Another Tool Cabinet FINISHED FINAL PICS

[Anonymous]

LN

That looks HUGE!!! :lol: looking forward to seeing it completed and filled with lovely tools :wink:

 

[Lord Nibbo]

LN

That looks HUGE!!! :lol: looking forward to seeing it completed and filled with lovely tools :wink:

:lol: It is, my old cabinet would fit in one of the doors :lol:


In answer to Waka re: the handles, I still haven't thought about it yet, I'm still waitingto see what you do :lol:

 

[wizer]

hehe to repeate a phrase coined elsewhere. This is like a build-off. Challenge of the Tool Cabinets

:lol:

 

[Waka]

LN

That looks HUGE!!! :lol: looking forward to seeing it completed and filled with lovely tools :wink:

:lol: It is, my old cabinet would fit in one of the doors :lol:


In answer to Waka re: the handles, I still haven't thought about it yet, I'm still waitingto see what you do :lol:

LN

No good waiting for me because I'll only have handles on the draws in the top cabinet and the bottom cabinet should be ready before I go on hol's in the middle of Feb, assuming I can get this cock beading right, really doing my head in..
The top part probably won't be put together until March/April time.

 

[big soft moose]

What sort of prices is that veneered MDF - my bendy bookcases were built in bog standard normal mdf but I am sick of them laughing at me (I'll post a thread soon and you'll see what i mean) and i'm going to rip them out and do a propper job and that stuff could be just what i'm after.

Ive just done a few hundred notes on tools (biscuit jointer, etc) and what I'm intending to build looks very like what you have here.

 

[OPJ]

Pete, the prices tend to vary depending on the type of veneer of you want (walnut, ash, etc.). There's probably another decent supplier even closer to you but, as I mentioned to Jeremy further up, you could send Avon Plywood a few enquiries to get some ideas on cost.

 

[Lord Nibbo]

What sort of prices is that veneered MDF -

I have said in my first post in this thread.... £160 inc vat for four sheet at 13mm double sided.

 

[Lord Nibbo]

Making the doors

Both doors edged with walnut and six #20 biscuits used down the hinge edges

Parts of the frame that make up the doors ready to go.

These parts make up the sides of the doors, all the end pieces have a #20 biscuit in place. After these were dry I routed out where the selves fit but I forgot to take a pic.

One of the edges glued and clamped this also is reinforced with biscuits. The other side piece is only positioned so I didn't glue up the wrong piece note the housing joints mentioned earlier, this piece will be the last to be fitted after the top and bottom are in place.

 

[Waka]

Coming along nicely LN, obviously you'll be finished months before mine is.

I do like the way you mark everything with tape, I usually just right on the wood but I think using the tape is a better idea.

Couldn't see from the pic's did you use a dovetail bit for the shelves to slide into?

 

[Lord Nibbo]

I do like the way you mark everything with tape, I usually just right on the wood but I think using the tape is a better idea.

Couldn't see from the pic's did you use a dovetail bit for the shelves to slide into?

Yes using the tape tells me that's the face side and which way is up simply by which way up the writing is, It's a low stick masking tape as well.

The housing joints or dadoes are simple strait cuts done with a straight 1/2" cutter, I don't think doing sliding dovetails would add any strength at all with an mdf core.

 

[Mattty]

This job is flying! Your production speed doesn't seem to affect the quality of your build negatively either. I can't wait to see this finished. :mrgreen:

 

[Lord Nibbo]

This job is flying! Your production speed doesn't seem to affect the quality of your build negatively either. I can't wait to see this finished. :mrgreen:

Well it slowed down a bit this morning

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Bottom and top parts of the door glued and pinned. I've got to wait a while for it to cook cos I aint got enough small clamps well I got a load of G cramps but that like using a sledge hammer to crack a nut, no I'll have to wait a bit.

 

[Waka]

If you don't slow this down LN you'll be getting a visit from the Woodkateers.

 

[Lord Nibbo]

If you don't slow this down LN you'll be getting a visit from the Woodkateers.

Ummm... Errr......

I'm almost too frightened to add this then :lol:

One door nearly finished, just needs a sanding, I'm undecided about the drop down doors, I think I might just add a small fiddle rail.

I started the other door too, like the other door this first rail will be the hinge side, so it's fixed with biscuits and glue.

 

[Lord Nibbo]

Starting to sand the inside of the left hand door, I've not used this old sander in years but it's the only one I've got that will reach into the corners.

In the foreground is the right hand door finished but still needs sanding. In the centre the cabinet has had drawer dividers added. In the background next to the left hand door is the plank I shall use to make up a french cleat the full length of the cabinet.

 

[woodbloke]

If you don't slow this down LN you'll be getting a visit from the Woodkateers.

...make sure your wallet's well hidden then :lol: - Rob

 

[Lord Nibbo]

If you don't slow this down LN you'll be getting a visit from the Woodkateers.

...make sure your wallet's well hidden then :lol: - Rob

No need to hide my wallet, there's nothing in it :lol:

 

[Waka]

This is starting to get Bl***y serious, here we all are trying to make the odd project and along comes this chap from Cornwall who seems to be doing a good job, but putting everyone else to shame.

There's me not even ready to post stage one yet.

 

[Lord Nibbo]

This is starting to get Bl***y serious, here we all are trying to make the odd project and along comes this chap from Cornwall who seems to be doing a good job, but putting everyone else to shame.

There's me not even ready to post stage one yet.

I somehow don't think I'm going to shame your tool cabinet Waka. There's a huge difference between paneled birdseye maple and proper joinery with the rose wood compared to mdf edged with a bit of walnut :lol: I think this is the first ever project I haven't had to size all the wood other than pass it over the table saw, ok I edged planed most of it with a hand plane but only to take the saw marks out.

No I think yours will be handed down though your family, mine will probably be cut up to bodge an ikea dooda. :lol:

Edit ... PS. I can't wait to see your cabinet with a finish on it.

 

[Mattty]

I can't wait to see the Ikea doodaa

Looking good LN. I always wondered what those little mouse sanders where for!