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[treeslayer 3386]

Finally finished this project, nothing special about the cabinet but I think the doors are cool, 1/8” X 3/4” strips of oak and walnut in a weave pattern, corners are M&T joints, 3/16” grove to hold the strips, thanks for looking, comments, criticism, questions always welcome. 

[pkinneb 3626]

"nothing special" I would disagree those doors look very special and cool, great job Dave!!

 

[Mark J 2268]

Good job!  Was the weave your idea or an adaptaion?

[Chet 4946]

The doors are cool, a really different idea.  Well done Dave.

[treeslayer 3386]

35 minutes ago, Mark J said:

Was the weave your idea or an adaptaion?

yeah my idea, i'm sure its been done before. i make a couple of prototypes a few years ago to see if it could be done and liked it so this seemed like the right application. 

[Immortan D 1750]

Very nice. Those doors are great!

[Mark J 2268]

My wife liked it, too.

[treeslayer 3386]

21 minutes ago, Mark J said:

My wife liked it, too.

I take no responsibility for what you guys show your wives my wife thinks of enough stuff for me to do without showing her this forum

[gee-dub 3561]

I'm-a-likin' it!  Really nice work.  Wait . . . is that a CRT television!?!

[treeslayer 3386]

7 minutes ago, gee-dub said:

I'm-a-likin' it!  Really nice work.  Wait . . . is that a CRT television!?!

Thanks @gee-dub, not a CRT, older  flat screen plasma, still works great, when it dies I think I can fit a 40” in the space 

[Chestnut 5684]

That's great i love the doors. I wonder if that's enough to keep equipment cool inside?

[treeslayer 3386]

32 minutes ago, Chestnut said:

That's great i love the doors. I wonder if that's enough to keep equipment cool inside?

Thanks Drew, nothing behind the doors just a couple of shelves for storage all the equipment is on the top two shelves 

[Chestnut 5684]

1 hour ago, treeslayer said:

Thanks Drew, nothing behind the doors just a couple of shelves for storage all the equipment is on the top two shelves 

Oh i was so distracted by the doors i missed the shelf with your equipment. I like your setup it's similar to mine.

[wtnhighlander 7712]

Those doors are ptretty trick, Dave! The rest of the piece is nothing to sneeze at, either.

[Coop 7624]

Fantastic looking build Dave and the doors are over the top lagniappe! 

[curlyoak 844]

Excellent design work and execution. I imagine it was tricky to glue up the doors. Did you sign and date it?

[Wood Basher 33]

At the risk of appearing pedantic and petty, can I ask how you open the doors? I don't see any handles.

[treeslayer 3386]

8 hours ago, curlyoak said:

Excellent design work and execution. I imagine it was tricky to glue up the doors. Did you sign and date it?

Not tricky at all, glued the top and bottom rails to one side, let dry, stacked in the strips in the right orientation and glued up the other side, I did burn in my name and date on the back side of the toe kick

[treeslayer 3386]

6 hours ago, Wood Basher said:

At the risk of appearing pedantic and petty, can I ask how you open the doors? I don't see any handles.

Not petty or pedantic (had to look that one up) at all, good catch. I’m using magnetic push to open catches, I didn’t want knobs or handles. 

[treeslayer 3386]

Here’s some shots of the rest of the basement, that fireplace comes in handy in an Iowa winter, feels great to be finally done 

[Coop 7624]

Great place Dave! As someone from sea level, I always thought of a basement as wet and dungeon until you Yankees started posting pics of living areas, game rooms and shops. I’m envious! 

[pkinneb 3626]

Awesome space Dave!! Did you make the hightop? I really like those stools

[treeslayer 3386]

9 hours ago, pkinneb said:

Awesome space Dave!! Did you make the hightop? I really like those stools

no I didn’t @pkinneb, it was on sale and the boss liked it and I’m lousy at making chairs, the whole thing was a gut job as everyone before me did very poor work so I started from scratch 

[pkinneb 3626]

12 minutes ago, treeslayer said:

no I didn’t @pkinneb, it was on sale and the boss liked it and I’m lousy at making chairs, the whole thing was a gut job as everyone before me did very poor work so I started from scratch 

Totally understand the wife wants what the wife wants  

You did a great job its a lot of work doing a basement!!

[BillyJack 361]

Turned out nice...