Pine Wardrobes for Attic Room

[BradNaylor]

This week's was one of those jobs where half the work was in working out how the hell you were going to do it!

The clients wanted fitted pine wardrobes in their attic bedroom, accessed up a tiny narrow staircase. This is what I came up with;

Two days making, one day waxing, two days fitting.

Nice week.

Cheers
Dan

 

[CNC Paul]

Nice quick job Dan.

I bet 1/2 day was getting everything upstairs.

Paul

 

[BradNaylor]

Nice quick job Dan.

I bet 1/2 day was getting everything upstairs.

Paul

Tell me about it.

I'm knackered!

Dan

 

[PowerTool]

Look very nice,Dan - the time spent waxing was well worth it

Andrew

 

[shim20]

looks good, you done well to make it in the time you did, if the finish just wax?

 

[wizer]

I can get my head around making it in 2 days, but I just can not relate to fitting something like that in 2 days. 2 months might have seen my get there!

Well done Dan

 

[Waka]

Dan

Very nice job and the time spent is impressive.

 

[MikeG.]

Very good Dan,

Am I right in thinking that you made this in 3 "panels" (frames with doors within), seperate from either loose shelving or carcasses behind?

Does the top left hand door open? If so, have you left them some Polyfilla for the ceiling??!!

Mike

 

[parlapa]

very very nice

 

[BradNaylor]

Very good Dan,

Am I right in thinking that you made this in 3 "panels" (frames with doors within), seperate from either loose shelving or carcasses behind?

Does the top left hand door open? If so, have you left them some Polyfilla for the ceiling??!!

Mike

There are no carcasses behind the frames Mike, just dividers between the 3 frames to provide stability.

The top left hand door is hinged to the door next to it, making a 'bi-fold' door. This avoids the point hitting the ceiling!

Cheers
Dan

 

[MikeG.]

Good thinking, Dan!

......and I bet you weren't too surprised to find the floor running about 40mm out of level?

Mike

 

[Hitch]

Nice job, like them a lot.

When fitting things to uneven surfaces its often a difficult call to decide upon how to do it.

To my eye the bottom trim looks strange like that, with the uneven line on the frames. I think id have been tempted to cut a taper on it....

 

[OPJ]

Nice work, Dan. In saying two-days, I reckon you actually mean "forty-eight hours" of work...? :wink: Is that a small pile of sawdust in the left-hand corner??? :wink:

 

[joiner_sim]

Looking good! At least it's paid a week's work! 8)

 

[johnf]

Very impressive what sort of wax did you use

I am making a chest of drawers and would like a similar finish

 

[BradNaylor]

Very impressive what sort of wax did you use

I am making a chest of drawers and would like a similar finish

A water based antique pine stain to age the wood, and then

Medium Brown

Dan

 

[johnf]

Thanks for that Dan

 

[davin]

Very nice job.
Just wondering how you go about measuring or templating the space, assuming nothing is level or plumb - what did you use as a datum..

 

[davin]

Just had another query - did you have to plane the inside of the angled doors to clear the frame - or is there a clever method that I have yet to learn...
thanks

 

[BradNaylor]

Very nice job.
Just wondering how you go about measuring or templating the space, assuming nothing is level or plumb - what did you use as a datum..

I just measured the angles of the roof slope, walls & ceiling with a sliding bevel and transferred them to a big piece of paper.

Back in the workshop I drew out the shape full size on a sheet of MDF laid on my bench and the used that as a guide while I built the frames and doors.

When I came to fit the frames I simply squared and levelled them, packing out any gaps between the frames and the floor and walls with blocks of wood temporally scrwed to the back of the frames.

The plinth and cornice hides all manner of gaps!

And yes, the inside top corner of the second top door from the left had to be planed down to allow it to swing open.

Cheers
Dan