June 1, 201214 yr Well I just put the last coat of finish on the cabinet last weekend and it turned out pretty nice. I love the color and the figure. The wood is curly maple, the design came from my customer who submitted the first photo to me to use for inspiration. The finished pics are scarce on shots because I could not get the lighting to work very well, I tried some full frontal shots but they all turned our lousy on the stained and finished piece. The stain is Transfast Early American Maple mixed to ratios per instructions. Followed up by a heavy coat of BLO, a coat of 2lb clear shellac sealer, then three coats of Varathane oil based satin. I am sorry I was not posting progress shots of this, it just got away from me. The first shots have been seen already here but I'll post em again, then the final shots are the finished cabinet. The cabinet will be hung on the customers wall to hold the pewter molds you see in the first picture. And my beloved No.3 Lie Nielsen Bronze on the second shelf and a couple nice chisels on the third shelf. Now the finished set of pictures I could only get pics from this side! The lighting was horrible everywhere else in our home. For now though the cabinet sits in our living room waiting for the finish to cure well before I man handle it in place on the wall of our customer. This was fun job for us, our customer has seen these photos already and he is very pleased. Now, I gotta mount it somehow!!! I proved a nice strip of lumber at the top inside back for screwing purposes, but I need some reeeeallly strong screws. The cabinet weights in around 80 to 100 lbs. And it's going to hold about 24 of those really nice pewter molds. So any suggestions on screws would be welcome. Thanks for looking guys! You can also see our display at Courtland Woodworks Works in Progress. John MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
June 1, 201214 yr Wow John that turned out awesome. GregScroll Saw forum hosthttp://www.thesawdustfactoryga.com/
June 1, 201214 yr Author Thank you gents!!!!!John MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
June 3, 201214 yr John, do you have room to use a French cleat for this cabinet? Used to be a standard way to hang kitchen cabinets.
June 3, 201214 yr Author Thanks for the feedback Randall, nope, I thought of it but it would not fit into the design as far as depth of cabinet goes. I do have a nice beefy strip set into the top inside back, for a screw plate of sorts, I think where any concern I have at this point is screws strong enough to hang it with. The wall is 3/8ths ply behind drywall and of course it's a framed up wall so we got studs. Plenty of wood to get into, I am only concerned with screw strength, I am thinking a number 10 screw might do the job or possibly even go to a 12. What do ya think?Randall Farris said:John, do you have room to use a French cleat for this cabinet? Used to be a standard way to hang kitchen cabinets.John MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
June 3, 201214 yr Very nice, John!  Like a lot of things, when in doubt, over build. Murphy has visited me too many times! Harry BrinkBulldog WoodworkingMontana
June 3, 201214 yr Author 10-4 Harry! This is built like a tank! The nailer I built into the back for the screws to go through is dovetailed in to the rear of the cabinet, it aint budging. Harry Brink said: Very nice, John!  Like a lot of things, when in doubt, over build. Murphy has visited me too many times! Harry BrinkBulldog WoodworkingMontana John MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
June 3, 201214 yr John, a #10 wood screw wood be sufficient. A #10 wood screw has a shear failure limit at over 400 lbf. I would recommend using a good grade washer on each screw to increase the surface area for the fastener.
June 3, 201214 yr Author Excellent Randall! Thanks for the great advice, I had not even thought of a washer, great!Randall Farris said:John, a #10 wood screw wood be sufficient. A #10 wood screw has a shear failure limit at over 400 lbf. I would recommend using a good grade washer on each screw to increase the surface area for the fastener.John MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
June 3, 201214 yr Author Thank you sir! The ego needs it these daysRandall Farris said: No problem. I also compliment you on a beautiful cabinet, it is gorgeous piece. John MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
June 4, 201214 yr Wow John, just saw the pictures of the cabinet. It is awesome. Boy you got to love that Curly Maple. It finishes out and looks great.I would go with Randall and use the #10 screw. I think it will do fine for this application.Hope you can get some pictures when it is hung.John MoodySite AdministratorJohn Moody Woodworkshttp://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com
June 4, 201214 yr Author Thanks John, I do love Curly Maple, it's hard to go wrong with it. Especially when you buy from Bob Kloes. I'll make sure to get some pics up after it's in place, I need them for our www.courtlandwoodworks.com site too.John Moody said:Wow John, just saw the pictures of the cabinet. It is awesome. Boy you got to love that Curly Maple. It finishes out and looks great.I would go with Randall and use the #10 screw. I think it will do fine for this application.Hope you can get some pictures when it is hung.John MoodySite AdministratorJohn Moody Woodworkshttp://www.johnmoodywoodworks.comJohn MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
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