Robert Engel
12-29-2018, 9:39 AM
Just thought I would post this in case someone is doing the same thing.
Mistake #1: Not paying enough attention to details of construction during planning stage. After drawing it up and calculating dimensions, once the build started I realized quickly the dimensions did not translate to reality. So I ended up building it on the fly more or less.
I also did not plan out the joinery I knew I would be screwing it together and ended up going with cleats rather than dadoes, rabbets, etc. So lots of head scratching, cuts and re-cuts.
Mistake #2: I miscalculated drawer depths (again, that drawing/reality thing) and strayed from my normal routine of building drawers AFTER they carcase is done. So I ended up doing surgery on the drawers to make them less deep, which, added to that, I use a narrow crown stapler to attach bottoms (which I also don't normally do).
Mistake #3: After painstakingly fitting the arched doors getting all the gaps perfect, then removing to paint, reinstalling, and removing again to transport, every time the doors fit differently . The middle gap is still too narrow, but I'm leaving as is for a month or so as it was very humid the week before the install.
Mistake #4: Building it as one unit. I figured since the sides were 1/2" and the back was 1/4" it wouldn't weight that much. Boy was I wrong about that. Thank God my 26 yr old son was available that day!!
Oh, and the angle cut for the crown: 135° / 2 = 67.5° = 22.5° vertical cut on miter saw. Still doesn't make sense to me, but it worked.
Still have some touch up and trim paint to do. Sorry for the sideways pic can someone correct that and tell me how?
399775
Mistake #1: Not paying enough attention to details of construction during planning stage. After drawing it up and calculating dimensions, once the build started I realized quickly the dimensions did not translate to reality. So I ended up building it on the fly more or less.
I also did not plan out the joinery I knew I would be screwing it together and ended up going with cleats rather than dadoes, rabbets, etc. So lots of head scratching, cuts and re-cuts.
Mistake #2: I miscalculated drawer depths (again, that drawing/reality thing) and strayed from my normal routine of building drawers AFTER they carcase is done. So I ended up doing surgery on the drawers to make them less deep, which, added to that, I use a narrow crown stapler to attach bottoms (which I also don't normally do).
Mistake #3: After painstakingly fitting the arched doors getting all the gaps perfect, then removing to paint, reinstalling, and removing again to transport, every time the doors fit differently . The middle gap is still too narrow, but I'm leaving as is for a month or so as it was very humid the week before the install.
Mistake #4: Building it as one unit. I figured since the sides were 1/2" and the back was 1/4" it wouldn't weight that much. Boy was I wrong about that. Thank God my 26 yr old son was available that day!!
Oh, and the angle cut for the crown: 135° / 2 = 67.5° = 22.5° vertical cut on miter saw. Still doesn't make sense to me, but it worked.
Still have some touch up and trim paint to do. Sorry for the sideways pic can someone correct that and tell me how?
399775