Rad Casing Project

[CNC Paul]

I am just starting a new project to make some solid oak
and some painted radiator casings, I have just prepared
the oak for the parts that need to be turned.

I will keep posting as things progress.


Paul

 

[wizer]

I love that CNC!! Will you be using it on this project?

 

[CNC Paul]

Hi Wiser,

Yes I will, the turning will be done with a lathe I have mounted on the end of the cnc bed. The oak ones have
a series of arches ( cut on the cnc ) between the 70 x 70 turned posts and the painted ones have fancy fretwork grills which match
some door panels I have already done.


Paul

 

[Jake]

I like the adjustable table - is it recycled from a hospital or something?

 

[CNC Paul]

Jake,

It is a hospital bed that came from a nurses training center
(No dead bodies). It is great for assembling cabinets as you can
just raise and lower it with the foot pedal.

Paul

 

[wizer]

Cheers Paul, sounds interesting, look forward to seeing the project evolve.

 

[Oryxdesign]

I've been trying to buy a hospital bed for ages, there all £150 down here.

 

[CNC Paul]

These are the painted rad grills.

Oryx,

I got mine on ebay for £112........How much is a bad back worth 8)



Paul

 

[Oryxdesign]

Yeah I'll keep looking, I'd pay that if I could find one locally.

 

[CNC Paul]

Two weeks ago I had to cut some Egger 2800 x 2070 x 18mm on my own..... They sent an 18 ton lorry that could not get in the yard, they came off the lorry onto the bed rolled it into the workshop, pumped up the bed and slid them onto the panel saw without any fuss.

People laugh when they come into the workshop.... But I laugh longest 8)

Paul

 

[John McM]

I love the portraits/art pictures on your website. Amazing.

 

[CNC Paul]

Thanks John,

It is nice to do some fun stuff.


Paul

 

[CNC Paul]

Progress......

I managed to machine the side and tops rails with the arched cutouts

2 Side rails

Top rail

top rails setout ready for mitres

Bottom rails mitred having Domino's cut

All cut read for inner bottom rails, the bottom rail is built up as it has to
finish 70mm thick.

I hope this is of interest

Paul

 

[CNC Paul]

I managed to machine the rest of the material including the 70mm turned posts.

All the turned posts are finished including the split 1/2 turned back posts

Because there was so many parts I had to glue it together in four stages.

The bottom rail is made up from 20mm thick oak front and back with spacer, this has been setup to allow the bottom rail to be scribed to the floor.

Paul

 

[Mcluma]

Awesome work

Can you leave the pics a bit bigger though, on the last one they were getting a bit small :shock:

Why are you doing front an back in oak on the bottom rail??

 

[CNC Paul]

McLuma,

I tried change the picture sizes without much luck.

The reason for the solid oak front and back rail is the turned posts have a tennon on the bottom with the shoulders sitting on the bottom rails, if they were made from two different material and there was some shrinkage on the solid and not say on veneered MDF the shoulder on the front would probable open up.


Paul

 

[DaveL]

Well this is turning out to be the best looking rad cover I have ever seen. 8)

 

[Philly]

Paul
Looking awesome - easily the poshest I've seen.
Look forward to seeing it completed,
Philly