Need some ideas about how to build doors in a tall curio. The whole idea of a
curio is show off the contents not the curio. So I have been thinking about how
to hinge a side with out adding to the bulk of the cabinet.
Kind of think of hinging one or maybe both sides of the cabinet. So the
hinged side has to support the glass (with the clips) and seemlessly blend into
a narrow frame.
Also about the choice of wood. Bought a couple pieces of maple, but been
thnking about doing it in mahogany. So, what do you guy think?
Cliff
Swingman wrote:
> Between the lawyers, insurance companies, and property tax appraisal
> districts, life in this USA won't be livable before long.
Are you trying to imply there's no good reason why my $75,000 house became a
$143,000 house just weeks before the taxes came due?
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Silvan asks:
>
>Swingman wrote:
>
>> Between the lawyers, insurance companies, and property tax appraisal
>> districts, life in this USA won't be livable before long.
>
>Are you trying to imply there's no good reason why my $75,000 house became a
>$143,000 house just weeks before the taxes came due?
Yes. Your medical insurance company's handling of costs is one reason health
care is so expensive. Homeowner's insurance companies handling of coss is
another reason prices are rising: piecing out restoration costs on a damaged
building supposedly worth $100,000 (replacement value as an entity) finds that
a total restore done by the same contractor would run maybe $190,000, maybe
$220,000, I guess depending on his mood.
Given, there are some difficulties in fitting the old into the new, but there
are also some difficulties that are contractor-created in an effort to shave
costs, all of which add to the hours racked up.
Charlie Self
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
Thomas J. Watson
In article <[email protected]>, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
> BCOdom wrote:
>
> > Need some ideas about how to build doors in a tall curio. The whole idea
> > of a
> > curio is show off the contents not the curio. So I have been thinking
I built 4 curio cabinets 4-5 years ago. The outside measures 30"h X
18"w X 6"deep. Have plexiglass and door is not divided, allows clear
vision to whole cabinets.
If interested, I can upload pic. Since retiring, cabinets now used in
shop, no room in house.
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"BCOdom" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Need some ideas about how to build doors in a tall curio. The whole idea
of a
> curio is show off the contents not the curio. So I have been thinking
about how
> to hinge a side with out adding to the bulk of the cabinet.
> Kind of think of hinging one or maybe both sides of the cabinet. So the
> hinged side has to support the glass (with the clips) and seemlessly blend
into
> a narrow frame.
> Also about the choice of wood. Bought a couple pieces of maple, but been
> thnking about doing it in mahogany. So, what do you guy think?
>
> Cliff
Before you get too involved, price out glass. My wife even picked out
plans for a curio she wants. 14 bd. ft. of oak and one sheet of plywood.
Not bad, a few bucks for hardware. The 7 pieces of glass will be well over
$200 ! It will wait for right now.
This 36" wide curio called for two front doors, each with two glass panels.
The sides each have two glass panels also. The door frames are 2" wide.
The sides are framed with 2" also, but the 3/4" dimension is what is on the
front and the 2" door panel is hinged to it. IOW, the side is covered with
2 3/4" of wood and the center of the doors is 4" of wood, the rest class.
Ed
You might want to check your local library for a book called "Display Cabinets
You Can Customize". It's probably available to buy from Amazon. Author's name
is Jeff Greef. Has some good basic designs for Curio Cabinets, ideas for
modifying those as desired. Found it quite helpful when I built a 36" wide
Cherry Curio for my wife several years ago. As commented on earlier, the glass
panels and shelves can come close to the cost of the lumber - shop around for
prices.
Ron
After the third bottom heavy invoice from a local glass shop, I introduced
myself to the owner, explained I was a furnituremaker, bought glass from him
in the past, wanted to do so in the future, and how could I qualify for a
discount? No problem ...immediate $50 off a $89 invoice. I now get a +/- 60%
discount on all my furniture glass.
Most of these places are used to dealing with insurance companies and some
will give the individual repeat customer a break if asked.
Between the lawyers, insurance companies, and property tax appraisal
districts, life in this USA won't be livable before long.
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furniture, showed him
"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
> Before you get too involved, price out glass. My wife even picked out
> plans for a curio she wants. 14 bd. ft. of oak and one sheet of plywood.
> Not bad, a few bucks for hardware. The 7 pieces of glass will be well over
> $200 ! It will wait for right now.
>
> This 36" wide curio called for two front doors, each with two glass
panels.
> The sides each have two glass panels also. The door frames are 2" wide.
> The sides are framed with 2" also, but the 3/4" dimension is what is on
the
> front and the 2" door panel is hinged to it. IOW, the side is covered
with
> 2 3/4" of wood and the center of the doors is 4" of wood, the rest class.
> Ed
On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 03:56:45 +0000, Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> Before you get too involved, price out glass. My wife even picked out
> plans for a curio she wants. 14 bd. ft. of oak and one sheet of plywood.
> Not bad, a few bucks for hardware. The 7 pieces of glass will be well over
> $200 ! It will wait for right now.
...not to mention 4 or 5 glass shelves and one or two specialty light
fixtures. The corner curio kit I built 20 years ago also has mirrors in
the back panels. Counting everything, there's 14 hunks of glass.
Doug
BCOdom wrote:
> Need some ideas about how to build doors in a tall curio. The whole idea
> of a
> curio is show off the contents not the curio. So I have been thinking
Here was my take on that kind of thing. I built a "hutch thing" to go on
top of a un-needed dresser I didn't really want to get rid of.
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/projects.html (scroll down a bit...
yes, it's a really bad picture...)
You'll want taller doors of course, but I like the way the doors worked out
WRT viewing area. The dolls in this thing don't work out that well,
because SMWBO has too many of them to spread them out so that none of them
are straddling the middle. There's a lot of open space though, and the eye
is drawn to the contents, rather than the bad routing job on the frames.
The frames are ~1" wide M&T, glazed with plexiglass to cut down both on cost
and weight. The hinges are garden variety brass leaf, and I have three per
door.
When I do the walnut corner curio that's on my honey do list, I'll probably
make it narrow enough to have only one door, and no seam down the middle.
I'll also very likely put in at least one cross-member for strength. The
big doors on my dresser-top hutch are somewhat flimsy, and I wouldn't want
to do anything bigger than this with no support in the middle.
Not sure of the dimensions, and my tape measure is out in the shop. It
comes within a foot of the ceiling, so substract the standard height of a
dresser to get an idea.
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On 07 Nov 2003 03:05:09 GMT, [email protected] (BCOdom) wrote:
> Need some ideas about how to build doors in a tall curio. The whole idea of a
>curio is show off the contents not the curio. So I have been thinking about how
>to hinge a side with out adding to the bulk of the cabinet.
> Kind of think of hinging one or maybe both sides of the cabinet. So the
>hinged side has to support the glass (with the clips) and seemlessly blend into
>a narrow frame.
> Also about the choice of wood. Bought a couple pieces of maple, but been
>thnking about doing it in mahogany. So, what do you guy think?
>
>Cliff
I didn't exactly build a curio, but I did make tall narrow doors for
an armoire that sounds similar to your situation. I used Soss hinges
in the edges of the door and then into the frame.
I've also seen knife hinges used for this purpose.