Hello and welcome to my blog! This post continues a series in which I’m building a wall mounted media cabinet of American black walnut. In this post I will detail the process of building the sliding doors, specifically focusing on the changes that I have made to the design of these …
Hello and welcome to my blog! This post continues a series in which I’m building a pair of credenzas, one of American black walnut and the other American black cherry. In this post I will focus on the cherry credenza as the cabinet facade comes to life in the form of …
This post continues a series in which I am building a butler’s desk of American black walnut. In the previous post I had completed installing the web frames, which act as supports for the drawers. With the web frames now completed, I can turn my attention to the ‘desk’ side …
Hello and welcome to my blog. This post is a continuation of a series in which I am building a part of medicine cabinets in white cypress and currently working on the doors. Today’s post will revolve around the cut out of the upper door rail, detailing of the frame …
Hello and welcome to my blog, today I’m continuing with the cabinet door. This post will start off much like the ones before it…..with a large Disston saw ripping white cypress. I find it important to lead my cut by working at an angle such as this and by keeping …
In this post I will detail the mortises and tenons required to attach the left side stile. To chop mortises I first layout my lines with a mortise gauge. The mortise gauge scribes lines with a cutting edge and helps reduce the change of damaging the mortise landing. I then …
This cabinet, which features scissor hinges, is not conducive to a typical frame and panel door, to my eye. And so I’ve been moving toward a design which minimizes the appearance of the frame work, first by putting it flush with the panel (the panel will not be recessed) and …
Hello and welcome again to my blog. In this post I am in the beginning stages of building a door which will enclose my medicine cabinet. I’ve chosen white cypress for this cabinet and have continued along with white cypress for the door as well. This door may like quite …