1:1 scale build, again.................:v)

[Steve Ski]

Ok, so yall know I ain't slackin, here's a few pics so far. Mind you, there's a heck of a lot of prep work that goes into building kitchen cabinets, unless of course, you don't care if they look like they came out of the local trailer park.  I've been known to be anal retentive at times.

Don't get me wrong, it's a lot of fun, but I'm already asking myself "why I started this project?".  That usually doesn't happen till mid job, HA!  Going to Spokane with the motley crew probably had nothing to do with my grinding teeth for not being able to get in to my model bunker, no, not at all!

So, three cabs shells are built, one has the face frame,.......and then sequence came into play, as in banister and railing.  The flooring is being swapped out, so this actually needs to be done and out of the way, it's the easiest part of the job.  All rustic hickory for the cabinets and newel posts, but I am able to reuse the railing and replace the balustrades inexpensively. 

I do enjoy the fact that I can get up, eat some grub, check the emails and off to make saw dust.  Sometimes I'm in the shop till 9pm, sometimes I call it a day by 1-2pm.  My new boss is really cool, so no flak as long as I'm making progress and she likes the results.  So, we're good so far, HA!

At any hoot, here we go..........................

Mock-up of the newel post next to existing.  The mock-up took roughly 7hrs, kept me from wasting expensive material.

 

Just a sample of the rustic hickory that will go into this post, plus one of the machines that get's a daily work out.

 

More posted as I get em, so holler if ya got comments.  Cheers for now, Ski.

[ogrejohn]

Nice work Ski! 

[JCON]

Looking good slacker!!! Lol!!

[Steve Ski]

Lol Joe, I resemble that remark!

Thanks John.

[JCON]

Thought you would like that one...

[Dukemaddog]

Wow! What a fantastic work space! Man, I'd be in heaven in there! Beautiful job on the furniture man, you rock!

Looking forward to more!

[Steve Ski]

Thanks Duke, more pics to follow.

[BUCKY]

Oct 28, 2019 16:47:37 GMT -6 JCON said:

Looking good slacker!!! Lol!!

For a minute, there...I thought yer wuz talkin' to me! But then, I remembered this was Ski's thread!! LOL

I like what ya got, so far, Ski!

[Steve Ski]

Going for the hickory cuts today. Swapped new blades in the planer, should be good to go. Thanks Bucky.

[Steve Ski]

Posts in progress;

Ok, continuing on from where I left off with the mock-up newel post, it's time to use the rustic hickory for the real deal.

A handy technique I learned on line to anchor the rail post basically eliminates any kind of wobble or sway.  I was fortunate enough to have a solid beam to anchor into, so the 5/8" all-thread drove right in nice and deep.  If there wasn't a beam below I'd have to pull sheet rock below and install a 4x4 vertically for anchorage.  This was an all day project to get to this point; anchorage, cut and trim, shims set and clean-up.

  

The rustic hickory is not as difficult to work with as I had been told.  As long as your tools and blades, etc., are sharp, you're good, but once they start to dull you run into chipping, crappy cuts and lousy jointing and planing, which leads to frustration when lining up 45* angles, and so on.  I keep an eye on all the units to avoid material waste and the blades are changed out often.  This hickory is not cheap material, at least over here it isn't.

As you can see, the edge trim is not complete, but the 45's are coming along very nicely, almost no gaps from top to bottom on each joint.  The post caps will be made larger to accommodate the trim using a really eye pleasing piece with plenty of character.  A second post has been made, split right down the middle and on the bench ready for trim as soon as this post is complete.  These two halves will be pretty much "window dressing" for the baby gate side at the top of the stairs and at the other end of the railing.  The balusters have already been milled and are on stand by for the rail after is has been stripped of old stain and varnish.  I seriously don't think I'll be done by Christmas, with the entire project, that is, lol.

Now I can visually see why my wife wanted rustic hickory, it looks pretty cool and down right red-neck hill-billy.  The ol' barn look is what we're after here, but it's a slow process and I'm just having too much fun.  So why rush, right? 

  

More to follow.  Cheers, Ski.

[JCON]

Looking fine Ski!!!

[Steve Ski]

Tanks, Joe!

[JCON]

Ruck on buddy!!!

[Steve Ski]

Ok, banister and railing are done including the baby gate and hand rail for the stairs.  The flooring will be a darker barn wood style and that nasty floor trim will be swapped out.  Now it's back to the cabinets and get this puppy rollin.

Cheers, Ski.

 

[dogfish7 (R.I.P.)]

Turned out real nice.

[JCON]

Looks good to me, I just painted my stair trim... started my subfloors and peel and stick tile for the Eagles Nest...

[Steve Ski]

Tanks Bruce!

Ya Joe, that glued down stuff is a pain. I see linoleum under our current flooring in the kitchen, which means a lot of floor scraping. However, we did get the vinyl flooring with the pad already on it, so it will be fine right over the 3/4" plywood sheeting, minus any irregularities I might find.

[JCON]

The glue down tile can go right over old linoleum no problem... I did my laundry room and kitchen with it...

[Steve Ski]

That works too. I certainly won't be an issue, not in this life time, lol.

I find our carpet pad has been stapled in place, that's gonna be a real hoot!

[JCON]

Oh boy, I dealt with that when I pulled mine up and put in the wood in the living room and dining room...