Did A Mock Up..

Leo G

Was doing some bidding today. One of the items I was bidding on was a corner cabinet with some open shelving on top. I decided to make a mock up out of poplar to see how the timing would be. This is going to go on the side of a refrigerator cabinet, which is a big pc of cherry plywood. It is also the very first thing you will see when you walk through the door into the kitchen.


The lower shelf is not required because it will be sitting on a cherry top on top of the lower corner cabinet.

So, what do you think? The final version will have a bullnose on the front of the shelves a profile detail on the outside of the shelf, be made of cherry and the shelf will have a back on them. Thecorner cabinet will be in the corner and one corner will have a cherry background (refrig side) and the other will be on the wall (tan). So I figure it will look better with a single color. I was also thinking of making the back black, which will give a nice contrast.







The mock up is actually the template for now. I made the first template from a pc of corrugated cardboard. I have plenty of 4x8 sheets that come between my plywood when I get deliveries. I transferred that to the first strip of wood, then pocket screwed the stretchers to it in the appropriate place. Then I drew the stretchers on it. Because I limited myself to 3 1/4" pcs some of the detail on the stretchers was not transferred, oh well.

Then I cut it out with my jigsaw, my last bandsaw blade broke a while ago. I went over to the edge sander and used the end with the 4"{ roller on it. Some of the curves I drew were tighter than 4" so I just made them to 4".

The top pc was different from the rest because of the angle. I had to change it to 55 degrees and then I made the top pc and attached and sanded.

Then I made the left half by using the right as a template.

The backside is mitered and there is no way I was going to be able to get the lengths of the different pcs correct so I cut them while everything was assembled.

I took 1/2 the rack and put it on a squared up rectangle of plywood, making sure the bottom was square and flush to the bottom. Then I clamped it down and screwed it through the back. Because my saw is a left tilt I had to run the plywood and side with the side of the shelf facing down. The plywood was used as a straight guide. Cut the miters and did the same for the other side but as a left.

Just pre-drilled and screwed the to halves together and made the shelves and screwed them on from the back.

About 5 hours, including some sanding and breaking of edges.

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jlhaslip

that'll look great... I'm liking the curves.
excellent idea to cut the mitres using the plywood guide edge. It would be a nightmare to try gluing and clamping it with all the pieces.

genecarp

Awsome Leo, did you consider a lower shelf and a toe that brings it right down to the floor, less reaching under to mop, G

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Leo G

This one is designed to sit on a corner cabinet. So the top to the corner cabinet will be the lower shelf. If I was to make this into a hanging shelf it would need the lower shelf. It is quite large to be a wall hanger though. If you had 9 1/2-10' ceilings it would look good, but a 8' ceiling it gets cramped.

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curapa

Looks pretty cool, now take a minute and straighten up your living room.

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Leo G

966 sq ft house with two boys. This is as clean as we can keep it.

I gotta start taking these pics in my shop from now on

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curapa

I got 1200 ft. and one boy. I havent seen the felt on my pool table in a month due to the clothes and books on it.

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Leo G

My whole house is my wife's closet. I have about 4" of space in my bedroom closet, the rest of the three bars is my wife's plus the other two bedroom closets and the small middle room (5x10) is littered with her clothing.

I don't understand this fetish that women have with clothes....Oh, I wore that 3 months ago, I couldn't wear it that soon.

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Warren

Who gets the mock up when your finished?

Leo G

Just gonna chuck it....






















The wife, who else. She came in and saw it and just loved it.

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flyjaysun

Looks good. How are you going to deal with the grain direction at the shelves when you make it out of cherry? Hope you get the job.

KentWhitten

We have 2500 SF and it looks like that too. Wife likes getting the kids stuff from the dollar store so that buck gets stretched a long way.

I always like your work Leo and I try to extract as much information from what you say without bugging the hell out of you. I am curious for my sole purpose of being curious, do you always mock pieces up? Or just the occasional piece? From the limited reading I have done, I assume that this is what furniture makers will do on their pieces.

I will be like a customer in front of the soup nazi "state one thing you desire, then move along"

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Leo G

What you see is what you get. The grain directions are going to be exactly what is there now. If you want it all the same direction you need to use a very wide board that is glued up and then throw away the scraps. Too much waste, to much time and effort.

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Leo G

I rarely make mock ups. But this design was base on something I found on Bing


and was far from what the final pc looks like. The basics are there, but I needed a template. So I did the cardboard thing and seeing as I really didn't want to do work I was suppose to be doing (owners prerogative) I went on to make the Poplar mock up. It helped me get a fix on how long things would take so I could get a realistic price for the client. And I get a new pc of furniture for the little lady.





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Tom R

Great lines, great design Leo . . .

neolitic

Did I miss where you said
how tall it is?
56-ish?

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So your wife still likes your old wood huh?

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Leo G

The shelf is 44" tall which is designed to sit on top of a standard height kitchen cabinet giving it a 80" overall height. I want to keep it down so it doesn't interfere with the crown going around the room. It is not up to the ceiling because it varies in height too much. I think the bottom of the crown will be around 91 1/2" So it will be below it and have a good space that should have a nice proportion to it.

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Leo G

She tolerates it.

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Mine too, after I shower.

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