Mantel with glass door cabinet above

mbcabinetmaker · Post by **mbcabinetmaker** » Fri May 21, 2010 10:39 pm

I am awaiting approval from a potential customer to build this unit. Thought it might make a nice show and tell if I get it.

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dewey2me1mothyme · Post by **dewey2me1mothyme** » Sat May 22, 2010 2:10 am

Good luck on snagging the contract.

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Sat May 22, 2010 2:25 am

Man - O - Man! My fingers are crossed hoping you get that contract! That would make a super how and tell project! Very nice design job! But be careful - he might want diamond shaped glass!

tom_k/mo · Post by **tom_k/mo** » Sat May 22, 2010 10:02 am

Mark, hope you get the project, and looking forward to seeing the progress. Looks as if you've mastered SketchUp well. Nice drawing.

mbcabinetmaker · Post by **mbcabinetmaker** » Sat May 22, 2010 1:16 pm

Thanks Tom I can usually figure it out but still takes a while on some things. Thats ok with me that is the way I learned woodworking, by making every mistake possible!

Gene Howe · Post by **Gene Howe** » Sat May 22, 2010 4:16 pm

Nice rendering. Hope you get the contract. Looking fwd to the photos.

mbcabinetmaker · Post by **mbcabinetmaker** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 8:46 am

It has taken a while on this project. The homeowner had to get a carpenter involved to build a wall, an electrician to move some electrical and also had someone install marble for the hearth and surround. I am about ready to start the construction of the mantle. I will be working it around some other jobs so there may be some time gaps so just bare with me. I have some pictures from the job sight that I will post as soon as I have time to dump my camera.

mbcabinetmaker · Post by **mbcabinetmaker** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 7:48 pm

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Pictures from the project.

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I like to start a mantle project by building the breast plate first. It may be Thursday before I have time to work on this.

mbcabinetmaker · Post by **mbcabinetmaker** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:25 am

I have added a couple of measurements to our breast plate in order to create a cut list. Although Tom has been gracious enough to help me with the Sketchup cut list plug in I have determined that for a lot of things it just is not worth my investment of time to draw into enough detail to use it. For this breast plate we will use the method I have used for years based on simple arithmetic.

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I have pre determined that the rails should be 7/8" longer than the opening and the panels 1/2" longer and wider. All rails and styles should finish 2 1/2" with the exception of the top rail. My rail cutter will remove a total of 1/8" from the length of the rails when run, and the style cutter 1/16" leaving 1/4" free space for the panel to float.

Our styles are: 2@ 2 9/16" x 12 5/8" ( the style and rail cutters remove 1/16" per pass)

Our top rail is: 1@ 5 7/16" x 43 3/8"

Our center rails are: 2@ 2 5/8" x 5 5/8"

Our bottom rail is: 1@ 2 9/16" x 43 3/8

Our panels are: 2@ 5 1/4" x 9 7/8" 1 @ 5 1/4" x 19 1/4"

I hope to start making sawdust soon on this project but have to go change out a back door for a customer today. Not work that I go after but she is a long time customer an I don't know how to say No!

fjimp · Post by **fjimp** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:50 pm

mbcabinetmaker wrote:
I hope to start making sawdust soon on this project but have to go change out a back door for a customer today. Not work that I go after but she is a long time customer an I don't know how to say No!

Truth of the matter is you are far too intelligent to say no.

Fjimp

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