New kitchen

[eweber]

I got side tracked a little last week because the wife insisted the baby might not follow my schedule and I needed to finish the nursery now 

I finally could get back to work in the kitchen this long weekend and I had a lot done.

• Wall and ceiling have been painted
• Back splash has been installed
• New sink with new faucet is fully installed
• I ran a 6" vent outside and hookup my range hood.
• I did build 3 drawer case, 18 to go 
• Half of the top cabinet are now installed

On the festool side, the offest chuck was a saver when I needed to reach some tiny screw inside the range hood.

Also the DS400 was wonderfull at sanding the inside of the drawers, I was a little worried about sanding the drawer before assembly by fear of ruining the dovetails and I do not regret my decision.

I should also mentioned that the upper cabinet are built using a method very similar to what Overtime has been describing except that there is no pocket holes and that there is a face frame. All the joinery is done with dominos and the pin hole have been done with the LR32 system.

Emmanuel

 

[Dave Ronyak]

It is now starting to look like an awesome kitchen!  I think I'll not show this sequence to my wife - at least not until I catch up on many other projects.

Dave R.

 

[Corwin]

But it finally starts to look like a kitchen.
And the wife starts to relax a little  ;D

Hey, she best be doing some of that relaxing now before all of your hard work is done.  

 

[Eli]

I got side tracked a little last week because the wife insisted the baby might not follow my schedule and I needed to finish the nursery now 

It's all over for you. I'm at the mercy of little schedules myself. I finished the first baby's room the day before he came home (and left the windows open overnight), although there was still a big hole through to the garage at the back of the house.

 

[eweber]

Yet another busy week end.

All the top cabinets are now installed and all the drawer case are done  ;D

While installing the last top cabinets, I had to remove a lot of stock in order to scribe on cabinet to the wall. Despite all my good will my RO 125 was just not up to the task and I had to relly on my small 18" Makita belt sander. I am finding more and more that the RO is doing a lot of stuffs but is not the best for each of them.

All the drawer where dovetailed with my PC Jic and my OF1400. After routing so many drawers I am serioulsy considering upgrading my jig. My whole shop was just covered with half an inch of sawdust no kidding.

Now I am asking for some input. I was originally thinking of joining the two sets of top cabinets with a an arch which would include some recess lighting above the sink. There are roughly 7 feet between the two sets. I would run the top molding from one set of cabinet all the way to the other. I am wondering if I should put a straight board instead of the arch. Also I am not sure how wide should the arch/board be.

Next week I will finally be able to relax a little and start working on the door and drawer faces.

Emmanuel

 

[John Stevens]

Very nice work--what a difference between the old and the new!  By the way, what kind of cat is that in the top pic? 

Regards,

John

 

[Qwas]

I am wondering if I should put a straight board instead of the arch. Also I am not sure how wide should the arch/board be.

Emmanuel

I'm still working on my kitchen. Had to stop and build a workshop.

I had the same dilemma about joining 2 upper cabinets separated by 3 feet. Luckily, my refrigerator has a curved handle that I analyzed. It had about the same height as my width and curves inward 3 inches. So, my final board was arched and 6 1/2 inches wide at the ends and 3 1/2 wide in the center. It looks nice and really helps tie all the cabinets together when looking at them.

 

[Matthew Schenker]

Emmanuel,
Keep the updates coming!  I'm in the middle of designing a remodel of my own kitchen -- a project I have been wanting to do ever since I moved into my old house.  I built and installed a new butcher-block counter-top, and now I am looking at these awful cabinets that are begging to be torn down and replaced.

Your details on the whole process really are helpful.

I'm sure there are a lot of other members in the same situation, so don't leave any details out -- tell us everything you encounter in this project!  Keep telling us how Festool comes into play, and share any tips you develop.

Matthew

 

[Brice Burrell]

Very nice work--what a difference between the old and the new!  By the way, what kind of cat is that in the top pic? 

Regards,

John

Ohh, it's a cat, I thought it was a very large rat!  ;D

 

[Matthew Schenker]

Notice that the cat has green eyes...

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That's because he's from North America and this project makes him think of the Kapex!

Matthew

 

[eweber]

Notice that the cat has green eyes...

That's because he's from North America and this project makes him think of the Kapex!

Matthew

Very nice work--what a difference between the old and the new!  By the way, what kind of cat is that in the top pic? 

Regards,

John

Ohh, it's a cat, I thought it was a very large rat!  ;D

This is neither a cat nor a rat. Its the latest from Festool called the dogex. Its roughly 5 pounds, fit in a SYS I and is designed to keep burglar away from other festools and lurkers to get to close to my cabinets and see the little mistake I made here and there  ;D

Unfortunately it doesn't come with a "dust" collection attachment :-X

Emmanuel

 

[Eli]

I've heard they excel at close ground food collection though

 

[Corwin]

Best drill a series of 20mm holes in the lid of that Sys-1.  After all, wouldn't want to muffle the sound of that furious bark.

 

[Overtime]

Kitchen looks great, almost done. That is one large project you got there. Nice work.

I think it's a baby Chupacabra    Any how I think he likes the cabinets !

 

[eweber]

I have spend most of the week end making drawer faces.
Most of the work has been done on the router table with a mission style rail and stile bit set form Amana.
I did manage to mill all the stock before hand with the help of a long long cutlist. This allowed me to only set each bit once!!!
All the sanding was done with my favorite festools. The RS2 for the face and the ETS125 for the sides.
I only add to use 150 and 180 grit with the RS2 and 180,220 and 400 for the ETS125. I go all the way to 400 to sand the end grain.
The first part of the finish a coat of BLO is done. Everything is now curing for couple day before I apply a coat of garnet shellac. Hopefully I will be able to apply the waterbased finish this week end and install everything.

I also did find the time to hook up the cook top and stove so the kitchen is offically fully functional.

Emmanuel

 

[Eli]

Those look great. I had the same ones in my last kitchen.

 

[kkeus]

Absolutely fabulous job! Do I get this right? You only have time to work on it in the weekends?

 

[eweber]

Thanks for the compliment.

You are correct, this is mainly a weekend accomplishment. I did took couple of days off here and there to speed up the demolition/installation phase so the wife do not complain too much .

Emmanuel

 

[Eli]

Is there an actual point where you can legally tell them they're complaining too much? I'd love to know when this is.

 

[eweber]

If there is a point I think I reached it.
She complained I didn't spend enough time with her and at the same time that the kitchen didn't move fast enough  :

But then she is 8 months and 2 weeks pregnant so I let if go and apologize 

Emmanuel