I installed the remaining doors and drawer fronts except for the fork and knife drawer and garbage can door. I needed to replace the slide on the drawer as it has been broken for 20 years. I had gone through the steps in my head, but I then discovered I did not have the clearance…
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I was ready to finish the kitchen cabinet project. I had 5 doors, 2 drawer fronts and a kitchen sink front panel left to build. I already had the drawer and kitchen sink panel fronts done from phase 4. I had the door frame for the garbage can cabinet done, but I needed to cut…
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Once I had the new doors installed, I moved on to the next section of cabinet doors and drawers. I had the process of making the door frames engrained in my mind. I was now completing the doors and drawers within a week. The process was smooth, and errors were few. However, I ran into…
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I applied stain to the door parts and noticed that I was seeing mill marks on a couple of the rails. They were minor, but it was disconcerting. I was sanding these boards before staining, and somehow, I was missing the marks. I first ran into mill marks on the last phase. Again, they were…
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Because I over bought the wood for the last phase, I just needed to buy one stick of wood. I also bought more spray-on polyurethane and foam brushes. I was going to try using disposable foam brushes to apply the wipe-on poly. It would eliminate the need to clean the brush after every use. I…
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After sanding, I applied the stain and waited 24 hours before I sprayed on the first coat of polyurethane. I wiped down all the stained parts to make sure the stain was absorbed and dry. I sprayed the front of the door frames and the panels. Since I like the results of the finish, I…
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I was getting assembly down for the door frames. (1) Drill holes with the Kreg® jig. (2) Build frames with Kreg® screws with Kreg® screw bit. (3) Shorten 48 Kreg® plugs. (4) Glue Kreg® plugs. Done! Since I made good time on the assembly of the frames, I decided to remove the cabinet doors so…
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I decided I would use the table saw to make the outside 3/8-inch rabbets. I still will rout out the inside rabbet for the panel, but I think I can get a clean rabbet with the saw blade without making the huge mess from the router. I will cut the rabbets before I assemble the…
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Doing maintenance around the house is usually DIY. It can be anything from fixing a leaky faucet to cutting the grass. There are always new challenges that I am willing to take on, like fixing a broken wand on our vertical blinds. My grandson, Nagol, was a little too aggressive trying to close the blinds…
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The next day I took off the 2 cabinet doors to re-finish the frames. I was not going to take apart the doors. I would mask off the hinges and the panels before re-finishing. After looking at the frame of the unfinished door, I decided that half the frame needed to be redone too. I…