More MDF Mangling...

[BradNaylor]

Just finished this off yesterday.

£300 worth of MDF and £100 worth of white primer. The customer gets the fun of painting it. Happy days!

 

[laird]

Nice, you're really starting to get the hang of this MDF stuff.

 

[Mr T]

Hi Brad

Very nice. As a matter of interest could you say how many hours there are there.

Chris

 

[BradNaylor]

Hi Brad

Very nice. As a matter of interest could you say how many hours there are there.

Chris

Roughly 160 hours including 40 hours fitting

 

[Alex]

Quality job mattey, certainly looks sleek. 8)
How'd you go about those floating shelves in the recesses.

 

[phil2010]

Great work how did you make the doors,is it with a loose tenon.What hinges do you use,are they inset or layon with some extra timber added to the carcass, how do you join the mdf together ,the carcass and the face frames .Would be good to see photos of them being fitted.

 

[petermillard]

Nice. Those alcoves look quite wide and the floating shelves pretty slim - did you have some steel (box-section or angle) in the leading edge?

Impressive how far 400 quid can go though - nice margin too

Pete

 

[pren]

My laptop froze after loading the first pic. Thought that was all the customer got out of £300 worth of MDF!! :shock: :lol: :lol:

Loves it.

 

[Mr T]

Mr T wrote

Very nice. As a matter of interest could you say how many hours there are there.

Brad wrote:

Roughly 160 hours including 40 hours fitting.

I'm impressed Duncan. How did you joint the doors?


Chris

 

[BradNaylor]

We just cut 22mm MR MDF into 70mm strips for the stiles and 100mm for the rails, sand the edges on the drum sander, and machine a 20mm deep 6mm wide groove down the middle of one edge on the spindle moulder.

The rails are then cut to length and a tenon machined on each end using a rebate block on the spindle.

A 6mm MDF panel and Bob's your uncle. We reckon on 30 minutes per door if done in decent batches. These then had a pine moulding added afterwards before being given two coats of white primer.

Cheers
Brad

PS Nobody's asked what we charged for this lot. You're a reticent bunch on here!

Six grand. And the customer's delighted.

 

[BradNaylor]

Nice. Those alcoves look quite wide and the floating shelves pretty slim - did you have some steel (box-section or angle) in the leading edge?

The shelves are made from two pieces of 18mm MR MDF glued together, each rebated along the back and sides to form a groove when assembled.

The shelves then slide onto battens fixed to the back and sides of the alcove.

They are intended for light-weight display purposes. If they were meant for books we would have reinforced them as you describe

 

[Doctor]

A 6mm MDF panel and Bob's your uncle.

A saying that makes Bob's smile. :lol: :lol:

 

[petermillard]

PS Nobody's asked what we charged for this lot. You're a reticent bunch on here!

Six grand. And the customer's delighted.

I'd already guessed (200 hrs@ £30 per hour = a couple of days off playing golf...)

Pete

 

[BradNaylor]

What can I tell you Pete?

Life's good!

:lol:

 

[phil2010]

We just cut 22mm MR MDF into 70mm strips for the stiles and 100mm for the rails, sand the edges on the drum sander, and machine a 20mm deep 6mm wide groove down the middle of one edge on the spindle moulder.

The rails are then cut to length and a tenon machined on each end using a rebate block on the spindle.

A 6mm MDF panel and Bob's your uncle. We reckon on 30 minutes per door if done in decent batches. These then had a pine moulding added afterwards before being given two coats of white primer.

Cheers
Brad

PS Nobody's asked what we charged for this lot. You're a reticent bunch on here!

Six grand. And the customer's delighted.

Thanks for the answer, how do you construct the carcass,and what about the box style side panels and front pieces cheers.

 

[joiner_sim]

Nice bit of work done there!

 

[shim20]

blimey alot of work there, looks super though, top work

 

[ramp34]

Looks great Brad, so please do tell how much you charged. I'm only asking as Pricing up a job is something i struggle with. Did you spray the primer on or did you paint it by hand?

 

[phil2010]

We just cut 22mm MR MDF into 70mm strips for the stiles and 100mm for the rails, sand the edges on the drum sander, and machine a 20mm deep 6mm wide groove down the middle of one edge on the spindle moulder.

The rails are then cut to length and a tenon machined on each end using a rebate block on the spindle.

A 6mm MDF panel and Bob's your uncle. We reckon on 30 minutes per door if done in decent batches. These then had a pine moulding added afterwards before being given two coats of white primer.

Cheers
Brad

PS Nobody's asked what we charged for this lot. You're a reticent bunch on here!

Six grand. And the customer's delighted.

Thanks for the answer, how do you construct the carcass,and what about the box style side panels and front pieces cheers.

Still waiting for the response thanks.

 

[dexter]

Phil2010, If you do a search on other posts by brad there are plenty of examples of his construction methods.

Dex