• Hi all and welcome to TheWoodHaven2 brought into the 21st Century, kicking and screaming! We all have Alasdair to thank for the vast bulk of the heavy lifting to get us here, no more so than me because he's taken away a huge burden of responsibility from my shoulders and brought us to this new shiny home, with all your previous content (hopefully) still intact! Please peruse and feed back. There is still plenty to do, like changing the colour scheme, adding the banner graphic, tweaking the odd setting here and there so I have added a new thread in the 'Technical Issues, Bugs and Feature Requests' forum for you to add any issues you find, any missing settings or just anything you'd like to see added/removed from the feature set that Xenforo offers. We will get to everything over the coming weeks so please be patient, but add anything at all to the thread I mention above and we promise to get to them over the next few days/weeks/months. In the meantime, please enjoy!

WIP for the New Year (Dun)

Andyp":21zu71a2 said:
What is the true colour of this Rob,
This image looks much lighter than the one posted on the 21st?
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English Walnut, but the door's not yet polished Andy; to be added to the faffing list :lol: - Rob
 
I thought I had missed a bit, so I looked back, but no, how did you put the door together Rob? It’s all looking a nice colour too. Photo earlier was maybe in shadow and looked a bit dark/dull to me.
Ian
 
Quality work, of course.

Having seen it assembled, I find myself wondering about lighting. Would netski benefit from some pin light LEDs?
 
Cabinetman":3m9covhk said:
I thought I had missed a bit, so I looked back, but no, how did you put the door together Rob? It’s all looking a nice colour too. Photo earlier was maybe in shadow and looked a bit dark/dull to me.
Ian
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A bit glued onto each corner for the bearing cut internal curve, Domino construction and a rebate on the back for the glass; pretty straight forward stuff.

AJB Temple":3m9covhk said:
Quality work, of course.

Having seen it assembled, I find myself wondering about lighting. Would netski benefit from some pin light LEDs?
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Great minds etc etc! You have no idea of the amount of fruitless hours I've spent trawling through t'interweb to find a suitable floor lamp 'cos they seem to be rarer than rocking horse teeth, but the other day I find, quite by chance, something that seems to be ideal.

I recollect that in the 70's etc, small adjustable spot lamps on sticks, from say Habitat were just the thing to have, but they've gone completely out of fashion and I couldn't find anything to suit. The are still some to be had on a vintage Esty page etc but generally at a ridiculous price for something second hand and 40 years old - Rob
 
It might not be too late to fit tiny Christmas lights inside the case, yes it could be done terribly, or with great care, possibly drill from the back into the edges of the shelves with the holes emerging on the undersides of the shelves?
Yes I know, and I can picture your face Rob as you read such sacrilege.
Ian
 
Cabinetman":190bazrk said:
It might not be too late to fit tiny Christmas lights inside the case, yes it could be done terribly, or with great care, possibly drill from the back into the edges of the shelves with the holes emerging on the undersides of the shelves?
Yes I know, and I can picture your face Rob as you read such sacrilege.
Ian
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A possibility Ian, but as the cabinet will be wall mounted, there'd be a trailing cable down the wall :eusa-naughty: The glass will be non-reflective 'museum' quality (will need to donate a kidney for it) so a pair of small exterior LED spots should fit the bill admirably - Rob
 
My wife is addicted to the Chateau DIY programme that is on currently, and watches it as soon as she gets in from the office, whilst dealing with email dregs. Most of them are useless, but there is a Moroccan guy who is creative and skilled. He made some complex plater wall mouldings for an ornate cornice and bed canopy and then drilled a very fine hole in hundreds of little arches through which he fed a fibre optic filament which delivered lots of pinpoint lights. It was very effective (I think he might have a background in lighting).

This could be done with a fine drill through the back edge of the shelves before the back is screwed on permanently and deliver an invisible light source to each shelf point. It could look amazing.

Another possibility is small spots of the minute type used by jewellers in display cases, fitted to the inside door edge, so invisible when the doors are closed.

Might be worth experimenting a bit.
 
AJB Temple":21i29xvw said:
Quality work, of course.

Having seen it assembled, I find myself wondering about lighting. Would netski benefit from some pin light LEDs?
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What I was thinking when I saw how dark it was.
 
AJB Temple":2ewdmfas said:
My wife is addicted to the Chateau DIY programme that is on currently, and watches it as soon as she gets in from the office, whilst dealing with email dregs. Most of them are useless, but there is a Moroccan guy who is creative and skilled. He made some complex plater wall mouldings for an ornate cornice and bed canopy and then drilled a very fine hole in hundreds of little arches through which he fed a fibre optic filament which delivered lots of pinpoint lights. It was very effective (I think he might have a background in lighting).

This could be done with a fine drill through the back edge of the shelves before the back is screwed on permanently and deliver an invisible light source to each shelf point. It could look amazing.

Another possibility is small spots of the minute type used by jewellers in display cases, fitted to the inside door edge, so invisible when the doors are closed.

Might be worth experimenting a bit.
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Doable with a lot of extra work and experimenting, but it'll still involve a cable of some sort dangling to the floor and thence to a socket. Did I mention that I hate cables? :twisted: - Rob
 
Hi Rob
Nice WIP - I’ve learned a few lessons from it.

I’m thinking about a wall-mounted cabinet for our bathroom. I assume that the rebate which you routed on the back of the cabinet is 8 mm wide and 8 mm deep. Question: What diameter of cutter/bearing have you used?

Many Thanks
Les
 
Routermonster":3nbcxn88 said:
Hi Rob
Nice WIP - I’ve learned a few lessons from it.

I’m thinking about a wall-mounted cabinet for our bathroom. I assume that the rebate which you routed on the back of the cabinet is 8 mm wide and 8 mm deep. Question: What diameter of cutter/bearing have you used?

Many Thanks
Les
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Les, the rebate is 12wide mm wide and 8mm deep as you say. I treated myself some time ago to this multi-bearing rebate cutter which is a bit spendy but it's a great bit of kit, allowing quite a bit of versatility in the dimensions of the rebate. I decided some time ago to use screws to hold the back in place as I didn't want to faff about removing the glue 'squeeze out' round all those shelves:

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Also shown in the pic are the small No.4 brass screws to hold the shelves a little more securely and one of the steel keyhole brackets wot will hold the finished cabinet on the wall - Rob
 
Lovely job Rob.
On the router cutter, have a look at Wealden next time, about half the price and very good cutters.

MArk
 
Finished this afternoon and it took all day once the oil (Liberon Finishing Oil) had cured overnight. The oil (three coats) finish was then de-nibbled and waxed with 0000 grade wire wool and buffed with a soft duster:

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Non-reflective 'museum' quality glass, which is 'dead' when you stand directly in front of it, so no reflections:

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Handle detail in African Blackwood:

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Dovetail detail:

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...and the cabinet finally up on the wall:

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It's a bit of a dark corner but we've got a pair of LED spotlamps on a stick coming shortly. Strangely, although everything came out of one small board, the top and bottom are a different colour to the sides and door - Rob
 
Fantastic quality, naturally.

I spy 20 positions - have you left any room for the collection to grow?
 
AndyT":200tpetq said:
Fantastic quality, naturally.

I spy 20 positions - have you left any room for the collection to grow?
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More than that Andy as netsuke come in all shapes and sizes. A few 'issues' with this job as well :lol: - Rob
 
I haven't commented on the thread Rob but have been watching in awe, it looks stunning. :eusa-clap:
 
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