MDF wardrobe

[mailee]

I started this wardrobe on Tuesday. It is to fit in an alcove with two large doors fitted with frosted glass doors. I got the carcase built and then realised just how big it was! :shock:

I have had to make the rear panel in two pieces for this one due to the 1500mm width. The doors are also in MDF but 25mm to beef them up for the glass.

With such a wide robe I have made the top shelf as a torsion box to help prevent any sagging.

 

[Tierney]

Looking forward to seeing these finished.

DT

 

[mailee]

I got most of the unit ready for painting and had a dry fit to make sure everything fitted.

 

[owen]

Thats gonna be a pretty heavy wardrobe! Looks good though

 

[MMUK]

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Is it just me or have you got major warpage? :shock:

 

[KevM]

Is it just me or have you got major warpage? :shock:

It looks to me like barrel distortion from the camera's optics, it's particularly noticeable with wider angle lenses - as used for photographing wardrobes, as described here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distortion_(optics) , although curiously they don't make any mention of wardrobes. :wink:

Barrel distortion

In barrel distortion, image magnification decreases with distance from the optical axis. The apparent effect is that of an image which has been mapped around a sphere (or barrel). Fisheye lenses, which take hemispherical views, utilize this type of distortion as a way to map an infinitely wide object plane into a finite image area. In a zoom lens barrel distortion appears in the middle of the lens's focal length range and is worst at the wide-angle end of the range

You can correct for it on Photoshop, Lightroom, and a number of other photo editors, it's possibly worth doing for any portfolio work.

I've left it uncropped to show the transforms that have been applied, clearly you could do a lot with more with this if you wanted to present it as part of portfolio, punch up colours, refine detail, mask out background, paste it into a country house setting, etc.
Yeah - work it baby!

 

[MMUK]

Is it just me or have you got major warpage? :shock:

It looks to me like barrel distortion from the camera's optics, it's particularly noticeable with wider angle lenses - as used for photographing wardrobes, as described here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distortion_(optics) , although curiously they don't make any mention of wardrobes. :wink:

Barrel distortion

In barrel distortion, image magnification decreases with distance from the optical axis. The apparent effect is that of an image which has been mapped around a sphere (or barrel). Fisheye lenses, which take hemispherical views, utilize this type of distortion as a way to map an infinitely wide object plane into a finite image area. In a zoom lens barrel distortion appears in the middle of the lens's focal length range and is worst at the wide-angle end of the range

You can correct for it on Photoshop, Lightroom, and a number of other photo editors, it's possibly worth doing for any portfolio work.

I've left it uncropped to show the transforms that have been applied, clearly you could do a lot with more with this if you wanted to present it as part of portfolio, punch up colours, refine detail, mask out background, paste it into a country house setting, etc.
Yeah - work it baby!

Phew!


Who says the camera never lies? :lol:

 

[mailee]

Ah, I had never noticed this when I took the shot. My camera is just a basic point and shoot Nikon cool pic, I am and always have been useless at photography. As for the photoshop I just haven't got a clue....but give me a video camera and I can turn out some good movies as my hobby used to be underwater video filming. Each to their own I suppose. Thanks for the heads up though Kev.

 

[cambournepete]

Looking good.
Is that 18mm MDF you're using?
Biscuits with screw bad glue for joints?
How will you be painting it?

Sorry foe all the questions, but I might need to do something similar soon...

 

[mailee]

Yes Pete it's 18MM MRMDF. I use biscuits and screws and glue the joints once on site. I will be spraying it all satin white in Morrells solvent 2K. Glass is frosted panels. HTH. :wink:

 

[mailee]

I got the wardrobes fitted today after a bit of a problem. With the house being a new build they had decided to start laying the block road today! :roll: After talking with the site manager and driving through the building site we got to the house....finally. :roll: Anyway the fit went well and the customer was very happy with the result and has told me he will have more work for me in a month or two.


I am glad I had taken an assistant with me to manhandle those doors up the stairs though. :?

 

[gasman]

Beautifully done as always but don't like the design - looks like an old pair go garage doors in the room!
Classy work tho
Mark

 

[Stu_2]

Looks quality.

Beautifully done as always but don't like the design - looks like an old pair go garage doors in the room!
Classy work tho
Mark

The customer is always right, though. Except when it comes to money

 

[Otto]

What a difference a lick of paint makes.
How did you finish that? Spray/brush/roller? W/B, oil, cellulose?

 

[mailee]

This has my usual finish Otto. Spray painted with Morrells 2K solvent based white in a 20% sheen. :wink:

 

[MrYorke]

How long are you leaving your 2 PAC paint before installing. I know it's supposed to be left a month before it goes off but I've only ever waited a week or so.

I've now fitted some wardrobes in my own house and it still smells 4 weeks on!

I've not had a complaint from any customers in the 4 years I've been going but I just wonder what the score is!

 

[mailee]

I usually leave it a week too. It depends on my work load sometimes it is longer. I have also found them still giving off an odour after a week.