wdkits1 Posted July 31, 2009 Report Posted July 31, 2009 I really haven't been doing alot of scrolling lately except for a class that I've been teaching for some of the Seniors here in Midlothian at a place called -LLI( Lifetime Learning Institute).It's a place where seniors can go to learn all sorts of things like pottery, painting, history and I've been doing a class on intarsia. Been lots of fun and the participants have really had a good time watching me put together a Rose Jewelry Box. What has really been keeping me busy is a large commission for a customer which entails building custom cabinets and shelving for their walk-in closets. Now, I don't normally take on such a large project but I've done smaller projects for this customer in the past and when he said that he wanted the woodworking to- look like art, well I just couldn't say no. So I took some measurements and drew a few sketches and they agreed on a price so here I go. This project will use 550 bd ft of Jatoba . Each closet will consist of a sweater cabinet,a shoe rack and shelving with rods for clothes to hang on. They selected the oil rubbed bronze rods($5 a foot) and all shelving will have decorative inlays to set it off. With this much lumber I definitely had to go into production mode .There will be lots of edge gluing of boards for the side panels and shelves so I started by setting up the router table with extentions to handle the long boards for biscuit jointing using a slot cutting bit. These are the first 7' x 16" glued up panels for the sweater cabinet. Here is the first completed wall of the first closet. I'm now working on the shoe rack. I didn't even make it out the door after the install and she already had her sweaters in the cabinet!!! Quote
britetomro Posted July 31, 2009 Report Posted July 31, 2009 Congrats on the work. Your work looks great. This is a project I would like to sink my teeth into. Best of luck and look forward to seeing more as its completed. Nice pile of sticks by the way. The envy of every woodworkers dream. Ron Quote
Christina Posted July 31, 2009 Report Posted July 31, 2009 What a great project..........congrats! Thanks so much for sharing it with us. Christina Quote
Travis Posted July 31, 2009 Report Posted July 31, 2009 Boy, that's really sharp looking. I'll be building a custom closet for our bedroom in the near future. I certainly won't be using Jatoba. Too rich for my blood. I'll probably use Oak or Birch since it's cheaper and readily available. You closet looks great. I really like the sweater cabinet. Might have to work that into my plans too! Good job! Quote
Barry5180 Posted August 1, 2009 Report Posted August 1, 2009 Beautiful work on that. Love the Jatoba as the wood choice. Great color and grain on that. Thanks for sharing the work in progress. I can't wait to see the rest of the closet as you get it finished. Barry Quote
shadylady0447 Posted August 2, 2009 Report Posted August 2, 2009 Mike, you do such beautiful work I'm not surprised they wanted you for the job! I love the cabinet design. Can't wait to see the shoe rack. Quote
Vector01 Posted August 3, 2009 Report Posted August 3, 2009 Beautiful work! You're definitely giving Norm Abrams a run for his money! Quote
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