Kitchen update

[bkharman]

My mother in law wanted to refresh her 80's dark oak cabinets. Late last year I made some shaker style doors and put some Blum soft close hinges in them. Last week I finished up a good chunk of the BB drawers, put some Zar Ultra Max on them (the stuff is awesome!) and setup the Blum undermount soft close slides. I made some poplar slabs and got them installed yesterday. They need some paint but she is very happy so far.

Bank of 3 drawers:

Old and new:

⅝" BB drawers, finished and branded:

Really wide drawers under oven. This was just dead space before:

Drawers and doors have a nice clean fit (10mm spacing):

More to come as I wrap things up. Thanks for looking.

Cheers. Bryan.

 

[Billedis]

Very nice Bryan  Did you dovetail the baltic birch?  Thanks for sharing  Bill

 

[bkharman]

Very nice Bryan  Did you dovetail the baltic birch?  Thanks for sharing  Bill

Thanks Bill.

Yes indeed, the BB is dovetailed. Some folks don't like that look but I do and when I showed it to my MIL, she said she really liked the subtle contrast. "It adds character" she said.  This is before I sanded the outsides and sealed them.

Cheers. Bryan.

 

[mike_aa]

[member=21412]bkharman[/member]

Bryan,

Gotta keep the MIL happy, LOL! 

As usual your work is outstanding.  Nice look with the 10mm spacing!  Drawers should be plenty sturdy with the 5/8" BB.  Where did you source that?  I needed some for a project and had to do a special order from a lumberyard.

Thanks, Mike A. 

 

[bkharman]

[member=21412]bkharman[/member]

Bryan,

Gotta keep the MIL happy, LOL! 

As usual your work is outstanding.  Nice look with the 10mm spacing!  Drawers should be plenty sturdy with the 5/8" BB.  Where did you source that?  I needed some for a project and had to do a special order from a lumberyard.

Thanks, Mike A.

Thanks Mike!

I had to order the sheets from a place nearby. I found out that 16mm ply was pretty rare. It actually ended up being 15mm when it came so I needed to remove a few mm from the face frames to make them fit. So much for careful planning!!

I really like the 10mm spacing. Very cool shadows show with the 18mm painted maple doors, and now that the drawers are going in, it looks great. I hope to wrap up in the coming weeks and do a full write up here.

Cheers. Bryan.

 

[Billedis]

[member=21412]bkharman[/member] what type of dovetail machine do you use?  I tried wiyh regular ac ply and got so much tear out i changed to poplar or maple.  I am using Sommerfelds Katy jig.  Thank you Bill

 

[bkharman]

[member=21412]bkharman[/member] what type of dovetail machine do you use?  I tried wiyh regular ac ply and got so much tear out i changed to poplar or maple.  I am using Sommerfelds Katy jig.  Thank you Bill

Hey Bill.

I used my Incra LS setup. I had some tearout on the pins but they are half blind so it didn't matter as they were getting covered up with glue and tails.

Cheers. Bryan.

 

[bertv]

I found out that 16mm ply was pretty rare.

I think the 16 mm is more or less an upsize for 15 mm with hpl or veneer added. Same goes for the 19 (18 plus extra layer).

 

[JimD]

Kitchen looks great.

I dovetail nominally 1/2 bb plywood on my HF dovetail jig with a Grizzly finger template for 7/8 spacing.  To keep the splintering manageable I back cut it.  I've built drawers for several dressers and a kitchen island this way.  Really ice not to have to glue up drawer stock.