Guild - Wall Hanging Cabinet

Guild - Wall Hanging Cabinet Feed for the wall-hanging cabinet. http://www.woodtalkonline.com Mon, 06 Jan 2014 04:03:51 +0000 20 Wall Hanging Cabinet (sort of) http://www.woodtalkonline.com/topic/12967-wall-hanging-cabinet-sort-of/
Used cheap construction lumber (once again, this was a practice project), the wood is presumed to be spruce (called white wood at the store), the ply for the doors is birch. Finished with 4 coats of matte water base poly (sprayed). Used butt hinges instead of knife.

I also made 4 of the pocket screw versions, because at the end of the day, I did need some cabinets. Three of them got euro hinges, the last one you see without a door I plan to make something special for doors with some additional tool storage, similar to the hanging tool cabinet Marc built.

Now I need to get ahold of some hardwood and do some woodworking for real-sies. :-).

Next on the list is a mission coffee table.]]> Mon, 06 Jan 2014 04:03:51 +0000 http://www.woodtalkonline.com/topic/12967-wall-hanging-cabinet-sort-of/ How much load can a softwood French Cleat take? http://www.woodtalkonline.com/topic/12217-how-much-load-can-a-softwood-french-cleat-take/
Question is will I be fine using the softwood to make the cleat? Seams like the weakness will be in 45degree cut, but I think all the force is going straight down so that 45 shouldn't be too stressed. Love to get some second opinions.

Thanks!

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]]> Tue, 05 Nov 2013 01:08:12 +0000 http://www.woodtalkonline.com/topic/12217-how-much-load-can-a-softwood-french-cleat-take/ Cove bit size. http://www.woodtalkonline.com/topic/10868-cove-bit-size/ I know this project is way over. But I just started building this. Marc what size of cove bit did you use? I have seen a 1 7/8 at Rockler. Is this to big? Thu, 23 May 2013 21:04:51 +0000 http://www.woodtalkonline.com/topic/10868-cove-bit-size/ I finished my cabinet, way late! http://www.woodtalkonline.com/topic/8498-i-finished-my-cabinet-way-late/
I have to say I'm very dissapointed in my ability (or lack thereof) to finish curly cherry. The end product just looks sorta blotchy rather than curly, as I was afraid it would. I used the outdoor oil that Marc used in the Guild build, but I didn't use any blotch control because I knew it would conceal the curl of hte wood. Oh well, maybe next time.

Speaking of next time, you may notice in the background of these pictures some familiar-looking 4" slabs! Working on the Roubo build now, as well.

Dustin

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]]> Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:04:24 +0000 http://www.woodtalkonline.com/topic/8498-i-finished-my-cabinet-way-late/ Wood thickness http://www.woodtalkonline.com/topic/7903-wood-thickness/
Rookie question for y'all so forgive me if this sounds too ignorant.

Can I build this cabinet out of 1/2 cedar? I don't know if that's too thin given that this will be hanging on the wall. That being said, it'll just be hanging over the pot in the bathroom so it won't be loaded with tools or anything like that.

I've got a bunch of 1/2 cedar waiting for a project that I would like to use before I upgrade to the expensive woods and while I can get my practice in. Thoughts?

-Craig]]> Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:27:57 +0000 http://www.woodtalkonline.com/topic/7903-wood-thickness/ What would you charge? http://www.woodtalkonline.com/topic/5836-what-would-you-charge/
As with alot of my thoughts on this projects, I was wondering if someone came to you and said they wanted a custom built wall hanging cabinet, what would you charge for it? Assume that it is made from Cherry and your materiel cost are in that $150-200 range and the size is the same as the one built in the guild.

I was figuring that about $600-700 would be a reasonable price. Maybe $800-1000 when you get into fancier woods. What do you guys think?

I know that everyone's pricing is different and everyone has their own math to come to the total, so speaking in general, is $600 crazy cheap and $1000 be the low end for custom work? Just wanted to know people thoughts on this

Thanks!]]> Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:41:04 +0000 http://www.woodtalkonline.com/topic/5836-what-would-you-charge/ <![CDATA[Josh's WHC]]> http://www.woodtalkonline.com/topic/5537-joshs-whc/

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]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:21:38 +0000 http://www.woodtalkonline.com/topic/5537-joshs-whc/ Completed Wall Hanging Cabinet http://www.woodtalkonline.com/topic/3832-completed-wall-hanging-cabinet/
I went with walnut for the the main construction along with walnut veneer ply for the doors and stained ply for the back. I used a leigh jig to cut the dovetails for both the case and drawers. The finish was 3 coats of a satin wiping varnish.

The cabinet has been in our bathroom for about a month now and one of the drawers has swelled to the point where it can't be pushed in all the way... time to get the block plane out!!

Like most projects, there are always surprises, and this one was no exception. I purchased some nice figured veneer for the doors, but it was extremely waving. In my first attempt ever to flatten very waving veneer I used a recipe I found online that uses some glue. Clamped it all up, but I forgot the step to add some mesh in between the paper and veneer. You can guess what happened... I had nice paper veneer with a walnut core! Plan B ended up purchasing flatter veneer.

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]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:18:10 +0000 http://www.woodtalkonline.com/topic/3832-completed-wall-hanging-cabinet/ <![CDATA[Nik's Build]]> http://www.woodtalkonline.com/topic/2579-niks-build/
2 of them are about 10.5" wide and one is about 8.5". Trying to decide if I'll stick to the plan dimensions and see if I can get my rails and stiles out of the body off-cuts, or if I'll just add about 2" of depth.

The wife decided that we didn't really have a need for a bathroom cabinet in either of our bathrooms so this will probably hang next to my drill press in the shop and store bits etc....]]> Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:13:53 +0000 http://www.woodtalkonline.com/topic/2579-niks-build/ Plywood WHC http://www.woodtalkonline.com/topic/4182-plywood-whc/
This will be living in a bathroom which really doesn't get much use. We have a bathroom in our basement which has a shower but in the year we've lived here it's never been used, so i'm not concerned with mold and moisture. We don't have much room for hand towels or TP storage, so this will come in very handy.so I'm thinking of going with BLO or just a wipe on poly. Any suggestions as to which i should use?

I've completed the case construction and am just about to start prefinishing. I was really tempted to complete the build and then finish, but reading Marc's book has given me (at least temporarily:) enough patience to look at the finish as part of the buiding process, rather than something i need to rush through at the end.]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:30:35 +0000 http://www.woodtalkonline.com/topic/4182-plywood-whc/