nydesign
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My first project I'm posting
This was a fun job I just completed. The client has a nicely renovated 1800's brownstone in Brooklyn NY, they have a young child and
wanted covers for a few of their radiators. The covers are free standing, but they are screwed to the walls on cleats to prevent the
toddler from pulling them over. You'll see there are a couple sets of doors as well, they will get child proof locks over the knobs.
For this project I made use of my new domino. There were about 280 slats for 10 covers. After mortising half the slats
I could hardly hold the domino up anymore, it gets pretty heavy when using it with small pieces. I tried to make a quick jig to support it somehow.
I gave up on the idea when I realized it would take longer to make a useful jig than to just suck it up and keep going. At some point I looked at the
domino and decided to just turn it upside down. It worked great. I pushed the slats into the bit, and I finished the remainder of the slats in half the
time.
The finish on the white covers is a sprayed waterborne poly by Enduro. The walnut cover got a semi-gloss spray also by Enduro.
Overall fabrication time was 13 days, much of that spent sanding all those slats, both before and during painting. It took me a long day to install them.
These are photos of most of the covers, I missed a few, I'll have to go back and take pics of them some other time.
I chose walnut to match the existing door and doorframe to the bathroom. The little holes in the side are for the screws holding it to the cleats.
I need to add some walnut plugs to cover them. To make the curves I glued up two more boards to the sides, cut the corners off
on the table saw, then sanded the corners till I got the shape I wanted. I kept sanding to 500 grit. Going up to 500 gave the walnut a
very glass like feeling, I normally would fill the grain before finishing, this time I did not, the final finish came out really smooth.
There are two of these covers, getting them to fit in their locations was not fun. I ended up cutting quite a bit off the bottoms and sides.
The measurements I took did not account for the crazy unevenness of the floor, walls, and molding.
doors I made to cover an existing box.
more doors,
thanks for looking,
- J

wanted covers for a few of their radiators. The covers are free standing, but they are screwed to the walls on cleats to prevent the
toddler from pulling them over. You'll see there are a couple sets of doors as well, they will get child proof locks over the knobs.
For this project I made use of my new domino. There were about 280 slats for 10 covers. After mortising half the slats
I could hardly hold the domino up anymore, it gets pretty heavy when using it with small pieces. I tried to make a quick jig to support it somehow.
I gave up on the idea when I realized it would take longer to make a useful jig than to just suck it up and keep going. At some point I looked at the
domino and decided to just turn it upside down. It worked great. I pushed the slats into the bit, and I finished the remainder of the slats in half the
time.
The finish on the white covers is a sprayed waterborne poly by Enduro. The walnut cover got a semi-gloss spray also by Enduro.
Overall fabrication time was 13 days, much of that spent sanding all those slats, both before and during painting. It took me a long day to install them.
These are photos of most of the covers, I missed a few, I'll have to go back and take pics of them some other time.


I chose walnut to match the existing door and doorframe to the bathroom. The little holes in the side are for the screws holding it to the cleats.
I need to add some walnut plugs to cover them. To make the curves I glued up two more boards to the sides, cut the corners off
on the table saw, then sanded the corners till I got the shape I wanted. I kept sanding to 500 grit. Going up to 500 gave the walnut a
very glass like feeling, I normally would fill the grain before finishing, this time I did not, the final finish came out really smooth.








There are two of these covers, getting them to fit in their locations was not fun. I ended up cutting quite a bit off the bottoms and sides.
The measurements I took did not account for the crazy unevenness of the floor, walls, and molding.

doors I made to cover an existing box.

more doors,

thanks for looking,
- J