Lee Schierer
05-07-2003, 8:16 PM
Here is the cabinet I asked about pricing a while back. It is about 28 inches high and 20 inches wide. It was made from solid red oak and left unfinished at the request of the customer.
http://home.earthlink.net/~us71na/cabinet1.jpg
The doors turned out quite nice after two previous attempts. The owner hasn't seen it yet, so I can't say what he thought when he saw it. I'm not sure I would have picked those handles as they seem a little large, but that is what he wanted. He plans to cover the back with cloth so it was made of plywood. It is attached with screws so it can be removed. The two shelves are fixed, but can be slid out for finishing. The glass is set in the doors and held in place with 1/4 X 5/16" wooden strips held in by #2 X 1/2 brass flat head wood screws. The corners of the doors were done with lap joints and the 1/4" bead was glued in after the rails and stiles were made and glued up. Because of the narrow stiles, I couldn't use self closing hinges so I had to add two small magnetic catches at the top.
Oh yeah , the price was $160 and I figure that it took about 10-12 hours to make not counting the two extra sets of doors.
http://home.earthlink.net/~us71na/cabinet1.jpg
The doors turned out quite nice after two previous attempts. The owner hasn't seen it yet, so I can't say what he thought when he saw it. I'm not sure I would have picked those handles as they seem a little large, but that is what he wanted. He plans to cover the back with cloth so it was made of plywood. It is attached with screws so it can be removed. The two shelves are fixed, but can be slid out for finishing. The glass is set in the doors and held in place with 1/4 X 5/16" wooden strips held in by #2 X 1/2 brass flat head wood screws. The corners of the doors were done with lap joints and the 1/4" bead was glued in after the rails and stiles were made and glued up. Because of the narrow stiles, I couldn't use self closing hinges so I had to add two small magnetic catches at the top.
Oh yeah , the price was $160 and I figure that it took about 10-12 hours to make not counting the two extra sets of doors.