Spice Cabinet

[bobscarle]

Here is my latest creation, a Spice Cabinet for the kitchen. Fed up of small racks and boxes in cupboards, my wife decided we needed something a little larger to keep herbs and spices in. Looking through "The Essential Pine Book" we noticed a cabinet that we both liked. This is based upon that. I changed the design slightly and added glass in the doors.

The cabinet is made from alder (the last of my stock ) and finished with Chestnut Lemon Oil. Its only now that I remember WIP pictures. Sorry I did not take any.

I am very pleased with the doors. They were constructed using mortice and tenon joints. My drill press broke whilst I was setting up for the project so, after taking advice from the technical dept, I bought a morticer from Axminster. This makes cutting accurate mortices a doddle.

The tenons were a different matter. I tried to use the table saw, but an unguarded blade scared me silly. Eventually I decided to build a simple jig for the router. It consists of 2 pieces of ash for the sides, a plywood base (so I can clamp it to the bench) and 2 pieces of plywood for the top. I made a small stop block from a piece of scrap ash. The router gets fitted with a collar and a 12mm straight cutting bit.

Hope you like the cabinet.

Bob

 

[Mcluma]

very nice work 8)

but is it not a bit alone up there??

I think you have to make a few more :wink:

 

[wrightclan]

Nice work. =D>

Brad

 

[wrightclan]

Like the jigs too--simple and effective.

Brad

 

[dedee]

Very Nice cabinet Bob,

I agree about the lonely comment :lol:

Andy

 

[CYC]

I really like it. Nice design, Nice build, nice timber, nice finish... good all around, well done =D>

I MUST remember this jig for my next tenons... so simple and so effective!!!!!!!! :roll:

 

[Gill]

It definitely looks lonely; and whilst you're making some more, remember those of us who could give good homes to a couple of lovely cabinets like those.



Gill

 

[GCR]

Very nice indeed, the timber looks just right for the job! Did you get the glass bevelled specially for the cabinet?

Bob

 

[gwaithcoed]

Very nice Bob, I like it I like it a lot , and yes it does look lonley :wink: :wink:

Alan

 

[bobscarle]

Thank you all for your kind comments.

GCR....The glass was bought specifically for the project from a local supplier. They got it in bevelled for me.

Pictures can be deceptive. The cabinet sits on a wall with a microwave to one side and some shelves to the other. So I hope it is not too lonely, but I might make another just in case.

Bob

 

[Fecn]

The first time I tried to cut tennons on the table saw, I was scared silly by the whirling blade of dismemberment spinning away without a guard, so I used some 24" long bar-clamps to hold my not-very-good tennoning jig as it moved past the blades. I survived in-tact, but might not have done so if I'd actually been holding my rather-shoddy tennoning jig in my hands rather than standing 2 feet away.

Once I'd done my first set of tennons that way, I threw away my jig and swore I'd do it safer next time. (In fact, I've decided that I'll always have some-kind of guard over the top of the blade when I'm working at the saw - I worry about tripping, stumbling and mostly about my own stupidity.

Your router tennoning jig looks beautifully simple - I'll remember that for next time.

Nice work on the spice cupboard - Is the glass etched, or is that just a trick of the light? - I like it all apart from the hinges.

Cheers,

Fecn

 

[Anonymous]

That's really lovely. You must like spicy food a lot! :wink:

 

[DaveL]

Bob,

Nice looking cabinet.

The glass was bought specifically for the project from a local supplier. They got it in bevelled for me.

Would you mind giving an idea of the cost? I am looking at making a cabinet with a glass panel in the door and yours looks so good with the bevel I am tempted to use the same style.

 

[bobscarle]

Dave

The glass is 6mm with a 30mm bevel all round. The size is 430 x 190. The cost was £20 for the two pieces.

Bob