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   basswood | Oct 14, 2008 12:02am | #1

   Here is the cabinet with a 3" thick curved laminate ledge as the floor of the display.

   One pic shows checking the edge with a square. If the built up edge is not square the laminate edge band will not line up right as you go around the curve. I slide the square along looking for any high or low spots and mark them and tune up the edge with a belt sander, as needed.

   
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   gb93433 | Oct 14, 2008 12:14am | #2

   In the place of your old tape measures I use 3/8" diameter wooden dowels.

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   basswood | Oct 14, 2008 12:31am | #5

   That works too...extension cords work in a pinch.

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   calvin | Oct 14, 2008 12:18am | #3

   Great idea on the old tapes.  When I run out of the 87 miles of old venetian blind stockpile, I'll dive into my box of defunct rules.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.

   Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

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   mikeroop | Oct 14, 2008 12:21am | #4

   Looking good Brian, do you have a lot of shop work lined up for the winter?

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   basswood | Oct 14, 2008 12:36am | #6

   Hi Mike,Yes, looks like I'll be in the shop for most of the next 2 months. Some fun stuff...I like shop work.Cheers,B

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   basswood | Oct 29, 2008 04:10am | #7

   Here is the finished product:

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   mikeroop | Oct 29, 2008 05:30am | #8

   As always Brian it looks great

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   basswood | Oct 29, 2008 05:42am | #9

   Thanks Mike. I am installing a couple of wall displays for that business on Friday (I have a couple of days away to start a kitchen remodel). Good projects.All the best,Brian

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   Jim_Allen | Oct 29, 2008 05:44am | #10

   Excellent Work Basswood!

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   basswood | Oct 29, 2008 05:52am | #11

   Why thanks, Blue.

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   KenHill3 | Oct 29, 2008 06:01am | #12

   Hi, Brian-Please tell us how you cut that curved front.

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   basswood | Oct 30, 2008 05:28am | #13

   Ken,The 10' radius was drawn with a string and pencil, then cut close to the line one my bandsaw and tuned up on an oscillating spindle sander. Since the top was 3" thick it was 4 layers of 3/4" MDF. After getting one layer to a smooth curve, it was used as a pattern and I used a pattern forming bit in a router to trim the other layers after rough cutting on the bandsaw.Then the layers were glued up, cured, then clamps removed and final sanding done with a belt sander, checking the trueness of the edge with a framing square.Make sense?Bass

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   KenHill3 | Oct 30, 2008 07:27am | #14

   Thanks, Brian, that makes all kinds of sense. I'm just thinkin' and curious here- could one make that first pattern piece with a router on a trammel setup? Wouldn't it be smoother and more accurate? Of course maybe down the road in the process it would be six-or-a-half-dozen seeing as you gotta laminate and fine tune anyway. I guess there's no such thing as a bearing-guided bit with 3" of flute.

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   basswood | Oct 30, 2008 03:13pm | #15

   Ken,A trammel jig could work, mine is only 6' long and this was a 10' radius. I decided not to fool with a trammel extension.One great thing about BT, is you often get several options discussed for a project and its' methods.Good success,Brian

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   wrudiger | Nov 02, 2008 07:53am | #20

   Nice looking cabinet; that curve in front really makes a difference.  Here's a 16' trammel jig - ya just never know when ya might need one!

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   Actually I learned the trick here - I think from you - and wanted to say Thanks!

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   basswood | Nov 02, 2008 06:24pm | #23

   You did a great job on that mantle, if I helped in any way, that is cool.I last used my trammel rig on a set of arch-topped storm windows. Have a great day,Bass

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   Gene_Davis | Oct 30, 2008 04:14pm | #16

   Does the TV/fireplace in the adjoining room change to fireplace mode with the flick of a switch? 

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   "A stripe is just as real as a dadgummed flower."

   Gene Davis        1920-1985

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   DonCanDo | Oct 30, 2008 04:19pm | #17

   I'm sure it does... as long as you have the "Yule Log on DVD" handy.

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   basswood | Oct 30, 2008 05:36pm | #18

   Gene,Don beat me to the punch.That showroom is for a Cable TV (explains the TV in the fireplace)/Internet/Phone and now Cell Phone business. The cabinet I built is for displaying cell phones.I stole my cabinet design ideas from that "fireplace" room. Neither of the other bidders for this project offered anything that took the existing decor into account. The laminate slab I integrated into the cabinet is an echo of the hearth/mantle.I added the curve to the laminate "slab" from the curved soffit above the mantle. The other designs were just oak cabinets with glass.I was not the cheapest bid, but they liked the design enough to go with me.Nothing spectacular, but kinda cool and fun to work on.

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   stevent1 | Oct 30, 2008 07:24pm | #19

   Really nice work Brian.I prefer shop work but it is good to get out in the field now and then.Thanx for sharing.Chuck Slive, work, build, ...better with wood

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   basswood | Nov 03, 2008 03:11pm | #27

   Hi Chuck,I somehow missed your post. Thanks.It is nice to mix shop and field work... just hate it when it goes shop 1 day, field 1 day, back to the shop. Better to string a few days together in each environment.Today I have an early appt. to adjust a deadbolt, then work in the shop for 3 hours, then out to install a couple of wall displays in a showroom. I would like to fire the guy doing the scheduling... but that would be me.Bass

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   Jed42 | Nov 02, 2008 05:18pm | #21

   Hey - Where do I get them there miter clamp things?

   No Coffee No Workee!
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   basswood | Nov 02, 2008 05:35pm | #22

   http://www.collinstool.com/base.php?page=collins_miter_clamps.htm

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   Jed42 | Nov 03, 2008 02:16am | #24

   Thank you, thank you, thank you.  Do you have / have you ever used the coping foot for jigsaw?No Coffee No Workee!

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   basswood | Nov 03, 2008 03:14am | #25

   Jed,I have done some jigsaw coping, but prefer coping with sanding disks on a right angle grinder. Kinda dusty, but faster and as accurate as any method, IMO.

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   Jed42 | Nov 03, 2008 06:36am | #26

   Really?  Even just for baseboard?  I must be behind the times in coping technology, as I am actually using a coping saw.  I don't mean that as a smart-a#$ comment, I mean I keep coming across lots of people who laugh at me when I get the 'ol coping saw out, and I think...man, what did I miss?No Coffee No Workee!

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   basswood | Nov 03, 2008 03:17pm | #28

   I cope almost all inside corners (except on cabinet crown). For just one or two copes, I still use a coping saw.Here are some pics of some baseboard runs pre-assembled and coped: