B&B wainscot project I did a few weeks back

 

A simple subway tile backsplash. 4x16 tiles with a light gray grout to coordinate with the gray veining in the quartz tops.

 

Well that photo in #4365. This morning I figured out that I get lucky. What if that last piece in slanted area protrude say 2" from vertical area. I could not extend vertical area out, must be closest possible to vent. I get lucky there, I didn't even think about it. And look how I ripped strips at side. Slated and vertical strips are 2 3/4 and side ones are 2 1/8 to match. 3. piece from bottom at side is 2" and 2. from bottom is 2" to. Last one at bottom is 2 3/4 and it match vertical strip in front. This right there is my friends geometrical master piece. As you know I know frame all sort of roofs, stairs, crown, handrails but it all has well known rules and is no problem to build. This is crown at cathedral ceiling from past year Crown molding at cathedral cheiling . This thing from Friday I had to improvise out of nothing.
That all said why I wasted my life in carpentry when would get more money in trucking. Yeah more working hours but easy work. In f carpentry I do insane work so often but money is nowhere near to be insane. And tbh nobody give a f about my insane work including this, I will say again, GEOMETRICAL MASTER PIECE. Nobody even recognize how difficult it is actually. Yes I get lucky but you didn't know it.

 

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I feel lucky today, realtor is having an open house for a home I bought, gutted and remodeled about 40%, put it back on the market. Inventory is low, I'm ready to move to next deal.

202 Crestwood Drive, Houston, TX 77007 - HAR.com

Sold: 202 Crestwood Drive, Houston, TX 77007 ∙ $3,317,001 - $3,830,000 ∙ 0.23 Acres Lot ∙ 7,871 Sqft, 4 beds, 5 full and 3 half baths, Single-Family ∙ View more.

www.har.com

 

I feel lucky today, realtor is having an open house for a home I bought, gutted and remodeled about 40%, put it back on the market. Inventory is low, I'm ready to move to next deal.

202 Crestwood Drive, Houston, TX 77007 - HAR.com

Sold: 202 Crestwood Drive, Houston, TX 77007 ∙ $3,317,001 - $3,830,000 ∙ 0.23 Acres Lot ∙ 7,871 Sqft, 4 beds, 5 full and 3 half baths, Single-Family ∙ View more.

www.har.com

Weren't you hoping for like 3 mill to recoup cost?

That's a pretty penny. Nice work.

 

Making a notched drawer to go around plumbing.

Stage one make the parts

Stage two assemble the center and dado for the bottom in all parts. The center is dadoed as an assembly.

Stage three, make the bottom and cut out the notch.

Stage four, assemble the drawer and sand

 

Same project wainscoting.

 

Completely unrelated job. A spice rack pullout. The cabinet goes to the left of the cooktop cabinet.

The pullout is narrow and when using Blum undermount slides on a narrow unit it's best to use one low and one high. If you put them both on the bottom it is unstable and wobbly.

 

Finally finished this custom bookshelf build:

 

What brand is the library ladder kit?

Tom

 

Rockler.

IF I ever do another one I’ll probably look around and see what else is out there, the prints they sent were really good and easy to follow but the screws were really cheap and soft and the ladder starts working it’s way out of level after being moved around (which might be mostly the floor but I’m not sure)

 

Nice color.

 

Thanks

 

Stage 5 sand.....

 

A couple of skylights to let some more light in.

 

@David-Remodeler,

Yes I like the Quiet Glide system. A heads up, the rungs and sides are planed to 13/16 to fit the hardware properly.

This is a swivel kit with brakes.

The ladder and the ladder in motion. At the end of the video you can see how it parks.

https://youtu.be/nTBPjIgnV48

Tom

 

Gotta call from my handiman job to go down near the casinos to help with the reopening of a closed store. I have to deal with the two cashwrap desks. That the furniture desks they put the cash registers and electronics in. There are two of them that have to be installed and repaired. One of them has the bun feet and the other is missing them. I had to make some feet and get them painted for tomorrow. I was told this at about 3pm.

This is what I came up with. 3 1/8 square and 5" tall.

Primed 8 of them. I made nine. For some strange reason I expect them to say I have to make more for the other cashwrap and I wanted to have a sample.

Scuffed and 1st coat of paint, White Dove and I have to do one more coat tonight.

 

Those are nice, having that much detail and variety adds a lot.
Did you do those on the router table or what?

 

Pleasant detail.

Tom

 

To much detail for my sanding likes....

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Cross between the router table and table saw. The bead and the cove were done on the router table, the slight curve was done on the tablesaw along with bump in where the bead is.

 

Leo, can't you like, sandblast everything or something? I feel like if you have the space and pure hatred of sanding that you do that there's got to be some kind of advancements we can make here. Can't walnut shells smooth that stuff out for you or something?

 

Weed seems like it could be his cure. It's not really my bag, bit I've partaken while sanding and it seems to be a big use for marijuana. Painting or sanding all the time, you could just call me a pothead. Not sure why people would drink and do that when they could smoke dope and do it.

Or just stay focused and get it done as quick as humanly possible, that's a coffee heads attitude. I'm a coffee guy and probably not as good as Leo but dammit, when it comes to sanding it's all about as quick as we can do this and make it great...

 

Flap sander might work for that, but doubtfully get into the nooks and crannies

 

The last time I had a lot of something to be sanded, I sent them to somebody else to sand and they returned to me perfect.
I'm never not doing that again.

 

When I had my commercial shop I had a, stroke sander, wide belt sander, 6’ long edge sander, flap sander, many belt sanders, multiple orbital sanders, a detail sander from porter cable, the crappy finish sanders. If I could throw money at it to make it any faster I did it.


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only learned about ladder kits the day after this was painted... doh!

 

starting to take shape...

 

Did some assembly and repair to these desks on site in the mall next to the casino in Mashantucket. The moving company dropped one of the desks hard. So hard that the panel in the center, the right stile split from the bottom to the top. Had glue and clamps with me so we glued it back together. Wasn't perfect (to my standards), but there wasn't a big gaping hole either. 3 of the drawers are missing moldings and the desk apron on the left side was destroyed and splintered on one end. Nice moving company eh?

So far I've replicated the desk molding. It's not perfect because I just don't the router bits to do it, no one does because they aren't standard radiuses. But it's damn close and no one will be noticing it because it is there.

The good side

The not so good side