My Kitchen Part 1 (w/pics)

[David F. Eisan]

Hello everyone,

All is done on my big ash table except for me turning a wooden knob for it. I am going to make one from ash, ipe, figured walnut and apple to see what looks best. Once it is done, who want's to help me move the 200+ lb behemoth?

I am about to start on our own kitchen where the shop foreman and I live. It might not seem like much so far, but it is really alot. I have about 200 BF of poplar for the face frames and doors sitting on the lumber rack and today I picked up all the carcass parts. As a tool monger I know many people in the cabinet industry and I had someone else turn 6 sheets of 5/8" melamine into the various parts that will make up the boxes in our kitchen. I gave them a cut list and they cut the parts on a scoring panel saw and edge banded as per my instructions.

I just took the skid of parts home today and hope to start building boxes next week.

tuned,

David.

Every Neighbourhood has one, in mine, I'm him.

[Leon]

David, the Ipe will turn very slowly because of its hardness but sanded and waxed on the lathe it tures out with a beautiful finish that requires no varnish. About 16 months ago I built a Butcher block breadfast room table with a

42x42 x3 rock maple top. The legs were 3" square. I ended up moving the top as a seperate unit on a 4 wheel fruniture dolly.