Projects Gallery - JMB

[jmbfestool]

Nice work!  I really like the way you did the cabinet doors for the entertainment center.

Well I was asked if I could make the doors look a bit rustic so I thought having them all domino separately and I just move them about a bit I would get inconsistent gaps making it look a little rustic.  Turned out alrite!.  I wanted them Flush fitted but my mum said have them face mounted as it looks more cottage like.  I made them only a little bigger so if I hated it face mounted I could just plane a bit of and still have them set in flush as I dont really like face mounted doors but I must admit I dont mind these face mounted.

JMB

 

[jmbfestool]

Just thought I would show some other jobs I am on at the moment and using my Festool tools on!  Instead of the Cedar Decking and Cedar roof by me!

Who ever did the metal studding was RUBBISH!  As the studding wasnt level and around the round window the reveals where square from the window blocking light but also looking from below covered a lot of the window!  So I created this frame which flared out letting more light in and does not block the view of the window from below.

To the left of it you can see a opening which I have partly plaster boarded and put the corner beads on as  I know for a fact the plasters wouldn't get it bang on level!  Thats where the discreet(secret) door is going.
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Opposite I noticed more metal studding which didn't fallow the curve of the window at all and had no where for the plasters to fix their boards to so I decided to make a arch for that as well.
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[jmbfestool]

I gotta make a few doorway arches!  Here is my first one!  I hope Im back on the job next week some time to do the other two!

I made a former with my OF2200!   I bent 6    4mm sheets of MDF in one go worked very well I think and came to 25mm which was odd perfect fit for a 25mm sheet of MDF I had which I thought I needed to rebate to get it to look right on the edge!
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I then fixed the 25mm MDF to the arch using worktop bolts and a few dominos and using the arch former it allowed for me to run the bearing wheel on my cutter using the OF2200 to put the mould on around the arch section.
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Here you can see it in place the two holes at the bottom are for lights to shine up the arch frame.
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[speed]

nice work on the archway

who needs a workshop eh [tongue]how long did it take to make the former and arch, i bet the glue up was abit stressfull 6 sheets at once [eek]

 

[jmbfestool]

Took 2 days to make former and bend arch then let the glue go off and fit the arch.

Got 2 more 2 make!    Yeah I had to get another person on the job to help me bend the 6 sheets as I struggled to bend them round  on my own and had to be quick as I used 10min PVA D4

JMB

 

[woodguy7]

Nice work. I might have used a glue with a longer open time though.  Just takes the pressure off a little.

 

[Deansocial]

Nice work. I might have used a glue with a longer open time though.  Just takes the pressure off a little.

he did, he swears by 5min pur normaly, had twice as long this time

 

[jmbfestool]

Nice work. I might have used a glue with a longer open time though.  Just takes the pressure off a little.

I wanted longer I asked for longer open time but I didnt get that!  You see im only on that job to do the more complex work like the arches and round windows and secret door and gotta do some build in for the bathrooms and was going to make all the skirting and architrave for the job aswell so things like that really  as I haven't got time do do things like door frames and hanging doors and fitting skirting.  So there was 2 joiners one has left so now only one at the moment long term doing all the other joinery work which needs doing.  

Away getting to the point  before I arrive on the job I call  up and ask the joiner if he can get glue screws and anything I need for when I came for 1 or 2 days so im not waisting time sorting things out so I can just do the job well I asked for glue which is longer then 10 mins but I dont think he was able to get hold of any  I dont know??

JMB

 

[jmbfestool]

Nice work. I might have used a glue with a longer open time though.  Just takes the pressure off a little.

he did, he swears by 5min pur normaly, had twice as long this time

COMEDY!

 

[jmbfestool]

Hello Again!

Just crappy picture sorry!  Forgot my camera! I wont be going back to this job till ummmm........ I dont kno when I find time!

Doing a few bathrooms for this client and few other jobs!  Kinda get giving an idea and picture of something she wants but often the picture is just a picture of the web  which is just showing a very small section of a mould she likes and thats it!  So im kinda gotta get an idea on what she wants and work with it!  Any way so im kinda free to do what I want!     Soooo I gotta panel out the entire bathroom and around the bath and build a small cupboard for this small on-suite bathroom 1 for her daughter.  

Sooo like I do ALWAYS I try and make the job hard for my self!  I decided to add some curves and when I finished building the bath in and cupboard I jumped on the sink unit!  

Its an under mounted sink and so I decided to fallow the sink curve!  Its going to have a granite top made for it.     I know its crappy MDF  its MR MDF by the way but she wanted to paint everything so thought its the easiest and quickest stuff to use to make the unit seen as its been painted!

Well I have been thinking of how to make these Doors!  umm......    The doors will have a double curve and will also have a panel in them!  I dont know if I should just get solid timber and bandsaw the curve OR create a former and laminate the doors carry the MDF theme! lol

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JMB

 

[Alan m]

jmb nice job. you really know how to make life hard for yourself.

anyway (its only a problem if you cant solve it)
idea 1 . put a curved piece in following the shape so that the door is only one part of the curve instead of curving both ways. 2 reviels if you will. this will make the openings smaller thow

idea 2 . make a former, get  bendy ply and laminated up the back 2/3s of the door  then apply more bendy ply to mimic the rails and stiled of the panneled door. vacum bag would be great

idea 3. cut a series of kerfs in  a panel of mdf (maybe) some on 1 side and the rest on the other side(for the second curve) then bend around a former and fill the kerfs with a good glue or resin to fill them up. then apply a skin on either side and fake stiles and rails to the front

idea 4 pay a forture for cnced curved doors

 

[jmbfestool]

Thank you Alan!

I would like to keep the opening as big as possible.  The corners are going to have some sort of mould put in them at the moment you can see in the picture its just pieces of MDF they are just their to help me fix the mould to from the back so you dont see any fixings.

I like Idea 2!  I didnt think of that! I was thinking laminating the frame and a panel and fix them together  but  your idea of doing part of the door and then laminate the rest for the styles is nice!  

Ill be using IDEA 2!   Ill take pictures of doing that process when im back on the job!  As long as the client does not get upset with me!  She has told me I should be on her job full time, I laughed she said she was being serious [eek]!  To be fair their is enough work for me easily to last me to Christmas if I was on it every day but so are all the other jobs I have!  She has two joiners their now on it full time doing the standard joinery work hanging Doors,frames etc.    

JMB

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Looks like someone else has a folding A-Square.  You, JMB?

 

[tiralie]

Ill be using IDEA 2!  

May this will help...

Forming an S shaped Mdf.panel using the Easyform system

 

[mattfc]

Thank you Alan!

I would like to keep the opening as big as possible.  The corners are going to have some sort of mould put in them at the moment you can see in the picture its just pieces of MDF they are just their to help me fix the mould to from the back so you dont see any fixings.

I like Idea 2!  I didnt think of that! I was thinking laminating the frame and a panel and fix them together  but  your idea of doing part of the door and then laminate the rest for the styles is nice!  

Ill be using IDEA 2!   Ill take pictures of doing that process when im back on the job!  As long as the client does not get upset with me!  She has told me I should be on her job full time, I laughed she said she was being serious [eek]!  To be fair their is enough work for me easily to last me to Christmas if I was on it every day but so are all the other jobs I have!  She has two joiners their now on it full time doing the standard joinery work hanging Doors,frames etc.    

JMB

I would go with option 2 also, fitting curved rail and panel together in the traditional way would be a pain. Vacuum bagging is the way to go. see this site for a UK based company http://www.bagpress.com/Home.html. They sell good bendy ply also.given its going to be painted, you could even clamp the stack of ply to be bent together and prfile on the router table, and then use pins to hold in place when you vacumm bag it. Juts make sure the pins a well inserted so as not to puncture your vacuum bag. I think once you get into vacumm bagging there will be no stopping you!

 

[jmbfestool]

Looks like someone else has a folding A-Square.  You, JMB?

Whats up with my foldable square??  [eek]

JMB

 

[jmbfestool]

Thank you Alan!

I would like to keep the opening as big as possible.  The corners are going to have some sort of mould put in them at the moment you can see in the picture its just pieces of MDF they are just their to help me fix the mould to from the back so you dont see any fixings.

I like Idea 2!  I didnt think of that! I was thinking laminating the frame and a panel and fix them together  but  your idea of doing part of the door and then laminate the rest for the styles is nice!  

Ill be using IDEA 2!   Ill take pictures of doing that process when im back on the job!  As long as the client does not get upset with me!  She has told me I should be on her job full time, I laughed she said she was being serious [eek]!  To be fair their is enough work for me easily to last me to Christmas if I was on it every day but so are all the other jobs I have!  She has two joiners their now on it full time doing the standard joinery work hanging Doors,frames etc.    

JMB

I would go with option 2 also, fitting curved rail and panel together in the traditional way would be a pain. Vacuum bagging is the way to go. see this site for a UK based company http://www.bagpress.com/Home.html. They sell good bendy ply also.given its going to be painted, you could even clamp the stack of ply to be bent together and prfile on the router table, and then use pins to hold in place when you vacumm bag it. Juts make sure the pins a well inserted so as not to puncture your vacuum bag. I think once you get into vacumm bagging there will be no stopping you!

lol Nothing stopping me lol! 

Looking at Tim Raleigh video link  (thank you Tim)  I am actually liking that more than vacuum forming!

Going to research into the cost of this easyform stuff!

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Looks like someone else has a folding A-Square.  You, JMB?

Whats up with my foldable square??  [eek]

JMB

I don't know.  What's up with it?  I was just noticing it in the background and didn't realize you had one too as they're not that popular.

 

[jmbfestool]

Looks like someone else has a folding A-Square.  You, JMB?

Whats up with my foldable square??  [eek]

JMB

I don't know.  What's up with it?  I was just noticing it in the background and didn't realize you had one too as they're not that popular.

Oh arnt they?! Here in the UK they are very common a lot of people have them I have had mine for years.    I have always wanted another one a bigger version but its one of those things you dont think of untill you come to a job and need one! I like it dead handy and saves space in your van!

JMB

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Looks like someone else has a folding A-Square.  You, JMB?

Whats up with my foldable square??  [eek]

JMB

I don't know.  What's up with it?  I was just noticing it in the background and didn't realize you had one too as they're not that popular.

Oh arnt they?! Here in the UK they are very common a lot of people have them I have had mine for years.    I have always wanted another one a bigger version but its one of those things you dont think of untill you come to a job and need one! I like it dead handy and saves space in your van!

JMB

I just have problems with the spring release pin thing getting in the way of laying flat or activating when I don't want it to.  Those are the only negative things I can say about its use.  I keep mine in a pvc pipe with a screw in plug.