I've been working on Frances's new pantry-cabinet deal (floor to ceiling 25" x
36" wide), and decided to use some old cherry floating around to form edges for
the melamine board for the pull out bottom shelf.
The board is 13' long x 5-3/4", x about 1-1/4" thick, but badly warped. I cut
the longest straight part, 32" or so, out, face jointed it and almost went into
shock. I then edge jointed it and planed the other side. This is the absolute
prettiest piece of flame figured cherry I've ever seen. I'll have to try to cut
short bits from the other pieces and get some more straight stuff. The shelf
edging is now going to be some run-of-the-mill red oak.
Of course, I thought this was run-of-the-mill cherry. Someone had dumped it on
the ground at a sawmill 3 miles up the road, I guess 5 years ago now. He gave
me an entire pick-up load of cherry--most of it at least 8/4 (some 16/4 thick)
thick x 8" wide--for $75.
Whoo, boy.
Charlie Self
"Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and
hurry off as if nothing happened." Sir Winston Churchill
In article <[email protected]>, Charlie Self
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I've been working on Frances's new pantry-cabinet deal (floor to ceiling 25" x
> 36" wide), and decided to use some old cherry floating around to form edges
> for
> the melamine board for the pull out bottom shelf.
Hi Charlie,
My wife is bugging me to do something with our built-in pantry
shelving. About 12 years ago, I put in some fixed particle board
crap spaced about 18 inches apart (fixed).
It is a built in "closet" pantry about 36w x 24d in our kitchen.
I was thinking of doing some sort of adjustable shelf type thing
out of melamine with an oak strip too.
Are all your shelves pull out or just the bottom? Why?
I was thinking of "U" shaped pull-out shelves.
Any thoughts appreciated.
Lou
> The top shelves, above my wife's head, probably won't be pull out types,
> though
> I won't have to worry about that for a few weeks. All the shelves in the
> bottom
> section are going to be pull-outs for easy access. I made the blinking thing
> too deep--25"--for sensible access to the backs of the shelves, so the
> solution
> is to make the shelves easy to slip out.
>
> Why U shaped?
As I mentioned, the pantry is built in - sort of like a small
closet. Although it is about 36 inches wide, it has a 24 inch
interior door (about 80" high) - some shelving is above
the door opening.
Also, since I have about 6 inches of space on either side
of the door which is behind the framing, I thought I could
make use of this space by making U shaped shelves. I also
had a thought of putting a light in the pantry ceiling.
Thanks for the input.
Lou
loutent asks:
>I was thinking of doing some sort of adjustable shelf type thing
>out of melamine with an oak strip too.
>
>Are all your shelves pull out or just the bottom? Why?
>
>I was thinking of "U" shaped pull-out shelves.
>
The top shelves, above my wife's head, probably won't be pull out types, though
I won't have to worry about that for a few weeks. All the shelves in the bottom
section are going to be pull-outs for easy access. I made the blinking thing
too deep--25"--for sensible access to the backs of the shelves, so the solution
is to make the shelves easy to slip out.
Why U shaped?
Charlie Self
"Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and
hurry off as if nothing happened." Sir Winston Churchill
Our new kitchen cabinets over fridge/oven are as deep as the hardware
and we find the sliding drawers provide access we wouldn't have with
only shelves. Our linen closet had square shelves that made access to
the back corner difficult at best. They are now U shaped and we think
it's a big improvement.
On 13 Sep 2004 00:39:34 GMT, [email protected] (Charlie Self)
wrote:
>loutent asks:
>
>>I was thinking of doing some sort of adjustable shelf type thing
>>out of melamine with an oak strip too.
>>
>>Are all your shelves pull out or just the bottom? Why?
>>
>>I was thinking of "U" shaped pull-out shelves.
>>
>
>The top shelves, above my wife's head, probably won't be pull out types, though
>I won't have to worry about that for a few weeks. All the shelves in the bottom
>section are going to be pull-outs for easy access. I made the blinking thing
>too deep--25"--for sensible access to the backs of the shelves, so the solution
>is to make the shelves easy to slip out.
>
>Why U shaped?
>
>Charlie Self
>"Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and
>hurry off as if nothing happened." Sir Winston Churchill
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> Of course, I thought this was run-of-the-mill cherry. Someone had dumped it on
> the ground at a sawmill 3 miles up the road, I guess 5 years ago now. He gave
> me an entire pick-up load of cherry--most of it at least 8/4 (some 16/4 thick)
> thick x 8" wide--for $75.
>
I think you just saw my old #4 and raised me. I fold :-).
--
Where ARE those Iraqi WMDs?
"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've been working on Frances's new pantry-cabinet deal (floor to ceiling
> 25" x
> 36" wide), and decided to use some old cherry floating around to form
> edges for
> the melamine board for the pull out bottom shelf.
>
> The board is 13' long x 5-3/4", x about 1-1/4" thick, but badly warped. I
> cut
> the longest straight part, 32" or so, out, face jointed it and almost went
> into
> shock. I then edge jointed it and planed the other side. This is the
> absolute
> prettiest piece of flame figured cherry I've ever seen. I'll have to try
> to cut
> short bits from the other pieces and get some more straight stuff. The
> shelf
> edging is now going to be some run-of-the-mill red oak.
>
> Of course, I thought this was run-of-the-mill cherry. Someone had dumped
> it on
> the ground at a sawmill 3 miles up the road, I guess 5 years ago now. He
> gave
> me an entire pick-up load of cherry--most of it at least 8/4 (some 16/4
> thick)
> thick x 8" wide--for $75.
>
> Whoo, boy.
>
> Charlie Self
I hate you.
Bob Schmall responds:
>The
>> shelf
>> edging is now going to be some run-of-the-mill red oak.
>>
>> Of course, I thought this was run-of-the-mill cherry. Someone had dumped
>> it on
>> the ground at a sawmill 3 miles up the road, I guess 5 years ago now. He
>> gave
>> me an entire pick-up load of cherry--most of it at least 8/4 (some 16/4
>> thick)
>> thick x 8" wide--for $75.
>>
>> Whoo, boy.
>>
>> Charlie Self
>
>I hate you.
Hey, the red oak is getting even with me. The first board I cleaned up had so
many larger (up to 3/8") pin knots it is unusable. Board #2 has about 5 usable
feet in 10.
Of course, that kind of stuff happens when you pay about 50 cents a BF for
green wood. This stuff is READY though: I bought it the same day I bought the
cherry, something like 4-5 years ago.
To make you feel even better, I think I had about $165 in 2 pick-up loads of
oak and cherry.
Charlie Self
"Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and
hurry off as if nothing happened." Sir Winston Churchill
[email protected] (Charlie Self) wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Hey, the red oak is getting even with me. The first board I cleaned up
> had so many larger (up to 3/8") pin knots it is unusable. Board #2 has
> about 5 usable feet in 10.
>
> Of course, that kind of stuff happens when you pay about 50 cents a BF
> for green wood. This stuff is READY though: I bought it the same day I
> bought the cherry, something like 4-5 years ago.
>
Hey, Ed P. had a good post over on alt.food.barbecue on how to use that red
oak ;-)
Patriarch
"Charlie Self" wrote in message
> The board is 13' long x 5-3/4", x about 1-1/4" thick, but badly warped. I
cut
> the longest straight part, 32" or so, out, face jointed it and almost went
into
> shock. I then edge jointed it and planed the other side. This is the
absolute
> prettiest piece of flame figured cherry I've ever seen. I'll have to try
to cut
> short bits from the other pieces and get some more straight stuff. The
shelf
> edging is now going to be some run-of-the-mill red oak.
>
> Of course, I thought this was run-of-the-mill cherry. Someone had dumped
it on
> the ground at a sawmill 3 miles up the road, I guess 5 years ago now. He
gave
> me an entire pick-up load of cherry--most of it at least 8/4 (some 16/4
thick)
> thick x 8" wide--for $75.
You definitely suck ... just be careful that you don't suck Ivan up to that
neck of the woods!
--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 7/10/04
Swingman responds:
>> Of course, I thought this was run-of-the-mill cherry. Someone had dumped
>it on
>> the ground at a sawmill 3 miles up the road, I guess 5 years ago now. He
>gave
>> me an entire pick-up load of cherry--most of it at least 8/4 (some 16/4
>thick)
>> thick x 8" wide--for $75.
>
>You definitely suck ... just be careful that you don't suck Ivan up to that
>neck of the woods!
>
Even worse, I just went out and did the rest of the board, longest piece 40",
shortest 30". I managed to save it down to a fat 7/8", not as good as the first
piece, but with similar figure. I'm happy. I was wondering why I was saving
that twisted board. Now, I've got to come up with a use that is worthy of the
figure.
I have so much planed cherry around (whoopee...maybe 10 BF) that I'd almost
forgotten how light freshly machined stock is. There's one piece of sapwood,
maybe 6" long tapering from nothing to 1" wide.
I think there's enough for a decent small jewelry box if I don't screw too much
of it up.
Charlie Self
"Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and
hurry off as if nothing happened." Sir Winston Churchill
On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 16:52:20 -0500, "Bob Schmall" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>x xxxx xxx
Dearest Mr. Schmall:
Please note that the Moderator has removed the offensive content from
this post.
As a Gosh fearing Rosacrucian, the Moderator will have no truck with
this sort of abusive language.
(watson - who has always thought that a religion that advertised in
the back of Mechanics Illustrated was fair game.)
Regards,
Tom.
Thomas J.Watson - Cabinetmaker (ret.)
tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1
On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 17:57:38 -0400, Tom Watson <[email protected]>
calmly ranted:
>On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 16:52:20 -0500, "Bob Schmall" <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>x xxxx xxx
>
>Dearest Mr. Schmall:
>
>Please note that the Moderator has removed the offensive content from
>this post.
>
>As a Gosh fearing Rosacrucian, the Moderator will have no truck with
>this sort of abusive language.
>
>
>(watson - who has always thought that a religion that advertised in
>the back of Mechanics Illustrated was fair game.)
Don't mess with the psychics, dude.
LJ, who thinks the new FEAR BUSH bumperstickers are great.
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On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 20:16:23 -0400, loutent <[email protected]> calmly
ranted:
>In article <[email protected]>, Charlie Self
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I've been working on Frances's new pantry-cabinet deal (floor to ceiling 25" x
>> 36" wide), and decided to use some old cherry floating around to form edges
>> for
>> the melamine board for the pull out bottom shelf.
>
>
>Hi Charlie,
>
>My wife is bugging me to do something with our built-in pantry
>shelving. About 12 years ago, I put in some fixed particle board
>crap spaced about 18 inches apart (fixed).
>
>It is a built in "closet" pantry about 36w x 24d in our kitchen.
>
>I was thinking of doing some sort of adjustable shelf type thing
>out of melamine with an oak strip too.
>
>Are all your shelves pull out or just the bottom? Why?
>
>I was thinking of "U" shaped pull-out shelves.
Huh?
>Any thoughts appreciated.
I like the pull-out tree idea. Single pullout, 6' tall,
shelves on both sides. I just don't like the thought
of paying $400-600 for one set of slides.
http://www.growinglifestyle.com/us/j/193754/index.html
http://wwhardware.com/catalog.cfm?ProductID=FEPM%203684C
Accuride 9301 pantry slides are half that price, or use
standard heavy-duty extension slides for thin (single-
can-depth) sliders on each side, in front of the side
shelves.
Alternatively, use a baker's rack on casters which would
fit inside your walk-in. Standard use items would be on it,
while less frequently used items would on the u-shaped
shelving behind it. Roll it out to access 'em.
Have Frances chart the frequency of usage of each shelf
so the two of you can design the right system for your
(her) particular use.
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"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 17:57:38 -0400, Tom Watson <[email protected]>
> calmly ranted:
>
>>On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 16:52:20 -0500, "Bob Schmall" <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>x xxxx xxx
>>
>>Dearest Mr. Schmall:
>>
>>Please note that the Moderator has removed the offensive content from
>>this post.
>>
>>As a Gosh fearing Rosacrucian, the Moderator will have no truck with
>>this sort of abusive language.
Then truck him.
> Don't mess with the psychics, dude.
>
> LJ, who thinks the new FEAR BUSH bumperstickers are great.
Could become a one-word cautionary: fearbush (v) an imperative warning to
rationalists.
Memo to self: do I really want to do this? Nah. Therefore, I retract that
last facetious political remark.
Bob
>
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