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I have to replicate these 2 vanities this week for a house we have been remodelling.
Washstand 1
Vanity 2
Anybody want to offer their opinion on what type of joints / construction for this application? Im not looking for lessons here, just different opinions and advice. The ones pictured look like they have a seemless finish. There are pdf files available there too if anybody wants to look closer. Thanks Diamond Dods
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Greetings D,
This post, in response to your question, will bump the thread through the 'recent discussion' listing again.
Perhaps it will catch someones attention that can help you with advice.
Cheers
'Nemo me impune lacesset'
No one will provoke me with impunity
Since nobody else offered an opinion, I'll recommend 3 methods, in the order I'd do them. Assuming this will sit still, like most cabinets, you could build them similarly. If I understand the question...
in order:
1. Pocket screws on the rails into the posts (glue too)
2. Biscuits (obviously w/glue)
3. The brackets used for tables inside the legs that tighten with bolts
4. Cast concrete :-)
sand and spray a finish for the seamless look...
for a "seamless" finish on the front and sides ... maybe cut them out of sheet goods?
baltic birch ply ... then finish.
Years ago I had to match an open gridwork headboard out of a catalog for a customer. It actually woulda matched those vanity frames ... just 2x2 square stock ... stained a deep ebony ... and poly'd.
I used off the shelf poplar stock ... and half lapped everything .. alternating the joints ... it was all simply square cut stock glued and nailed together. The laps helped meep everything square to itself.
Just tack nailed as little as possible ... and glued ... then sanded, sanded and sanded.
Went thru ever grit I could find ... in the end ... it too was "seamless" ...
Looked like metal work.
cost the costomer just about what the high end catalog price was ... but she wanted it a bit taller that what they offered. Had to be a custom size to match her end tables and lamps. Fun project ... one of the few "cabinet making" projects I actually made money on! Usually I cover materials costs and work on McD's wages for the labor ....
Jeff
Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
I go for pocket hole screws and primer and paint.... several coats on the joints... maybe some wood filler before hand... and call it seamless
Waterworks? Someone has expensive tastes.
Yeah they are for a beautiful home we've been remodeling. A lot of $$$ being put in.The reason I posted before was because I got confused on how these were built / how the sinks were mounted. I figured it out though. I thought the sinks sat in the stands but after getting the sinks, they sit on top, on runners set back 3/4" from the face of the legs/rails. Makes the sinks sit above the main frame of the stand and adds a pretty cool detail.
Filled, Sanded with 220, 400, 600, tack clothed, denatured alcohol 5 Coats of primer and 2 finish coats later...They still need a final sanding/ coats of paint but theyre pretty much done.