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I will have some progress pics for a few days, not quite finished. This is a pretty big bar top they have commissioned me to do. I wish it was going to be mahogany, but it is not this time. Maybe next one.
It will have a faux finish with 2 part bar top. The painter guy (artist really) is going to come in and use bondo to fill the cracks and make it nice, but I do not like someone having to come in behind me and fix things, so I am trying to make it as nice as I can. Some things are out of my control.
I have been given 3/4" MDO to use as the base. The front edge of the bar, instead of the regular bar edge, all they want is a big half round (sigh) so we are using closet rod ripped in half. What can I do, they tell me what to make.
So last Saturday, I made most of the top, then the architect walked in Monday and did not like the outside corner pointing way out into the room. I guess it is supposed to be some rave dance area or something. He wants a big curve.
Broke a few trying.....cut thin slices....nope. I decided to take a simple 2x8 home and band saw out the curve. Real simple piece of wood cutout about 13/16" thick, 1-1/2" tall, 8" - 8-3/4" radius.
Next was getting the bullnose. I made a jig for a fence and ran it through the router, just enough to get a rough shape. Glue it to the bar edge with PL.....screw it...belt sand it to almost there and then finish it off with the palm sander.
Paint guy loves it. He says he will make it look like a million bucks. I had 3 of these to do.
Commercial bars are cool to make. I'd love to do them all the time. Very rewarding.
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It will have a faux finish with 2 part bar top. The painter guy (artist really) is going to come in and use bondo to fill the cracks and make it nice, but I do not like someone having to come in behind me and fix things, so I am trying to make it as nice as I can. Some things are out of my control.
I have been given 3/4" MDO to use as the base. The front edge of the bar, instead of the regular bar edge, all they want is a big half round (sigh) so we are using closet rod ripped in half. What can I do, they tell me what to make.
So last Saturday, I made most of the top, then the architect walked in Monday and did not like the outside corner pointing way out into the room. I guess it is supposed to be some rave dance area or something. He wants a big curve.
Broke a few trying.....cut thin slices....nope. I decided to take a simple 2x8 home and band saw out the curve. Real simple piece of wood cutout about 13/16" thick, 1-1/2" tall, 8" - 8-3/4" radius.
Next was getting the bullnose. I made a jig for a fence and ran it through the router, just enough to get a rough shape. Glue it to the bar edge with PL.....screw it...belt sand it to almost there and then finish it off with the palm sander.
Paint guy loves it. He says he will make it look like a million bucks. I had 3 of these to do.
Commercial bars are cool to make. I'd love to do them all the time. Very rewarding.