Mike's 140 Cubish Build
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miwoodar
Likey the bikey
Thanks for the tip Marc. I'll be picking up the kit after work today.
Erics - The doors are nice. I'm definitely pleased with their product. Not perfect, but good. The stand has been dubbed The Great Pumpkin.
Sanding is *not* my favorite activity. It's like painting a room...you always have high hopes that it's going to take 'just a few hours' but it always ends up taking much, much more. I sanded the canopy alone for four hours last night. It's now ready to stain but for the crown.
Speaking of crown - what is the best way to attach it? I initially wanted to go the traditional route of glue and brads. Lately I've been thinking of mounting it on a series of triangles and screwing into the triangles from the inside of the canopy. Is there anything wrong with this approach? I imagine that it would produce stronger joins.
Erics - The doors are nice. I'm definitely pleased with their product. Not perfect, but good. The stand has been dubbed The Great Pumpkin.
Sanding is *not* my favorite activity. It's like painting a room...you always have high hopes that it's going to take 'just a few hours' but it always ends up taking much, much more. I sanded the canopy alone for four hours last night. It's now ready to stain but for the crown.
Speaking of crown - what is the best way to attach it? I initially wanted to go the traditional route of glue and brads. Lately I've been thinking of mounting it on a series of triangles and screwing into the triangles from the inside of the canopy. Is there anything wrong with this approach? I imagine that it would produce stronger joins.
miwoodar
Likey the bikey
I think I'm going to practice with triangles, hand-nailed brads, and gunned brads before I go forward. IME with putting up crown mouldings (not a ton, three rooms - but they all turned out really well), nail guns are not as consistent as I would like them to be. One shot is shallow and needs to be punched...the next shot is deep enough to leave a small split in the moulding.
melev
Well-known member
There's nothing wrong with a little practice first. 
The nice thing about pin guns is that if the nail doesn't seat all the way, remove the nails from the gun and shoot the brad deeper with a few squeezes on the trigger. If you are good, you won't create craters in the trim.
Of course, if the nail gun has a safety on it, this is harder to do.
The nice thing about pin guns is that if the nail doesn't seat all the way, remove the nails from the gun and shoot the brad deeper with a few squeezes on the trigger. If you are good, you won't create craters in the trim.Of course, if the nail gun has a safety on it, this is harder to do.
spleify
Premium Member
I prefer to do my woodworking in the buff, the only time it ever really becomes a problem is when its real humid and I start getting sweaty.....
Anyway, I saw the tank today and I gotta say it looks awesome Mike. I am blown away at how well everything looks. What a huge improvement over the old tank.
...and remember its always better to beg for forgiveness, than it is to ask for permission.
Great job Mike.
Spleify
Anyway, I saw the tank today and I gotta say it looks awesome Mike. I am blown away at how well everything looks. What a huge improvement over the old tank.
...and remember its always better to beg for forgiveness, than it is to ask for permission.
Great job Mike.
Spleify
miwoodar
Likey the bikey
Leif - I didn't need to know that. :lol: I asked for permission and now I'm asking for forgiveness. This project is many hundreds over the original budget and has been since about two weeks into it.
Melev - I've seen a video or two or yours along the way. I don't recall seeing the event you described (I think I would have noticed it).
I hope you were at least wearing eye protection!
Melev - I've seen a video or two or yours along the way. I don't recall seeing the event you described (I think I would have noticed it).
I hope you were at least wearing eye protection!
miwoodar
Likey the bikey
Note to anyone buying hinges...don't buy Home Depot 1/2" overlay eurohinges. I installed them per the directions and they tore the crap out of the edges of two of my doors. After the first one I thought it *might* have been my fault. The second one confirmed it though - they suck. I'm off to the wood shop tomorrow to find some two piece euro hinges like the ones I got from Advantage Cabinets and Doors. No scraping. The two piece hinges also have a release button that allows you to pop the door off in a flash without removing any screws.
xtm
Active member
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13193332#post13193332 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by miwoodar
I hope you were at least wearing eye protection!
LOL I actually had to do this when I couldn't find my goggles AND I had to cut an acrylic at 1am (Home Depot was closed) Don't try this at home kids... :lol:
nice build thread Mike.. I'll be taggin along!
xtm
Active member
Thanks Mike.. most people underestimate the art of having wide open sandbed. IMO, wide open sandbeds give you the illusion of depth and "openness" that you see in the wild. Nothing beats watching a tang smoothly glide on top of the fine sand and through the overhangs----- as opposed to a tang that keeps "hopping" all over the rockwork and crowded corals. Also, nothing beats the calmness of watching the ripples on a flat, white sand.......
I'm glad you liked the open look you know you want it..........
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