Chems Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Been working on this one for the last few days, its veneered MDF for the carcase, drawer sides and solid face frame and top. As always its been hard to match the types of oak from my supplier, its always a mix of quater sawn and rift sawn, no one but us nerds will notice thou I got fed up of buying the small pots of glue so got a huge one which should last for a while and worked out in the long run a lot cheaper. All MDF parts cut: Lipping a shelf for the smaller side unit: Then use the BradNaylor lipping techinic, stick a bit to the fence, then align the fence to that the extra bit is inline with the bearing and cut away. Very quick and easy for smaller parts. Heres one unit been domino'ed together, this is for the tower unit of the PC with a small top drawer. Then work on the faceframes, this is the faceframe from the drawer bank unit: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chems Posted July 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Drawers fitted: Fully Extension runners from the supplier that 9fingers posted about a few weeks back. Paid for the 5 sets what one set of blum costs! But a lot harder to install than blum. Face frame for tower unit: I've double depth cut the hinges in so the barrel lines up with the bead: Door for tower unit dry fit: Unit all done: Desk nearly fini just some oil today: And this is the side unit which has taken a back burner. Needs the doors making and the faceframe fittings so shouldn't be too much behind the main unit. I'll get some better pics of the top when its in place, some nice 1 inch stock used. One board was a little darker for the main top so I embraced that and layed it central with the two lighter flanking, a bit devon woody and people who have seen it seem to really like that so been lucky there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chems Posted July 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Sorry if some of the pictures aren't great! I'll probably get some better ones for future later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechwood Chip Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Very nice work! I'm really impressed, and I love the beading on the face frames. Lining up the hinge barrels with the bead is a nice touch. Are you worried about the tower getting enough ventilation for cooling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chems Posted July 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Thanks. The back of the unit is fully open so should get enough air to the fans. I hope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch02 Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 I love the built in dividers in the left hand drawer. Are they sized to hold anything specifically? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chems Posted July 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 No just bits an bobs. I was originally going to house the print server and router in a sideless drawer but changed the plan and decided seen as it was a small drawer it would make a good bits drawer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Adkins Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 Nice clean design and the beading really sets if off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapele steve Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Beautiful work, plus it's very functional. I'm jealous! Perhaps one of these days I will get to that level of cabinet making. Great job... Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texfire Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 That turned out great! Love the clean lines and simple design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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