Fitting of hinges to sideboard

[peter halle]

I love the little slips that guy made to hide the end-grain.  [eek]



I used my handy blue Compu-Pen 3000XR to underline the pieces I am talking about.  [big grin]

Good luck on your homage build!

Vi_k

I think that those pieces are veneer over a substrate like the majority of the work (like others have mentioned) except for the drawer fronts.

Peter

 

[Vi_k]

I was thinking the same thing about the veneer Peter until I realized how thick it looked?

Anyways......  [smile]

Have a good one,

Vi_k

 

[John Stevens]

if the drawer fronts are made of solid wood the natural expansion could cause them to raise above the surface.  Additionally, I could see the drawers below catching dust from the table top.

If anyone spills liquid on the top, it's going into the drawer, guaranteed.  Just like, if you're carrying something with a string attached, it's guaranteed to snag on something fragile and valuable.  If you make the top so it covers the drawers and stiles, you won't have to worry about covering the end grain of the styles.

Regards,

John

 

[peter halle]

It seems that they used thick veneer.  If you look at the left stile, the veneered the top before they did the side to hide it somewhat.

This design is different than what we normally see, but although what I wrote earlier, the different design is what makes it appealing design wise.  If not for that that it would be like a bazillion others.

I can't wait to see Cliff's interpretation!

Peter

 

[jmbfestool]

I wouldn't say John Lewis is high end.  

Especially this particular unit.  It's mostly veneered MDF/chipboard.

With screws used on the side of the draws is just another reason its not high end.

Mass produced!

Ill ask a client next them I see her where she bought her unit from.   It's alot smaller than this unit but a similar design.  

She bought it for about £400.    When it arrived she asked me to help carry it up stairs.   It said oak unit.   She thought it was solid oak.  

The only thing solid oak was the face frame.    The rest (doors,draws, top etc) was veneer.  

She was surprised.  I told her its poor quality.     3weeks later doors fell off. I tried to fix it but the hinges used I had never seen before and they just kept bending. I had to replace them with Blum hinges.  

About 2 months ago she txt me saying the draws fell off.  Now I gotta replace them next time I'm working on the job..  I might aswell built the unit my self.   I had 2. 8x4 oak veneer sheets and 1 birch sheet left on the job when I left the job.  She said I could have the sheets.

Jmb

 

[cliffp]

If I said (or implied) high end I was speaking in relative terms! My existing sideboard is from Homebase and it is total junk. Much of my horrendous furniture is from Ikea. It is interesting that manufacturers are claiming their furniture is solid oak when it is nearly all veneered. I have seen many claims of (along the lines of) mixture of solid oak and veneered - they don't say what proportion of each. I think the quality of their veneered goods is often very poor compared to what I buy from my local timber merchant.