Ash & Oak wardrobes "finished"

[MarkR]

All finished today, sorry about the crap pic's, and the fact you can't really see the panel detail  :  The clients are over the moon and have asked for more work, and have recommended me to a few of their affluent friends

Thanks for looking, have a good weekend.

 

[kev carpenter]

looks great, you went the extra on that job.
how many days work was it

 

[MarkR]

Thanks Kev, in total they took 10 days start to finish.

 

[tiralie]

Marc:
I love the look of clear Ash and it mills really nicely.
Nice job.
I can see how the drawers would work to fill those niches now. I like how you integrated the full width cabinet drawers (on the right) with the half width drawers on the other cabinet using an attached stile on the drawer front.

Interesting design, how did it come about?
Are there similar types of cabinets with the same style panels in the residence or was it something you and the client liked?
Tim

 

[MarkR]

Marc:
I love the look of clear Ash and it mills really nicely.
Nice job.
I can see how the drawers would work to fill those niches now. I like how you integrated the full width cabinet drawers (on the right) with the half width drawers on the other cabinet using an attached stile on the drawer front.

Interesting design, how did it come about?
Are there similar types of cabinets with the same style panels in the residence or was it something you and the client liked?
Tim

Thanks Tim, I thought of the panel detail on the fly when I first went for a site visit. Its a traditional panel detail I've seen before, but not in this house.

 

[kev carpenter]

out of interest how do you show the customers what their getting before you build ie: sketch up
CAD etc, and what type of finish is going on it [thumbs up]

 

[MarkR]

out of interest how do you show the customers what their getting before you build ie: sketch up
CAD etc, and what type of finish is going on it [thumbs up]

I occasionally use sketch-up, but in this case I did a rough drawing. I've found it to be very handy if you can draw on the spot, to get clients interest there and then. I perhaps do a rough sketch of the whole room, then draw several elements of the design, door design, drawers, handles, you get the gist. I will ask them if they look unsure of the design, if a 3D graphic would be useful.  But most seem to like the more artisan approach.
I also have samples of different timbers already polished in my preferred finishes, but will give them different options also. But at present all my furniture is finished in hard wax oil from fiddes. Which is a very natural looking finish, and has on its own won the job on occasion.

 

[woodguy7]

Mark, i use the Osmo HWO.  Have you tried it & if so how does it compair ?  What is your thoughts on the new Festool oil & applicator ?  I like it but not sure about getting into tight corners ect.

Cheers.

 

[kev carpenter]

out of interest how do you show the customers what their getting before you build ie: sketch up
CAD etc, and what type of finish is going on it [thumbs up]

I occasionally use sketch-up, but in this case I did a rough drawing. I've found it to be very handy if you can draw on the spot, to get clients interest there and then. I perhaps do a rough sketch of the whole room, then draw several elements of the design, door design, drawers, handles, you get the gist. I will ask them if they look unsure of the design, if a 3D graphic would be useful.  But most seem to like the more artisan approach.
I also have samples of different timbers already polished in my preferred finishes, but will give them different options also. But at present all my furniture is finished in hard wax oil from fiddes. Which is a very natural looking finish, and has on its own won the job on occasion.

Thanks thats the way kind of do aswell but to get the kind of work you get you must be well known, good to see people will pay extra for a good job and a craftsman touch [not worthy]

 

[MarkR]

Mark, i use the Osmo HWO.  Have you tried it & if so how does it compair ?  What is your thoughts on the new Festool oil & applicator ?  I like it but not sure about getting into tight corners ect.

Cheers.

I have tried Osmo, and found the end result the same. However Fiddes seems to have more solids, plus its faster drying and is a little less money. The new applicator looks good, but the oil seems very expensive. I would like to try the applicator with the fiddes, but I'm  not sure it would work as fiddes is quite jelly like even when mixed.  I know one joiner who has used it and liked it very much, he also said it pays for itself because the oil dries very quickly.