. The photo shows the setup.

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[Richard McComas]

Amazingly beautiful.

And that kitchen isn't bad either. If I had a shop like that, I'd buy a hot plate and a mini fridge and never come out.

But seriously, there is more to your wife's beautiful kitchen than just the cabinets. Those ceiling lines are awesome. And what kind of wood is the floor? At first I thought fir but given where you live, some type of Alaskan cedar maybe?

And when are you going to trim out that window and the door??? And the baseboard between the door and the heat???


Oh geeze, sorry. I started channeling my wife there for a minute...The The window and door trim is in progress now. In fact the trim is on 3 window and one door as I type this. I like to make the trim as a whole unit, prime it and then paint after installing. The floor is Maple laminate flooring by Quick Step.

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[Peter Quinn]

Thanks for the info Richard. Turns out you and I are using the same gun and bought it from the same place! I have shot Target's polycarbonate exterior finish but haven't used them for cabinets yet. Enjoy that kitchen!

[Mike Heidrick]

Someone asked but I did not see the answer...

Tell us about your edgebanding the counter tops. What are the countertpps made out of?

[Richard McComas]

Someone asked but I did not see the answer...

Tell us about your edgebanding the counter tops. What are the countertpps made out of?Nothing special Mike. Formica brand HLP with bloodwood edging.

[David Nelson1]

This kitchen was for my wife. The boxes were built throughout including the backs with 3/4 per-finished maple plywood.

Morning Richard,

Outstanding kitchen design and execution! I was flabbergasted at 1st first, sight to say the least. I have had a notion that I would tackle a kitchen remodel as far back as 10 years ago and have doodles and design concepts stacked a foot high with no certain resolution. I'm floundering a lot. You have incorporated most of the aspects of what I envisioned for my cabinets.

May I ask why you didn't build the cabinets from raw stock, choosing instead to use a ply product? How did you, and what level of difficulty was it attaching your raised panel ends? Last but no least where did you find the indoor grill? I have been looking for one that has an elegant appearance without the clunky commercial look for quite some time. Amana had one a few years back, but it's now discontinued.

Thanks in advance and again outstanding work.
Dave

[Jeffrey Makiel]

I'm still staring at this post! This is a really neat kitchen!
Jeff :)

[Mike Heidrick]

Nothing special Mike. Formica brand HLP with bloodwood edging.

Thankyou Rich. Trust me my friend - you made it ALL SPECIAL!! Beautiful work.

Curious to its color in 6 months or a year - please post it again so we can see how it looks then.

[Mike Heidrick]

Just read this....

Noteworthy, is the fact that, unlike most of the other red-toned tropical hardwoods, (Padauk, Purpleheart, etc), Bloodwood does not exhibit a tendency to turn brown or gray, and as such does not require UV protection.

[C Scott McDonald]

Do they make Bloodwood Plywood?

[Richard McComas]

Do they make Bloodwood Plywood?When I was gathering materials for my kitchen I look everywhere I could think of for bloodwood plywood. I never did find "in stock" bloodwood plywood. I then went to the woodweb's lumber exchange and posted there. I got several response from companies the will lay-up any kind of plywood you want. Of course the draw back to that is cost. I was quoted in the neighborhood of 300 dollars a sheets plus shipping. That was for the two sheets I wanted. I'm sure the price goes down some for more sheet but probably not much unless you buy a lot of it.


I finally ended up having a company make me two sheet of bloodwood veneer at a cost of 175 dollars a sheet plus almost 100 dollars in shipping cost. The company was in NY.

I used that veneer on the sides of the oven , refrigerator and range hood cabinet.


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[John Coloccia]

I'll just add another "what a miserable wood to work with" to the mix. Beautiful when it's done but it fights you every step of the way. I've had it twist just sanding out tool marks.

[Richard McComas]

Thankyou Rich. Trust me my friend - you made it ALL SPECIAL!! Beautiful work.

Curious to its color in 6 months or a year - please post it again so we can see how it looks then.Mike, It took me so long to complete this kitchen that what you see is at least 6 months old. I built the cabinet and stored them in my shop while I re-did the room they go in.

[Richard McComas]

Morning Richard,

Outstanding kitchen design and execution! I was flabbergasted at 1st first, sight to say the least. I have had a notion that I would tackle a kitchen remodel as far back as 10 years ago and have doodles and design concepts stacked a foot high with no certain resolution. I'm floundering a lot. You have incorporated most of the aspects of what I envisioned for my cabinets.

May I ask why you didn't build the cabinets from raw stock, choosing instead to use a ply product? How did you, and what level of difficulty was it attaching your raised panel ends? Last but no least where did you find the indoor grill? I have been looking for one that has an elegant appearance without the clunky commercial look for quite some time. Amana had one a few years back, but it's now discontinued.

Thanks in advance and again outstanding work.
Dave
Everything is solid wood except for the boxes. It would be a shame to use blood wood where it's not readily seen. Also solid wood boxes would have major wood movement to deal with. There is a good reason they invented plywood.

An indoor BBQ grill should be easy to find on the internet with a Google. The one I have is a Thermador.

To apply the end panels I made my face frames and raised end panels. I ran them on my shaper using the dreaded lock miter bit, glued them up and applied them to the cabinet box.


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[David Nelson1]

Everything is solid wood except for the boxes. It would be a shame to use blood wood where it's not readily seen. Also solid wood boxes would have major wood movement to deal with. There is a good reason they invented plywood.

An indoor BBQ grill should be easy to find on the internet with a Google. The one I have is a Thermador.

To apply the end panels I made my face frames and raised end panels. I ran them on my shaper using the dreaded lock miter bit, glued them up and applied them to the cabinet box.


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Thanks Richard. A picture is worth a thousand words! I thought wood movement would have been your answer for the cases. seems to be the standard. I was thinking to build the cabinets like furniture, but after hanging out here and reading many books your approach as well as everyone else is the way I will build.

LOL yes it was Thermador not Amana's indoor grill I was drooling over. I'll keep looking!

When you attached your face frames and raised panels did you use anything to help with the alignment like biscuits or dowels?