Fixin' Up the Bungalow

-Gizmodyne Woodworking

More Kitchen Cabinets 4: Making Solid Panels and Cutting Plywood

Gizmodyne | January 17, 2010

My cabinets will have two visible solid panels. In this blog I will show the process I use in panel glue up (for bettor or for worse).
Stock Selection
Although the face frame stack is quartersawn, most of the original end panels in our house are plain sawn.
About a year back a neighbor game me some old [...]

Live Webstream: How to Stain Douglas Fir.

Gizmodyne | February 9, 2009

I am going to do another informal broadcast tonight at 8:00 p.m. PACIFIC. I will demonstrate my technique for staining douglas fir. Staining fir is my specialty, but I am a slob. So come take it all in. Sorry for the late notice and late time East Coasters.
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Finish Inspector

Gizmodyne | July 20, 2008

Finish InspectorOriginally uploaded by gizmodyne
I finished the dining table “finish”. The boss came out to inspect.
We will put it together today!

Shellac

Gizmodyne | June 9, 2008

Shellacin’I cleaned up 90% shop dust by vac and broom and then run the overhead air filter for a bit before finishing. I protected the workbench with plastic. The panels are raised up on scrap sticks. You can see a bottle of Transtint (Dark mission brown) in the foreground.

I add denatured alcohol to a container [...]