Oak Alcove Units

[promhandicam]

Very nice work Dan - here is one I did recently - stained to match existing furniture in the room with edge detail and mouldings to match fire surround.

A couple of questions if you don't mind:

Do you use the the plastic clips to fix the plinths or do you fix them permanently with dominos and glue or screws?

Which make of hinge do you use as I can't really tell from the photo. They don't look like standard kitchen cabinet hinges which I've thought about using on similar projects but think they look a bit industrial for something like an alcove cupboard.

Cheers,

Steve

 

[brianhabby]

Excellent job Dan and nice thorough write-up

I like your screwdriver

regards

Brian

 

[BradNaylor]

A couple of questions if you don't mind:

Do you use the the plastic clips to fix the plinths or do you fix them permanently with dominos and glue or screws?

I fix them permenantly with Gripfil and brads. One thing I've learned is always to mitre plinths and cornices in the workshop and glue them with Mitre Fast or similar before finishing. Any slight discrepencies can then be dealt with at your leisure in a controlled environment.

Then all you need to do on site is trim the other ends to length and fit.

Which make of hinge do you use as I can't really tell from the photo. They don't look like standard kitchen cabinet hinges which I've thought about using on similar projects but think they look a bit industrial for something like an alcove cupboard.

They're just bog-standard cranked kitchen hinges from Hettich, designed for inset doors. I then fit one of their clip-on soft-close devices on each door.

I used to use brass butt hinges as a matter of course but have found that people actually prefer kitchen hinges; the soft-close feature is the clincher.

The difference to me is incredible. I might have spent half a day fitting and adjusting the doors and catches on a job like this using butt hinges. With kitchen hinges it took maybe 20 minutes.

To me it's a no-brainer!

Nice job by the way, Steve.

Cheers
Dan

 

[promhandicam]

Dan,

Thanks for the replies. I've got a couple of alcove units in the order book so will see if I can persuade the customers to have kitchen type hinges. On the one I posted, the plinth was aligned with biscuits and then glued and pocket hole screwed from behind as the cupboard had to be removable. I agree that the more that can be done in the workshop the better - especially mitres which are far more accurate on the table saw.

Cheers,

Steve

 

[Mattty]

Another cracker Dan. I especially like your coving. I'm looking forward to seeing your technique 8)

 

[adzeman]

Another inspiring project. Jake is correct about the socket, as soon as I saw it took a copy of the picture and showed it to my colleagues in Building Control (not your area so don't worry and I just showed the picture) You need a deeper back box?, the one thats there packed out? are there any extension pieces/rings available?
Noted Thomvic's comment. Where I come from we called this a Manchester Screwdriver but down South it's called a Birmingham Screwdriver.
What sets this job off is the proportions just right and to quote my old boss it looks as if it grew there.

Regards
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