The smallest of cupboards can be transformed into a efficient storage area. Drawing on my boat fitting days where every nook and cranny is utilised for storage the smallest of corners and cupboards, valuable space, can become a useful space.
These garage doors were made to measure by a joiner several years ago.
There are several issues with the doors because of design and manufacturing mistakes, that have resulted in the joints opening and the panels bowing.
The panels were glued into rebates – mistake no1. They should have been left loose and undersized so that any natural movement could be taken up.
The panels were also too wide without an easing groove machined on the backs – mistake no.2, I was unable to dissemble the doors entirely so I machined grooves into the panels to allow some movement to occur otherwise they will all bow out, two of the panels had already bowed.
The mortice and tenon joints should have had Oak Dowels driven home through both the mortice and tenon -mistake no.3 Doweling mortice and tenon joints ensures that the joints remain closed.
The solution to the above was to reduce the panels closest to the stiles these were the only edges I could get to without smashing the door apart, and to glue the mortice and tenon joints. I could have used Dowels as well but the tenon’s did break and crack as I took them apart, so i decided to introduce dovetail keys, these were let in to a depth of 25mm.
By undertaking the above these doors should now remain stable and give many years of service.
These speakers are made from Oak, Ash, Iroko and Cherry.
This is a great idea for the type of small house that has no separate hallway but instead has stairs in the living room. The customer wanted somewhere for their T.V., the usual box of tricks, and several miscellaneous electrical items associated with media. All this stuff had previously sat on a small table with all the cables in view. These are all items that often find themselves hung onto the wall or occupying a corner of a room that could be used for something more pleasing to the eye. This is particularly the case if space is at a premium, which is often the case in modern homes.
Made from White Melamine faced 18mm MDF in my workshop, with cable management incorporated in the back, once slotted into place the customer said that it looked like ‘part of the house’.
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The previous owner of this property had removed the handrail and spindles, the new owner wanted them put back.
Because the newel post had been completely removed I had to machine one from 100mmx100mm stock to fit into the stud wall cavity with an angled mortice to cover the stair string, then a wider than usual base rail needed to be machined to cover the stud wall. The handrail was a stock item from a supplier, the spindles were machined on site with a stopped chamfer.
The wooden frames to this turn of the 20th century property were in a remarkable condition, the owner had records going back to 1930 showing a schedule of maintenance, the house had been in the family since it was built! however the openers to three frames had rotted and required replacement, they were very keen not to have plastic replacements which incidentally two builders whom had been approached had stated was the ‘only way to go with this’. Here you can see the manufacture and fitting of replacement timber openers, I copied the original mouldings in order for the end product to be an exact copy of the original.
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The customer wanted to have a work station as well as some storage cupboards, they wanted a knotty pine finish to match their interior doors so laminated board was used with pine veneer MDF panels for the doors. At a later date some shelves above the table may well come in useful.
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