CABINET WITH DROP LEAF TOP AND MORE

This little project was a fun one, where the customer wanted a drop leaf on the right side.

   But once we got started on the job she came back with perhaps we better add a drop leaf 

to the left side also. my reply was no problem, what ever you want.

With that said, she had one more request.

Robert can you build me a hidden compartment into the cabinet ?

I told her that I would sleep on it, and actually the construction had already begun

and no design was figured into it,  for a hidden compartment.

So with a little thought I came up with an idea for what limited space I had.

The face frame rail below the drawer was the only space available, and the rail was only 

2" wide. So I started by installing a permanent 1/8" dust panel just under the drawer space.

That gave me an 1 3/4" to play with and so it goes.

Oh and I don't believe in hidden compartments in drawers as they can be stolen.

Now this lil cabinet was being built for a 27"wide wall so keeping the drop leafs tucked in as close as possible called for off set hinges which allowed the leafs to lay slightly under the top when down and
to roll up right around the profile when lifted into position, once in place a slide pulled out to keep them level.

Oh and this was an oak construction cabinet with a Minwax golden oak stain and clear coat.

Now some of the pictures of this cabinet are during construction, but self explanatory.

A CUTE BENCH

Alright, It's been a while and I thought I'd update here.

This was an interesting project.

 This customer A very nice lady had bought a set of plans more then 20 years ago

 for a little porch bench and had never found anyone to take it on and build.

 She came to me with plans in hand, we discussed the wood, decided on southern yellow pine,

I photo copied the main print wrote down a few numbers and that was it.

I don't build from someones instructions on plans, takes to much time.

But the customer liked her little bench so much she came to me to build another,

for a very close friend who was graduating High School in a few week.s, so here is photos of that bench, including the scanned print I built from.

Now dont forget to click on the picture to enlarge.

Thanks

 

This is a project I did for our neighbor who lives a mile or so down the road.
What they were after was benches and stools for the big ole table.
There country home called for a old barn door for a dinning room table, but was incomplete
with out the compliments of appropriate seating.  So our neighbor had a few cypress slabs and a few short cypress logs in which I used to chase the necessary parts for the stools and benches.
 The pecky cypress did great for the seat tops, they were sanded smooth and lightly profiled.

One of the logs had damage to one side which I saw as perfect for the leg area of the stools, 

so I mounted it up on the mill and cut 2 1/2" cookies for the seat bottoms, and it worked out very well.