Gothic Alcove Unit

[BradNaylor]

After being knocked out by Rob Woodbloke's gorgeous cupboard on legs, and suppressing fantasies of doing such fine work, I returned to reality this week with another of my masterpieces of MDF engineering!

This was a bit of a challenge - a distinctive gothic arched alcove in a cottage just behind my workshop.

Got the bottom half in...

Time to lift the top into place...

Phew! That was lucky!!

There are twenty of these cottages in a row - all with the same funny alcove in the front room.

I feel a leaflet drop coming on...

Cheers
Dan

 

[DaveL]

Looks good Dan, from the title I wondered if the unit was going to be lots of columns and may be bats hanging in it. :roll:

Looking at the wall, does it really have that belly in it just above the mantel piece or is there some sort of optical illusion taking place? :-k

 

[wizer]

I find it encouraging to see the speed you knock these out at. If that was my house and I was doing it, it'd have taken me months of planning, sketchup, forum posts, cursing, sweating, etc, etc

 

[Ironballs]

Agree, looks good and fits well. But couldn't you squeeze in a couple of gargoyles somewhere

 

[The Shark]

Hi Dan,
Good job

Malc

 

[BradNaylor]

I find it encouraging to see the speed you knock these out at. If that was my house and I was doing it, it'd have taken me months of planning, sketchup, forum posts, cursing, sweating, etc, etc

There is always a time lag between taking an order and actually making the piece. In this case it was four months - I am currently up to six months!

I tend to find that by the time I actually get on to a job, any technical problems have resolved themselves in my mind in the intervening period - almost sub-consciously.

So then its generally just an hour or so with a pencil and paper sketching it out, working out a cutting list and Bob's your uncle!

Its like anything, though. The more you do, the quicker and better you get at it.


Cheers
Dan