Wet bar build and install.

[builderbob]

Jon, nice job again!  It's impossible to see the paint snafu...fortunately it's not on you but I've had similar situations and it's pretty damn disheartening!  I love the look of the square ff and square door/drawer inset...wicked classy!

We wish you were up here!!!  We have a neat group of foggers within a few states...we can always use more!

Bob

 

[fatroman]

I don't know how I made any money on inset jobs prior to owning a ts55.  Sizing the doors to the openings with it was just too easy!

Jon,

Nice looking work. Wondering if you could elaborate on your TS55 comment above and how you sized your doors.

Thanks,
Steve

 

[Jonhilgen]

I don't know how I made any money on inset jobs prior to owning a ts55.  Sizing the doors to the openings with it was just too easy!

Jon,

Nice looking work. Wondering if you could elaborate on your TS55 comment above and how you sized your doors.

Thanks,
Steve

Steve, I strive to make my openings perfectly square.  But I also order my doors a little oversized (a 1/16 heavy) just in case the doors (or god forbid my openings) are a little out of square.  Once the doors are hinged, I can easily shave as little as a 1/64" with the ts 55.  Before I owned one (and worked in a mill shop), the SOP was to use a large belt sander to size the doors. 

Using the 55 is faster, and gives you much more control over how much material you want to remove.

Hope this makes sense, and don't hold it against me that I no longer make my own doors.  I made too many to count in a former life and I'm over it.  [mad] Plus, it frees me up to do other things.

Jon 

 

[fatroman]

Jon,

A very belated thanks to you for the explanation. Makes sense to me now. At first I thought you had hit on a method to overlay the doors on the FF and cut them to size and make the reveal with one plunge  [tongue]

No worries on the doors. I'm sure like anything else, the first 100 hundred are exciting and then the fun starts to wear off.

Thanks again for this thread. I picked up several good ideas.

Best,
Steve

 

[Jonhilgen]

Jon,

A very belated thanks to you for the explanation. Makes sense to me now. At first I thought you had hit on a method to overlay the doors on the FF and cut them to size and make the reveal with one plunge  [tongue]

No worries on the doors. I'm sure like anything else, the first 100 hundred are exciting and then the fun starts to wear off.

Thanks again for this thread. I picked up several good ideas.

Best,
Steve

Steve, glad I could help.  That's what's so great about the FOG.

Jon

 

[JLB builders LLC]

Looks great. These are some of my favorite projects. What kind of counter top are they going with?
I might have a large  kitchen cab install coming up in a few weeks. Fun [smile]

 

[Jonhilgen]

Looks great. These are some of my favorite projects. What kind of counter top are they going with?
I might have a large  kitchen cab install coming up in a few weeks. Fun [smile]

Went with granite tops, but I didn't get a chance to take pictures of the completed job.  My part was done, and I had to go!

Post pics of your install.  As an installer, I can't get enough of seeing other people's work and their techniques.

Thanks,

Jon

 

[JLB builders LLC]

Will Do. I also like seeing other peoples installs

 

[Jonhilgen]

Finished pictures!

Unfortunately, I got a call yesterday and was informed that the icemaker would not fit.  The designer spec'd a 15" opening...but it was a sub-zero which required a 15 1/4 opening.  Somehow, I got the far left cabinet out, cut 5/16 off the filler and reinstalled it in less than an hour.  I guess its true when they say that sometimes its better to be lucky than good.

spelling edit...

 

[Johncarlo]

Beautiful work, now that's got the wow factor! It's not luck, more like you left room because you knew you had to move it. It's talent!

 

[ericbuggeln]

Jon, is that picture rail up by the crown on the wall that you wrapped into the built in? On an iphone, Eric