Todays Project - What did you do today?

[TomG]

(09-26-2012, 04:09 PM)stevec Wrote: The upper right hand corner of the left hand door has opened up a bit due to the wild swings of humidity here from winter heating to summer rains. I'll have to see if I can inject some glue and draw it back together with a pipe clamp.

Nice looking cabinet Steve, you definite got the color just right.

That door opened up because there isn't enough room in the frame for the panel to expand. You'll need to take it apart and rip some off the width of the panel then put it back together. Just re-gluing the frame will only last one season. Also, you probably already know this, but the panel should float in the frame. No glue allowed.

Tom

[f350ca]

The Emerald Ash Bore hasn't reached my neck of the woods yet, but is close. Ottawa which is only an hour away has lost many trees so expect it will be here in no time. Dutch Elm disease wiped out most of the trees when I was a kid, they made a come back but the disease did too. Most of the ones in my yard are firewood now except one big one beside the shop. Apparently some have a natural defence, and those ones were used to develop that resistant strain.
Rick, only the four big logs in that pile are Ash, the others are Elm, still have to get the logs from above the crotch, will step off the length of the tree when I go to get them.

[stevec]

(09-27-2012, 09:30 AM)TomG Wrote: Nice looking cabinet Steve, you definite got the color just right.

That door opened up because there isn't enough room in the frame for the panel to expand. You'll need to take it apart and rip some off the width of the panel then put it back together. Just re-gluing the frame will only last one season. Also, you probably already know this, but the panel should float in the frame. No glue allowed.

Tom

Tom, thanks, I do know that the panel should float but I can't remember if I learned that before or after I built the cabinet.
I made it around 2000-2001. We noticed expansion and contraction from summer to winter in Ontario, but since we've been here in NS since Dec. 2009 we can see MUCH more movement in the humid summer months.
I'm afraid to "take it apart" because the other three seams are holding tight and I might ruin it.
I shoulda stepped (overlapped) the doors where they meet the wide winter crack would be less obvious.
Anyway, we'll watch it as things dry out in the upcoming heating season.
Sorry lads, I didn't intend to turn this into a woodworking forum.

[EdK]

(09-27-2012, 12:32 PM)stevec Wrote: Sorry lads, I didn't intend to turn this into a woodworking forum.

No harm done Steve. Some of us have found this discussion .

Ed

[DaveH]

Yep, I found it interesting

DaveH

[TomG]

Steve,

I think few of us will actually admit to woodworking, but I suspect most of us secretly enjoy it. The exception of course would be the shameless Greg who makes things of metal just so he can make wood chips more efficiently.

Tom

[stevec]

If shamless Greg makes it, it's gorgeous, perfect or both. Ask him if he has some pics of his concrete countertops.
I obviously had to move far away from him because I was so outclassed.

[TomG]

I would be interested in his countertops. I've cast a bit of concrete myself, the latest attempt being the fireplace in our living room. Left mine natural though, I'm sure Greg's countertops were sealed.

What was this thread originally about?

Tom

[doubleboost]

Makes a nice change talking about wood (instead of burning it)
Very nice looking cabinet:
I once built a bathroom vanity unit
The wife asked me what end i was going to put the vice on
John

[stevec]

John, I love it!