Latest work.

[MarkR]

Thank you, I enjoy writing it, but find I don't always get the chance to update it regular enough.

 

[Deansocial]

I like to look at your blog now and again and love your work. I would love to write a blog but my work is no interest to anyone and think im a little lazy to right 1. Maybe later in life..

 

[tiralie]

Thanks chaps, yes the door made a change from cabinet making, and I enjoyed making it. Incidentally how much would you guys charge to make and fit?? I mean the guys from Britain here, but would be very interested in how much something like this would cost in the states. I don't do much joinery and would like to know if my prices are to high or worst still to low. The Oak for the project was £850 including the dreaded.

Mark:
I love the door. I know it's simple but I still like it.
I was curious about the cost of the wood here so I did an estimate based on a 32"/83mm wide x 81"/206mm high door 2"/5mm thick with a 4"/10mm thick frame. With tax and shipping it would cost me about $750.00 Cdn. for the stock.
Guessing and not having any idea what the market is (competition), I wouldn't charge less than $2,100 Cdn.
Tim

 

[Ken Nagrod]

I like to look at your blog now and again and love your work. I would love to write a blog but my work is no interest to anyone and think im a little lazy to right 1. Maybe later in life..

Plus you'd get a cramp in your neck sitting at the computer like that!  [big grin] [poke]

 

[MarkR]

Thanks chaps, yes the door made a change from cabinet making, and I enjoyed making it. Incidentally how much would you guys charge to make and fit?? I mean the guys from Britain here, but would be very interested in how much something like this would cost in the states. I don't do much joinery and would like to know if my prices are to high or worst still to low. The Oak for the project was £850 including the dreaded.

Mark:
I love the door. I know it's simple but I still like it.
I was curious about the cost of the wood here so I did an estimate based on a 32"/83mm wide x 81"/206mm high door 2"/5mm thick with a 4"/10mm thick frame. With tax and shipping it would cost me about $750.00 Cdn. for the stock.
Guessing and not having any idea what the market is (competition), I wouldn't charge less than $2,100 Cdn.

Tim

Thanks Tim, so yo pay nearly £300 less for your timber, nice job. I think less this amount, you are about the same. It took 5 days to make, and 1 to fit.

 

[MarkR]

A few more under my belt.....

W/C cabinet in Ash and figured Walnut that my grandfather bought in the late 50s. I can see the Abominable Snowman in the panels?...what can you see?....oh and don't say a fat jesus.

Inside, the timber on the rear of the door is Burr Oak.

And fitted.

This has all been made from one board that I had left over from another job.

Next up is a fitted bookcase made in beech and hand painted with Farrow and Ball Lime White to match the skirting.

And finally another bathroom cabinet made in Sycamore and Golden Madrone, with a dovetailed carcase/case.

The inside showing the Burr Oak I used as a backer to the Madrone, and I used rare earth magnets for door catches.

Dovetaily thingys...hand-cut of course.

Soft close brass butts.....   Clickity click



Anyway thats what I have been mostly doing for a couple of weeks.  Thanks for looking.

P.s. Curved DJ Booth to follow, I will do a wip if anyone is interested?  It should hopefully look like this when finished...

 

[Tomfoolery]

I love the fitted bookcase!  I have a similar idea for a home office.  What are the dimensions that you used? what is ply vs. hardwood?  Any details would be appreciated!

Thank you!

 

[woodguy7]

As always, nice clean lines.  Why did you decide the do the bottom & top rails of the door on the first cabinet full width ?  I personally would have kept them between the stiles but I suppose it's down to preference.  Have you ever tried to use the magnets sunk in with a shallow plug over them to do an invisible catch ?  I tried it once but it wasn't strong enough but if I were to try again I would put 2 magnets in the cabinet & 1 in the door.

& yes, I think we all will be interested in a WIP of the DJ booth.

Lovely work Mark.

 

[Vindingo]

The color of the wall next to the ash and walnut all look very nice together. 

I would enjoy seeing a process build of the DJ booth. 

 

[woodguy7]

Mark, is there I close up pic of the hinges you used ?  There is a space below the caption suggesting there may be a pic missing ?

 

[Stone Message]

Mark

You have shown us some beautiful pieces of work - well done. I know that you will have received PMs about how much to charge but I reckon that everyone else would like to know. I charge my work at costs plus about £300 per day depending on the client.

Peter

 

[MarkR]

I love the fitted bookcase!  I have a similar idea for a home office.  What are the dimensions that you used? what is ply vs. hardwood?  Any details would be appreciated!

Thank you!

Its made to fit the alcove, but its about 2m wide by 2.4m high and about 350mm deep. Plywood is not easy to paint so I used a decent CND beech for all the things like doors, frames, shelves, top, and cornice. I used MRMDF for the carcasses and two book bays.

As always, nice clean lines.  Why did you decide the do the bottom & top rails of the door on the first cabinet full width ?  I personally would have kept them between the stiles but I suppose it's down to preference.  Have you ever tried to use the magnets sunk in with a shallow plug over them to do an invisible catch ?  I tried it once but it wasn't strong enough but if I were to try again I would put 2 magnets in the cabinet & 1 in the door.

& yes, I think we all will be interested in a WIP of the DJ booth.

Lovely work Mark.

If I'm honest I'm not that happy with how the doors look, I think with sympathetic book-matching on all the face timbers you could get away with doing the doors in this manner because you could use the grain to make the cabinet look taller rather than looking rather squat, but this was made from scraps so it looks how it looks. I haven't tried doing as you suggest with the magnets, but consider it pinched. Oh and the brass butts are just normal 2" brass butts, its the air pressure and the drag of the magnets that make them soft close.

As for my pricing structure each job is materials+overhead+profit.