Here is my latest creation, a Spice Cabinet for the kitchen. Fed up of small racks and boxes in cupboards, my wife decided we needed something a little larger to keep herbs and spices in. Looking through "The Essential Pine Book" we noticed a cabinet that we both liked. This is based upon that. I changed the design slightly and added glass in the doors.
The cabinet is made from alder (the last of my stock
) and finished with Chestnut Lemon Oil. Its only now that I remember WIP pictures. Sorry
I did not take any.
I am very pleased with the doors. They were constructed using mortice and tenon joints. My drill press broke whilst I was setting up for the project so, after taking advice from the technical dept, I bought a morticer from Axminster. This makes cutting accurate mortices a doddle.
The tenons were a different matter. I tried to use the table saw, but an unguarded blade scared me silly. Eventually I decided to build a simple jig for the router. It consists of 2 pieces of ash for the sides, a plywood base (so I can clamp it to the bench) and 2 pieces of plywood for the top. I made a small stop block from a piece of scrap ash. The router gets fitted with a collar and a 12mm straight cutting bit.
Hope you like the cabinet.
Bob
The cabinet is made from alder (the last of my stock
![spice2.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/d07/d07cb5e90bf2ecfef24aa85f104c4183.jpg)
![spice1.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/eac/eac4ecbe3733012f7dd9e89c2ba34793.jpg)
I am very pleased with the doors. They were constructed using mortice and tenon joints. My drill press broke whilst I was setting up for the project so, after taking advice from the technical dept, I bought a morticer from Axminster. This makes cutting accurate mortices a doddle.
The tenons were a different matter. I tried to use the table saw, but an unguarded blade scared me silly. Eventually I decided to build a simple jig for the router. It consists of 2 pieces of ash for the sides, a plywood base (so I can clamp it to the bench) and 2 pieces of plywood for the top. I made a small stop block from a piece of scrap ash. The router gets fitted with a collar and a 12mm straight cutting bit.
![jig1.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/551/551bcf5ac0f511f93a11375cd65bc15a.jpg)
![jig2.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/280/280fa8876a9d4df97caa02ff640bff17.jpg)
Hope you like the cabinet.
Bob