DIY freestanding cabinet

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2nd February 2010

At this point the unit is structurally complete and the sides have been veneered. The first 2 pictures show the sides veneered and the results look very nice.

Next job was to veneer the inside of the legs, the front of the unit and a 1cm strip inside the unit so that no nasties are seen where the doors meet the cabinet.

The doors will fit 'inside' the cabinet rather than being 'slapped' on the front so it will mean some careful measuring and some careful cutting as the spaces within the frame may not be perfectly square.

The same process is used for the veneering as on the sides. Cut the pieces, glue them on and weigh them down. 24 hours later and results can be seen. The remainder of the veneering on the actual unit is a bit easier than the sides as there will be no need to join long pieces. Just cut the veneer larger than the area it covers, glue it and then when dry sand it flush to the unit. The only hard pieces are where 2 pieces of veneer meet. These are cut very carefully and then glued. Any slight gaps are filled with lightly stained wood filler. The hinges have also been fitted at this point as I am about to commence working on the doors.

In the fifth picture you can see the pieces of wood I am using for the doors. They are part of the previous cabinet and I have cut them down to size to fit into the front of the cabinet. As they are chipboard I have then used wood filler to fill the chipboard edges and any holes on the visible side of the door. When dry the filler is sanded back to give a nice smooth edge and frontage to veneer on.

3rd February 2010

The veneering of the doors commences first by doing the edges and then finally the fronts. This is time consuming as it takes 1 day to do each edge with the drying time and then 1 day to do the front. This picture shows 1 edge glued and ready to trim off. 5 days until these doors will be ready for fitting.













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