phase 4 of shop mods... probably the last :)

[Ajcoholic]

Well I have the Maggi 23 boring machine operational. Fooled with it a bit today - I think it is going to change the way I do many things currently. Slick setup.. much easier to adjust and set up for various operations as well.

The doors and fronts for the island cabinets are mitred (2" by 1 1/8" walnut with a custom profile I had ground up for one of my shaper heads). I tested doing a two dowel boring VS a Domino loose tenon. I can whip through these mitres WAY faster with the dowels. There is a fixture on the boring table to set up mitres.

[Ajcoholic]

Also got a bunch of drawers and trays into the cabinets that are finished... I like the walnut accent strip.

[scottp55]

Somebody is getting an Elegant custom kitchen!!
I agree the Walnut accent takes the appearance up a few notches!!
Where were you when I went with Plain and Fancy for a wheelchair kitchen? (could have used a couple custom options they didn't offer in '95)
The 3 man crew had been doing interior trim with lots of fancy old fashioned custom joinery for a year when cabinets arrived. They took a couple hours off from their chisels and Japanese saws to make fun of them compared their joinery. "Look Scott...plastic gussets and a brad gun on the backs of the carcass!""They're going to Silicone the 15' peninsula panel!!"
Somehow I don't think they would have had anything to say about yours
scott

[Ajcoholic]

Today I machined the framing for the mitred doors. I was going to use the Festool Domino, to put a loose tenon in the mitres but decided to use the new boring machine. Wow, a few minutes (maybe 10) later and all the framing was drilled for two 8mm dowels. I just got one door together before quitting time. The panels are G2S 1/2" thick walnut veneer, PB core. Rabbeted so the back is flush.

I think this machine will be used quite often..

[gerryv]

The design, the workmanship and the wood are all beautiful.

[myxpykalix]

Sounds to me like a kid with a new toy, only he won't let us play with it!!! I bet you were just as excited when you got these new tools as you were when you got new toys at christmas...good for you...although i can't see how you could make anything you do look any more professional then it already does. Good work!


Oh by the way, I will bet you "a dollar to a doughnut" that not only will you be expanding your shop again within a year but you will buy at least one or two more major tools!

[Ajcoholic]

Sounds to me like a kid with a new toy, only he won't let us play with it!!! I bet you were just as excited when you got these new tools as you were when you got new toys at christmas...good for you...although i can't see how you could make anything you do look any more professional then it already does. Good work!


Oh by the way, I will bet you "a dollar to a doughnut" that not only will you be expanding your shop again within a year but you will buy at least one or two more major tools!

Lol I bet you I wont be adding any more shop space (I need the rest of my shop for materials storage) and NO more tools! Except maybe a computerized stop for my radial arm saw... if you consider that a tool.

Im really tapped out. When I set up the shop several years ago, I had these things in mind. Only now I can finally say I have acquired everything I set out to... what I need now is one more really good full time employee to keep up with work. Or at least not make my customers wait 6 to 8 months.. I have been asking around but no one yet. The right guy will show up some day.

As for being excited - sure I get worked up over new tools, but, and I mean this - I get much more worked up about doing things faster/better and being able to do more in a day. Machinery doesnt make me happy unless it is helping me make $$, and that's the truth!

SOme times its the mundane, every day tasks that are far from glamorous, but necessary and vitally important. Same like my Shopbot - I can do things now that were too hard, too costly or too much of a PITA to do before. Not everything is fancy carvings and frills... sometimes just cutting out a complex shape, or putting in a bunch of dowel holes can get me excited!

[myxpykalix]

"Lol I bet you I wont be adding any more shop space"

We'll see....I got a dollar riding on this....

[Ajcoholic]

"Lol I bet you I wont be adding any more shop space"

We'll see....I got a dollar riding on this....

Ill take that bet.. ha ha. Ill owe you about $1.35 though.

The doors are all together, just need sanding and finishing and the last thing I have to do is the crown and under cab lighting valences.

[Ajcoholic]

The other pull outs - knife block, spice and oil bottles (I squeezed a third tray in that tilts for access) and one for cookie sheets.









For the narrow pull outs that I cant physically fit in Movento undermounts, I used the new Accuride soft self closing 100 pound side mounts. They are improved over the previous versions that had a pretty weak return spring. Not too bad.