Home Project (this one's for you, Jim Miller)

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Home Project (this one's for you, Jim Miller)

Reply #15 – August 02, 2008, 08:18:02 PM

Quote from: kitzdnm;230276

Sure you can.Hey do you do mail order? I give you the size you make doors?

Doors huh,
Depends on size and quantity. and, what do you have to trade for my car?

I probably can build a motor, just never have done it.
I have replaced lifters and timing chains, and put a shift kit in a transmissions. not to mention all the normal stuff that wears out after 20 years or so.
But I've never built a motor.

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Reply #16 – August 02, 2008, 08:26:27 PM

Today I routed out the backs of the glass doors, so glass can be held in with clips.
and I also sanded the doors again and filled any defects in the wood.

It's tough to get a good shot of it

I cleaned up the shop today and tomorrow I'll be ready to put the color coat on. and then the clear

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Reply #17 – August 02, 2008, 08:36:14 PM

Norm Abram would be proud!

Home Project (this one's for you, Jim Miller)

Reply #18 – August 02, 2008, 08:52:03 PM

Norm is the man.
If you look at his router table. thats where I got the idea for mine.
I just have some extras.

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Reply #19 – August 02, 2008, 10:26:17 PM

I've got a trivia question.
What year cougar color is on the guitar hanging on the wall?. (2nd from left)
I need to touch up the dings on the bottom edge, but lost the can with the year and color. I'm thinking 91?

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Reply #20 – August 02, 2008, 11:00:03 PM

I have several myself. But I believe the early 90's maroon is right.

My guitars just keep the dings, lol

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Reply #21 – August 03, 2008, 11:09:15 AM

Looking good. I'm hoping to buy a house sometime soon to get away from the apartment thing. Then I can play.

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Reply #22 – August 03, 2008, 05:20:21 PM

Well . I jump on here see my name and that it's you then expect some pic's and see that you used Photobucket, My work blocks photobucket.

No worries, I get off in 45 min, looking forward to checking these out soon as I get home.

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Reply #23 – August 03, 2008, 07:28:56 PM

So today I got to try out my new gun.
All I can say is "Holy "
worth every penny.

here's the secret to finishing. Don't tell anyone
the way to make a perfect color finish is to dye the wood, not stain it.
I use alcohol and tint dye. Mix it together to the color you like and put it on the wood. I spray it because this combo will be dry in about 3 min.
The alcohol wont raise the grain either.
most guitar companies use this method to stain the wood a color and still highlight the grain. Gibson Les Paul guitars come to mind first

Here's a test piece

this is my base color. another color will go on top of this one.
Got the base color on in about 2 hrs.

Now for the next color.

you can see the diff. in color here

The reason for the 2 colors is:
the first color stains all the wood an even tone.
the next color red will grab the grain and highlight it

after everything is dry. I put a waterborne clear coat on.
here you can see how the red grabs the grain of the wood

Here they are all ready to be sanded down and cleared again.

Cabinet doors,
seems simple enough.

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Reply #24 – August 03, 2008, 07:40:08 PM

Jerry, those look great. My wife refused me to build our house (finished last Fall....by us as the contractor bailed), and when it came to cabinets, she wanted cherry, with brushed nickel hardware, and a dark brown speckle countertop with light brown specks. We got the opposite color countertop, and he bought "in-stock" Menards cabinets unfinished white oak, with no hardware. He used minwax to try to dye them the dark cherry color. Didn't turn out so hot. Your method would have done the trick. I don't dare remind my wife that things would have been different had I done the general contracting. Such are the lessons in life.

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Reply #25 – August 06, 2008, 07:37:23 PM

Amazing!
And I'll be getting a chance to try some of this out this winter. I still need doors for the two crawl spaces in the house. We just stuck a piece of rock in there and trimmed around it for now in order to get the OK to move in. I'm doing similar right now with the doors for my shed (practice before the house) and A buddy aw work suggested I use the biscuit jointer to join the corners. He described it but this is the first time I have seen one.
What's the Lumber your using there? By color it looks like Pine must be a pretty good grade as I don't see one knot in it anyplace.
Gorilla gluing together I see... I was planning to use Liquid nails.. the gorilla work better?
Die not stain.. I never heard of such a thing... can this stuff be picked up at Home Depot or Lowes? And once sprayed.. do you rub it off at all like you do stain or just spray and leave it?
Two colors... just a lighter and a darker, or does it matter? what colors did you use here?

I have a router with a cheesy sheet metal table that came with it.. I would like to see some more pic's of yours if you get the chance.. might be a good winter project before I start on the doors for those crawl spaces.

Thanks Jerry.. that's great work!

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Reply #26 – August 07, 2008, 12:09:44 AM

Wow that's great. I really like the color your setteled on.

Wanna redo my kitchen cabnets? They are from when the house was built in 1956 :hick:

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Reply #27 – August 07, 2008, 07:50:06 AM

Quote from: Jim_Miller;230896

Amazing!
And I'll be getting a chance to try some of this out this winter. I still need doors for the two crawl spaces in the house. We just stuck a piece of rock in there and trimmed around it for now in order to get the OK to move in. I'm doing similar right now with the doors for my shed (practice before the house) and A buddy aw work suggested I use the biscuit jointer to join the corners. He described it but this is the first time I have seen one.
What's the Lumber your using there? By color it looks like Pine must be a pretty good grade as I don't see one knot in it anyplace.
Gorilla gluing together I see... I was planning to use Liquid nails.. the gorilla work better?
Die not stain.. I never heard of such a thing... can this stuff be picked up at Home Depot or Lowes? And once sprayed.. do you rub it off at all like you do stain or just spray and leave it?
Two colors... just a lighter and a darker, or does it matter? what colors did you use here?

I have a router with a cheesy sheet metal table that came with it.. I would like to see some more pic's of yours if you get the chance.. might be a good winter project before I start on the doors for those crawl spaces.

Thanks Jerry.. that's great work!

I'm actually using Poplar and Birch plywood. That's the reason for the dye. It can be dyed to look like cherry at a fraction of the cost (with a lot of practice). stain would make the 2 diff woods take differently, and the color wouldn't match each other. dye will always make any wood the same color.
You can get the dye at veneersupplies.com
Thats the first time I've used that brand glue. I like it a lot. the regular stuff works great to, but you have to wet the ends before gluing it.
The wood, I buy from a lumber Co. they will always get higher quality lumber then Home Depot or Lowes. They buy the stuff that the lumber co. rejects. that's why their prices are always cheaper.

The dye has to be sprayed or brushed very quickly because it dries within seconds in alcohol. You can use water with the dye, but it raises the grain badly. There's nothing to wipe off. It also takes a lot of practice to use the dye, and mix it to the right color to use. I used reddish brown and red mahogany. but you can use any combo or single colors to make your custom color.

I'll get some pics of my router table. Made the big one for about $40 plus the $200 variable speed 1/2" router. The cabinet cutters were also about $200+ for the set.

I'll post some more pics as i'm working on them.
Next is the glaze over the finish. Yes, it gets more complicated. LOL

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Reply #28 – August 17, 2008, 06:54:37 PM

Door update....
After working the last couple weekends. And not on my car, :mad:
I finished the first batch of cabinet doors today.

Here's cutting in the hinges.

I use so many in a year, I always buy in bulk.
Ebay, less then $1 a piece

Here's some pics of the kitchen now.
I need to get the glass and finish all the lowers and trim

This is one of those build as you go projects.
There's always something that changes before were done.

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Reply #29 – August 17, 2008, 07:01:19 PM

those are the same hinges as my computer desk. I'm looking at them as I read this, lol.