Project in progress: Kitchen Island

[Zahid Naqvi]

Todd, it's coming along nicely. You were MIA for a bit there, nice to see you back.

[Todd Burch]

No pictures right now, but the 3 drawers for the island, along with 20 others for other parts of the house (23 in total) are now all glued up and ready for final sanding prior to shooting satin lacquer.

When gluing box joints up, it is inevitable to get glue squeeze-out on both the inside and outside of the box. Yesterday, I started the drudgery of paring out the dried glue squeeze-out on the insides of the drawers. I hate this part of making boxes. I first went to my typically-grabbed short paring chisel and started paring. However, I chose to start with a deep drawer, and the short, 4" or so, chisel quickly turned useless trying to reach deeper parts of the drawer. I like to move my chisel parallel with the joint, as opposed to paring perpendicular and into the corner.

I paused, sat back and thought for a minute about other options, and then remembered I had some old cranked necked (Marples, boxwood handles) paring chisels. I had seen it just the other day when looking for something else. I grabbed the closest one (1 1/2" wide and probably 10" long) and HOLY COW, did it ever work fantastic! Never again will I dread cleaning up glue squeeze-out inside a box again. The cranked neck style makes all the difference in the world.

Todd

No pictures of the granite that is installed, but I had some fun putting this video together.

http://youtu.be/GdeZmCi3dmo

[frank shic]

that's an awesome video, todd. have you ever considered using a manual tile cutter? i got one manufactured by rubi and it works great: no noise, no water, no electricity although it doesn't cut certain materials... was that your father or father in law helping you out? he sure looks like he's still in good shape!

[Todd Burch]

Yep, that's my dad, and my son. He is in good shape. He just turned 72. I'll be 50 this year, and my son is 21. And, I was helping him out!

Wet saw is already purchased. Can't cut inside corners with a manual cutter. Dad's been laying tile for most of his career. Most he ever laid in 1 day was 1300 sf. Now, when hits about 150 sf, he calls it a day!

[Brett Bobo]

Never in my wildest dreams would I expect to find a video posted on a woodworking site with a theme song from House of Pain-Jump Around! Looking forward to seeing the final product so keep the updates coming!

[frank shic]

Yep, that's my dad, and my son. He is in good shape. He just turned 72. I'll be 50 this year, and my son is 21. And, I was helping him out!

Wet saw is already purchased. Can't cut inside corners with a manual cutter. Dad's been laying tile for most of his career. Most he ever laid in 1 day was 1300 sf. Now, when hits about 150 sf, he calls it a day!

1300 sf in ONE DAY?!? he must've been flying like that video lol

[Patrick McCarthy]

Todd, great video . . . although I assume your son rather than you or dad selected the music?.

I tend to work ALOT slower than you gentlemen, despite the frequent ingestion of caffeine via coffee.

[Todd Burch]

Actually I picked the music! One of my tunes I listen to all day working from home. The first time I heard it, I was at an OU football game in Norman, OK. EVERYONE, except me and my wife, stood up and started jumping around. I thought it was so cool.

I'm hip. A little.

Pat - you should see me out in the shop after a RED BULL! Don't get in my way!! lol

[Jerry White]

One of the most entertaining videos I've seen, Todd! Great project, too. Even more impressive people. Good to see you again.

Jerry

[Todd Burch]

More progress on the batch of 29 drawers, 3 of which are for the island. These 17 are ready to be delivered and installed.

DSC_4245.jpg

The next 12 are all 1/2 coated with the first coat of lacquer. This evening, I'll try to get them done. These are the big ones - will take longer to spray/sand. The 7 matching are 22" deep, 24" wide and 14" tall and go in the master closet cabinets (the 8th matching is already done, @ the top of the first pic). The other 5 (for the kitchen) vary from around 28" to 32" wide, and average 9"-10" tall.

DSC_4247.jpg DSC_4246.jpg

I'm not spending much time of the front and backs - the false fronts will hide the fronts and the backs will never been seen.

[Todd Burch]

UGGGG!! I hate it when I make drawers too tall!!! 4 are too tall. Tablesaw... here I come!!

[Todd Burch]

I was wrong. Only 2 are too tall. Phew!

[Jim Rimmer]

UGGGG!! I hate it when I make drawers too tall!!! 4 are too tall. Tablesaw... here I come!!

Better than too short.