A Cabinet for the Bathroom's blank wall

[steven c newman]

Behind the "Throne" is this blank wall...
Bathroom Cabinet, not so blank canvass.JPG
(Red lines are from the computer) that needs.....something. Have to leave access to the light switch. There is another wall..
Bathroom Cabinet, corner defects.JPG
That I will need to leave a space in front of....mainly to allow a door to open up against the wall, and NOT bang your head...leave just enough room for a door handle, too....
Single Brain Cell Sketch Up came up with a starting plan...
Bathroom Cabinet, rough sketch up.JPG
along with a treatment for the bottom ends of the cabinet sides...
Bathroom Cabinet, bottom end detail.JPG
Just in case a towel rod needs added....Lumber Supply?
Bathroom Cabinet, 9 Ash boards.JPG
9 planks of 1 x 6 Ash....might be enough?.....we'll see.

Bathroom Cabinet, fancy grain.JPG
Want to show off the grain....too.

Stay tuned...

[Andrew Pitonyak]

So you are planning on a closed cabinet (it has doors) it seems. One was in a bathroom when I moved in and it is simply "shelves". I have considered making something nicer and was on the bench about doors or no doors. The truth of the matter is that if I finally get around to it I will ask the wife and she will dictate the answer.

The problem is that what is there works. It is not very attractive, but it does work.

Looking forward to this one.

[Lee Schierer]

You mean a cabinet like this one that filled a similar space in my daughters first house?
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[Andrew Pitonyak]

Wow, very nice

[steven c newman]

Sides....
Bathroom Cabinet, curvy bottom.JPG
5-3/8" x 30" long...bottom 4" has a double curve...
Bathroom Cabinet, Dado lay out.JPG
There are 2 shelves at the bottom, first one starts at that 4" mark ( 4-3/16") second one at the 10" mark (measurements are to the bottom of each shelf) Shelves sit in 7/8" wide dados, 1/2" deep.

Tablesaw makes a bunch of cuts..
Bathroom Cabinet, dados sawn.JPG
A chisel comes along and knocks the waste loose...
Bathroom Cabinet, break out.JPG
Then things get cleaned up with a router...
Bathroom Cabinet, second set of dados.JPG
A cordless one, at that. Then a test fit..
Bathroom Cabinet, test fit.JPG
Decided on a "mid" shelf....using a 1/2" thick Pine board as the shelf...means I needed yet another dado..
Bathroom Cabinet, mid shelf dado.JPG
Except this needed to be 1/2" x 1/2"...bottom of the shelf sits at 21-1/4" up from the bottom of the sides..again, waste away the waste, knock the waste loose, then clean out with the Stanley 71-1/2...
Also needed to get 3 shelves cut to size...
Bathroom Cabinet, 3 shelves.JPG
23-1/4" long, by 5-3/8" wide....

Stay tuned....I also got the top of the cabinet made, today...

[steven c newman]

Cabinet needs a top...if nothing else than to keep the dust bunnies out....so.

Top is about 1/4" wider than the sides...to allow a 1/4" plywood panel as a back. Staight-line ripped one edge, as the board was tapered a bit..
Bathroom Cabinet, top of cabinet, dados.JPG
Ends were squared up, at 26" length. a dado was cut 1" in from each end.....I was going to cut a round corner there in the res circles....changed to the better looking edge..
Bathroom Cabinet, dull blade.JPG
Hmmm....could be about time to change the bandsaw blade?
Bathroom Cabinet, rounded front corner.JPG
Will clean this up with the beltsander.....
Bathroom Cabinet, flattened top.JPG
Top of the top needed flattened a bit....bowed up down the center...was. Stacked all the parts...
Bathroom Cabinet, flat pack.JPG
Into a "Flat-Pak"....3 shelves, 2 sides, and the top. Will try a glue-up later....then see about a couple doors? Have to do a pair of panel glue-ups for that....and make the frames...

Stay tuned

[steven c newman]

There will be cussing involved....what started out as just a dry fit...
Bathroom Cabinet, dry fit for glue.JPG
Soon devolved into a glue adventure....Trying to glue and clamp everything at once....didn't work too great..
Bathroom Cabinet, glue up, stage 1.JPG
This being about the best way to add clamps....
Bathroom Cabinet, Sabre clamp....JPG
Even ones shaped like a Sabre....then came adding the top...
Bathroom Cabinet, Top glued on.JPG
getting long clamps to fit around other clamps, and pull the case square....at the same time...then, needed more clamps..
Bathroom Cabinet, pulling shelves straight.JPG
To pull the shelves straight....1/2" one was trying to bow....letting this mess sit overnight...maybe even 2.....I suppose I had better clean up under the tablesaw?
Bathroom Cabinet, saw's been busy.JPG
Most will be headed to the FirePit....been rather busy, lately...the saw, that is...

Stay tuned..

[steven c newman]

Was a bit busy with other items, yesterday.....maybe this afternoon-ish.....I can try to remove that army of clamps....and get the case cleaned up?

There IS a longer plank available...
Bathroom Cabinet, 9 Ash boards.JPG
That I think I can cut into 4 sections....and glue up into 2 panels....to make the raised panels for the 2 doors.

At least that is/was the "plan" for today....we'll see..

[steven c newman]

Wasn't quite long enough for 4 blanks...drat..

The before the clamps came off shot...
Bathroom Cabinet, remove the clamps.JPG
SLOWLY....until...
Bathroom Cabinet, clamps removed.JPG
All clamps were removed....Still needed a couple, though..
Bathroom Cabinet, plane hold down.JPG
To hold the case in place, as the pine shelf was a bit too wide (was flushed with the front of the case..)
Bathroom Cabinet, needs planed down.JPG
Needed something to remove the "excess" pine..
Bathroom Cabinet, plane working.JPG
See-through shavings, takes a LOT of passes....and, the shavings want to stick to about anything...especially my left hand.

Could finally set the case aside..
Bathroom Cabinet, set aside.JPG
What is throwing this picture off...is the legs for that bench behind the case, are splayed, to keep the bench stable.....case IS square...
Bathroom Cabinet, rip fence set up.JPG
Which means I can clear off the tablesaw, and set up to do a few rip cuts, need frame parts for 2 doors...
Bathroom Cabinet, door frame parts.JPG
Stay tuned...door parts are next on the list..

[steven c newman]

Was a busy day...off and on...
Busy Busy Busy Day.JPG
These needed jointed...
Bathroom Cabinet, left pair.JPGBathroom Cabinet, right pair, needs work.JPG
Tapers were ripped straight...waves planed flat...until..
Bathroom Cabinet, door panels glued up.JPG
Until 2 panels could be glued up, and set aside...

Decided those 7/8" thick stiles and rails could be thinned a bit, to 3/4" thick....and even removed a few bad spots along the sides..
Bathroom Cabinet. door parts resized.JPG
Will sort through these tomorrow, pick out the best 4 stiles...and see about enough rail stock....and set up a Stanley #45 to do a bunch of grooves...and MAYBE some beads?

Stay tuned..

[steven c newman]

Sorted through...even found 2 decent long stick s to make the 4 rails out of.
.Bathroom Cabinet, rail blanks,uncut.JPG
also sorted through the rest for 4 stile blanks..
Bathroom Cabinet, jointer work, rails.JPG
Most needed a little jointer work...Also worked on a jig...
Bathroom Cabinet, jig parts.JPG
that will come in very handy...still needed a couple notches cut...
Bathroom Cabinet, notched jig.JPG
Stiles needed to be all the same length...best way to do that,,,
Bathroom Cabinet, gang trimmed stiles.JPG
just gang them up...one pass on each end. Set up the plough plane...have work for it..
Bathroom Cabinet, plane set to plough.JPG
The cutter is a #12...took a few tries to get thing set just right..
Bathroom Cabinet, Groovy.JPG
Kept that old candle handy...kept things from binding...
Bathroom Cabinet, depth checker.JPG
And, check for depth of cut...had a few high spots that tried to slip by..
Next up..them rails...

[steven c newman]

rails were cut to about the right length over on the mitersaw..
Bathroom Cabinet, rail trimmer.JPG
A cordless Stanley #358...then adjust that jig a bit...
Bathroom Cabinet, jig reset for rails.JPG
As the rails are a bit shorter that the stiles....
Bathroom Cabinet, all grooves done...JPG
Did not take all that long to do...or..make a mess on the shop floor..
Bathroom Cabinet, Chippy day.JPG
Between the Jointer and the plough planes....was a Chippy sort of day. next item involved this cutter..
Bathroom Cabinet, cutter #22 need sharpened.JPG
A #22 bead cutter. Had to stop for a bit, as this did need to be sharpened up....bevel and the back...then the plane reset..
Bathroom Cabinet, beader set up.JPG
Moving skate adjusted out a tad...fence adjust in a bit...depth stop was set up AFTER a test run..
Bathroom Cabinet, test bead, Pine.JPG
More to keep the cutter from going too deep...then set up the jig..
Bathroom Cabinet, 1st bead in Ash.JPG
Was a bit rough at the start....not a biggie, as a mitered half lap will go there....turn the rail around...
And do another bead....stiles and rails all get 2 beads....one around the outside edge, and one around the inside towards the raised panels...

Back was getting sore, right between the shoulder blades.....2-1/2 Hours in the shop.....time to clean up, and close up....plenty of time to do all them beads, later..

Stay tuned...

[steven c newman]

Beads on all the rails are done..
Bathroom Cabinet, rails beaded.JPG
Re-adjust the jig. and bead the 4 stiles....until
Bathroom Cabinet, last bead done.JPG
last of the stiles had their beads done....had one stile that needed to be straightened out...
Bathroom Cabinet, flattening a hill.JPG
Was a bit bowed up in the middle...got that flattened back down....
Change of tools..
Bathroom Cabinet, miter layout tools.JPG
lay out a few miters...and do a few cuts..
Bathroom Cabinet, cut a miter.JPG
But, only half way down....then another saw took over...
Bathroom Cabinet, rip cut.JPG
To make a rip cut...
Bathroom Cabinet, needs tuned,pared.JPG
At least on the 4 rails....even set up 2 mitersaws...
Bathroom Cabinet, 2 saws, no waiting.JPG
One for each end...then that rip saw....
Stay tuned...more to come, was a busy day...

[steven c newman]

Ok, all the rails have their joinery done? Need to half lap the stiles to match...
Bathroom Cabinet, half laps done.JPG
Stiles started out like this....but, they need to match up with..
Bathroom Cabinet, half laps.JPG
the rails...means a 45 degree cut,,,

Bathroom Cabinet, frame parts done.JPG
Like these ( done on the tablesaw, this time) Then a test fit...
Bathroom Cabinet, test fit corner.JPG
And clean things up until a good match is made....enough that a full frame could be dry fitted..
Bathroom Cabinet, frame dry fit.JPG
Both frames are ready for their raised panels...but..
Bathroom Cabinet, Next up, panels.JPG
I need to work on the panels just a bit....trim to size, raise the front , need to rebate the back of the panel....

Sounds like another full day in the shop...Stay tuned...

[steven c newman]

Guess I should meander down towards the shop, after a bit.....make a bit of saw dust...

Stay tuned...there may be some cussing involved....doubt there will be any glue spilled, though...

Have to haul the 30 gal. Trash Can to the shop...and clean up under the tablesaw....getting hard to move the saw where I need it to be....may bring in the snow shovel, as well...at least I can find it, later...

Stay tuned..