Rob-GB
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Using surplus Brown Oak flooring boards I made bath panels and a vanity unit, Brown Oak is made due to a fungal attack on the growing tree (Fistulina hepatica) that causes the heartwood to go a deep rich brown colour....I know this because I had to look it up in one of my books always learning new stuff in this game. [big grin]
This was one of those “make it up as you go projects” and I had to do some careful selection of boards and where I ripped them due to damage during storage and the ‘v’ grooves machined into the back face. The ‘v’ grooves would give me extra work later but for the bath panels I was only interested in them not being a problem where the rail and stile coping moulding was made.
I added a 6x40 domino to the joints to ensure alignment and to add an extra facet to the joint strength.
With the depth of moulding I found that setting the domino depth at maximum 28mm and mortising before routing the moulds I had no need to trim the domino’s. It was also apparent that pencil lines blended in with the oak’s colour too well so my marking out was done with a Bic biro (black).
Top and bottom rails are from the same board so if they are put next to each other the grain will follow through, the panels also follow in grain pattern along their length around the bath.
Even the stiles either side of the 40x40mm corner post are matched
The same goes for the vanity
I put the ‘v’ grooves inside the unit sides and as you can see the doors too, these needed tidying up as they are rougher than a polar bears cuff.... sorted with the Veritas shoulder plane and an offcut wrapped in various grits of sandpaper.
Inside the vanity is also an access panel to get to the bath plumbing despite the fact that the bath panels will slide apart without the need for removing any fixings. Removing the vanity after tiling would be difficult at least and destructive at best.
The catch is carved from Wenge and is held with a brass screw and cup the lower conection is made with two 6mm domino’s that the panel slots over, these are trimmed short and the back face tapered to aid installation.
The only non Festools used where a record Jack plane, the Veritas shoulder plane and a couple of carving chisels aided by a selection of router cutters I have acquired over the years.
All made on site with the CMS with TS55 table and OF2200 + table, MFT, Kapex, Rotex 125,DF500 and Trion..sucked up to the CTL-mini often via my dustbin contraption that wants to be a dust deputy.
Cheers for looking in and getting through all this extra dribble ;D
Rob.
This was one of those “make it up as you go projects” and I had to do some careful selection of boards and where I ripped them due to damage during storage and the ‘v’ grooves machined into the back face. The ‘v’ grooves would give me extra work later but for the bath panels I was only interested in them not being a problem where the rail and stile coping moulding was made.
I added a 6x40 domino to the joints to ensure alignment and to add an extra facet to the joint strength.
With the depth of moulding I found that setting the domino depth at maximum 28mm and mortising before routing the moulds I had no need to trim the domino’s. It was also apparent that pencil lines blended in with the oak’s colour too well so my marking out was done with a Bic biro (black).
Top and bottom rails are from the same board so if they are put next to each other the grain will follow through, the panels also follow in grain pattern along their length around the bath.
Even the stiles either side of the 40x40mm corner post are matched
The same goes for the vanity
I put the ‘v’ grooves inside the unit sides and as you can see the doors too, these needed tidying up as they are rougher than a polar bears cuff.... sorted with the Veritas shoulder plane and an offcut wrapped in various grits of sandpaper.
Inside the vanity is also an access panel to get to the bath plumbing despite the fact that the bath panels will slide apart without the need for removing any fixings. Removing the vanity after tiling would be difficult at least and destructive at best.
The catch is carved from Wenge and is held with a brass screw and cup the lower conection is made with two 6mm domino’s that the panel slots over, these are trimmed short and the back face tapered to aid installation.
The only non Festools used where a record Jack plane, the Veritas shoulder plane and a couple of carving chisels aided by a selection of router cutters I have acquired over the years.
All made on site with the CMS with TS55 table and OF2200 + table, MFT, Kapex, Rotex 125,DF500 and Trion..sucked up to the CTL-mini often via my dustbin contraption that wants to be a dust deputy.
Cheers for looking in and getting through all this extra dribble ;D
Rob.
