Alcove Unit

[Mr Ed]

I've not posted a project on here for ages, so I thought I'd give you a look at the last thing I've been up to. This one has appeared on WWUK, but for those who don't read there, here it is;

Constructed from MRMDF and Tulipwood, the unit is designed to loosely match the 100yr old original in the other alcove.

Heres a few pics from the making stage;

I did all the mitres this time BEFORE the bead on the face frame, using a mortar groove cutter, which turns out to be much easier.

I even managed to get the face frame to line up with the shelves.

Next step is joining the sections with dominos and then machining on the bead.

Face frames all glued up

Doors made, using the Wealden door set again. Works really well, although I can see why the guys who make lots of doors leave a table set up, as there's quite a bit of fiddling to get it perfect.

This is the setup for the scribe cut, using a sled to keep the rail at 90 degrees.

spraying the first coat of primer

Everything had 2 coats of Morrells WB primer, in this warm weather it's drying really quick and I'm getting a good finish. Sands up really well, I'm loving the Ceros which is perfect for this type of job.

All ready to start top coating; I decided to have a go at a video of me spraying;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44889096@N04/5923207394/

And thats it, finished

thanks for looking

Ed

 

[barkwindjammer]

Wow, thats very tidy , like the overall look of that room.

 

[DTR]

Very nice

 

[mahomo59]

Great project....

I'm thinking of doing the same and like the idea of using concealed hinges, but unsure of what ones to use. Please could you tell me what hinges you used?

Many thanks

James

 

[superunknown]

Very nice. A really neat job, I like!

 

[Sagly]

James,

After getting some advice on this forum previously, I used these hinges for my alcove units and they worked very well.

http://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/...Hinges/122/Blum_CLIP_on_Cabinet_Hinges/425860