Dave MacArthur
07-12-2007, 5:05 AM
Hi,
Having succeeded in posting my first pics, I decided to post some pics of a project I did a few years ago. My house did not have gas, and I enjoy cooking with gas, so I built this cabinet/eating bar/cook center to house a propane tank and cooktop for inside the kitchen.
The piece is a bit dirty/scuffed, I should have cleaned it before the pics...
The base is made with cherry plywood, and I used locking miters for the corner joints for a clean look that would allow the nice flame pattern to "wrap around", with glue blocks/cleats inside for added strength. Also used biscuits, not needed with the locking miter, but I wanted to try it.
The doors are frame/panel with solid cherry, and the stiles have darked over the years--when built, all the panels and rail/stiles were well matched for color, so I've learned something about using the same board!
The top is 8/4 Chakte Kok (Red Heart) biscuit/glued up. When new, it was brilliant red/purple/orange swirled, but has aged to look like well-figured and dark cherry, which is ok with this piece but nowhere near as striking as when new. I finished the top with 7 coats of poly, wet sanded between, and final Johnson's Wax, the base is clear Watco.
This was my first effort at cabinetry; I like the design functionally still (that large drawer up top is fantastic to hold all your big/long cooking spoons etc!), but I would probably modify the drawer face to have some more design (though it needed the large top gap for the cooktop hanging down, so I matched that gap below), and perhaps simplify the rail/stile profile to a smoother and less "grease catching" profile... small corners of the ogee with edges capture a lot of dust/grease in kitchen cabinets, and IMO is not a very functional design for cleaning. But overall happy with it ;)
Having succeeded in posting my first pics, I decided to post some pics of a project I did a few years ago. My house did not have gas, and I enjoy cooking with gas, so I built this cabinet/eating bar/cook center to house a propane tank and cooktop for inside the kitchen.
The piece is a bit dirty/scuffed, I should have cleaned it before the pics...
The base is made with cherry plywood, and I used locking miters for the corner joints for a clean look that would allow the nice flame pattern to "wrap around", with glue blocks/cleats inside for added strength. Also used biscuits, not needed with the locking miter, but I wanted to try it.
The doors are frame/panel with solid cherry, and the stiles have darked over the years--when built, all the panels and rail/stiles were well matched for color, so I've learned something about using the same board!
The top is 8/4 Chakte Kok (Red Heart) biscuit/glued up. When new, it was brilliant red/purple/orange swirled, but has aged to look like well-figured and dark cherry, which is ok with this piece but nowhere near as striking as when new. I finished the top with 7 coats of poly, wet sanded between, and final Johnson's Wax, the base is clear Watco.
This was my first effort at cabinetry; I like the design functionally still (that large drawer up top is fantastic to hold all your big/long cooking spoons etc!), but I would probably modify the drawer face to have some more design (though it needed the large top gap for the cooktop hanging down, so I matched that gap below), and perhaps simplify the rail/stile profile to a smoother and less "grease catching" profile... small corners of the ogee with edges capture a lot of dust/grease in kitchen cabinets, and IMO is not a very functional design for cleaning. But overall happy with it ;)