Woodworkers Team Talkin'

[russlars]

Originally Posted by M-Funf

Beautiful work! What kind of wood did you use? I've done wainscot before (pictures earlier in this thread I think), but have never painted it, just oiled Mahogany...

Nice boxes Skeeler!

Thanks Jeff. The panels are MDF since it is painted. The top rail and base are finger jointed pine. I chose painted to match the rest of the wood trim in the house.

[Mag_Red]

Originally Posted by russlars

Thanks Jeff. The panels are MDF since it is painted. The top rail and base are finger jointed pine. I chose painted to match the rest of the wood trim in the house.

did you route the MDF yourself??? Or buy them pre-made?? Looks great

[russlars]

Originally Posted by Mag_Red

did you route the MDF yourself??? Or buy them pre-made?? Looks great

I worked with a place in Connecticut called Wainscot Solutions (found them on the internet). I sent them all of my room dimensions and they custom designed the wainscot panels to fit the room. They pre-assembled the panels and ground freighted them to me in 6-8 ft sections. When I got them I put the panels together and did some fine fitting, cut out for the electrical outlets, prepainted and attached to the panels to the walls. Then attached the base and top rails. It really came together pretty easily. I would highly recommend this company. They did a great job and were easy to work with and kept all of their promises.

[coz]

Here's a kitchen I just finished in Ahwatukee, Az

[TX.X-30 fan]

Originally Posted by M-Funf

Here's a view of the stairs when we removed the carpet

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Great stuff M-funf you must have amazing patience, did it hurt to cut through the dovetail stuff? Did I miss something here or could you not have stripped them in place? Very cool place and now you have the doors? Thanks for sharing the Pics and info.

[wpauling]

I finished making this Singer sewing machine cabinet with quarter sawn oak for a friend. He originally purchased it in an auction sale and the cabinet was weathered and falling apart.

It was quite an adventure bending the wood, resawing sides to thickness, and cutting the drawers to the original specs so one could use the original hardware (minus the screws).

[M-Funf]

Originally Posted by TX.X-30 fan

Great stuff M-funf you must have amazing patience, did it hurt to cut through the dovetail stuff? Did I miss something here or could you not have stripped them in place? Very cool place and now you have the doors? Thanks for sharing the Pics and info.

I didn't have to cut through the dovetails. I removed a piece of trim at the edge of the step and slid them out sideways.

Stripping them in place would have been pretty tough. I removed everything, measured and marked them all carefully and then had them dipped at a local shop. That got most of the paint off, then I scraped and sanded the rest. On the stairs, I just used scrapers and lots of sandpaper...the whole project took me over a year...

[Kevin 89MC]

Originally Posted by wpauling

I finished making this Singer sewing machine cabinet with quarter sawn oak for a friend. He originally purchased it in an auction sale and the cabinet was weathered and falling apart.

It was quite an adventure bending the wood, resawing sides to thickness, and cutting the drawers to the original specs so one could use the original hardware (minus the screws).

Holy cow, nice job! What a cool project, awesome woodworking, neat machine-with a 1 footpower engine! Does the machine work? I have a ~40's era Singer (electric) that I have used for several boat projects. That thing is as stout as the MC!
Kevin

[wpauling]

Originally Posted by Kevin 89MC

Holy cow, nice job! What a cool project, awesome woodworking, neat machine-with a 1 footpower engine! Does the machine work? I have a ~40's era Singer (electric) that I have used for several boat projects. That thing is as stout as the MC!
Kevin

Thanks Kevin -
She moves along as fast as you can pump it... I'm still in awe how heavy duty the machines are put together. I never thought of getting one for redoing interiors... they certainly are built to take it.

[coz]

Not sure why the spots in the pic