Bathroom Vanity

wubears71

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I have been extremely busy with work and school for the past couple of years, so I haven't had a whole lot of time for Woodworking. However, last September, my wife started to redo our Bathroom without any real plan. When it came to the new vanity, both her and I had an idea of what we wanted but couldn't find anything that would work so I ended up making it.

I started this project back in November 2009 and just finished it. It took so long just because I haven't had the time to dedicate to it.

I made it from a combination of cherry and cherry ply and finished it using 3 coats of General Finishes Water Based Expresso Stain followed by 3 coats of General Finishes Arm-R-Seal Gloss. A coat of General Finishes Pre-stain conditioner was applied before anything else.

Here is the frame glue-up - All joinery was done using the Festool Domino:
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The front:
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From the side:
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The drawers:
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Installed:
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The hardest part of this project had to be the inset doors. When I glued everything up, I checked and double-checked to make sure the frame was square. It was dead on... or so I thought. I must have bumped it before the glue set, because it was out of square 1.23 degrees, which was just enough to make the doors not fit. I ended up making new doors, but it was a real PITA and a letdown when I thought I was all done, but then had to go back and re-do the doors.

I did get to use just about every Festool I own on this product:
  • Domino
  • TS 55 EQ
  • ETS 150/3
  • Deltex DX 93 E
  • PSB 300
  • T 15+3
  • LS 130 EQ
  • RS 2 E

Thanks for looking.
 
Really nice. Very attractive design.
I just made doors (inset) for my tv stand today.  I'm hoping everything is square too.  Please, Oh Please be square!! They're still in the clamps. I'll find out tomorrow.
I'm also using the General finish, only I'm using the gel stain. FWW recommended using Zinsser sanding sealer cut with 50% denatured alcohol for a sealer.  Did you get any blotching after using the General sealer? I'm not going quite as dark as yours.
 
kfitzsimons said:
Really nice. Very attractive design.
I just made doors (inset) for my tv stand today.  I'm hoping everything is square too.  Please, Oh Please be square!! They're still in the clamps. I'll find out tomorrow.
I'm also using the General finish, only I'm using the gel stain. FWW recommended using Zinsser sanding sealer cut with 50% denatured alcohol for a sealer.  Did you get any blotching after using the General sealer? I'm not going quite as dark as yours.

On a test piece I used, the blotching was really bad where I didn't use the sealer, but when applying the sealer first, the blotching was nill.  The one thing I did not like about the General Stain I used was that it really raised the grain, but that was taken care of after applying my 1st coat of Arm-R-Seal and knocking it down with 0000 steel wool.  I tried knocking it down pre- poly, but it also lightened the stain.

Good luck with the inset doors.  I love the look but they can be such a PITA if you are out of square.
 
Nice job.

Whenever I make face frames for inset doors, I make mdf spacers the size of the doors plus reveal.  Then set them in place as I glue up and pocket screw the frames.  This forces me to keep the frames square and uniform. 

Just another way to do it,      Dan
 
Tim, Nice job, both in design and execution!  Whenever I make inset doors, I don't bother so much with squareness.  I make them slightly oversized then cut them to size on my table saw with my Excalibur sliding table.

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Stoolman said:
Tim, Nice job, both in design and execution!  Whenever I make inset doors, I don't bother so much with squareness.  I make them slightly oversized then cut them to size on my table saw with my Excalibur sliding table.

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Stoolman,So each doors/drawers are custom cut to fit each holes? I can relate to this!  inset are not the easiest thing to do! Do you also bevel your edges?
 
Dan Rush said:
Nice job.

Whenever I make face frames for inset doors, I make mdf spacers the size of the doors plus reveal.  Then set them in place as I glue up and pocket screw the frames.  This forces me to keep the frames square and uniform. 

Just another way to do it,      Dan

That is a great idea.  I willl keep that in mind next time.
 
mastercabman said:
Stoolman said:
Tim, Nice job, both in design and execution!  Whenever I make inset doors, I don't bother so much with squareness.  I make them slightly oversized then cut them to size on my table saw with my Excalibur sliding table.

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Stoolman,So each doors/drawers are custom cut to fit each holes? I can relate to this!  inset are not the easiest thing to do! Do you also bevel your edges?

THe drawer fronts not so much but for doors where I have to glue up an assembly, I make them the size of the opening or a 1/16" over then nibble away on the table saw.  Now a days I've gotten into hand planes so I think now I'd be more inclined to use a jack plane and smoother.  I don't bevel my edges, just ease them over slightly.
 
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