twisted lines wrote:I am going too forget about cabinets for now; Because I am not confident nor have I ever tried, so please take lots of pictures so I can learn from you
A promise is a promise.
<DISCLAIMER>I ain't no wood worker, cabinet maker or experience TD builder</DISCLAIMER>That being said I'm more than happy with the cabinets results and I am in fact, pretty proud of them even if no perfect (was my very first time)
I first did a rectangle that has multi purposes:
[*]Hold the shelf
[*]Hold the cabinet facing
[*]Hold the cabinet/countertop light
I screwed the rectangle on wall 2x2s and glued them to the meranti.
Right after I cut the shelf from floor's scrap plywood and installed it (glued/stapled with air nailer)
Then I made the frame facing of the cabinet out of knotted pine with Kreg pocket hole jig. Mine as a wide rail on top to clear the galley door/door frame. YMMV adjust accordingly.
I also did a wider center section to match the light 5.5" and I will add charger/12V socket there.
I fixed the facing with staples but the best way would have been to run screws from behind the rectangle so they'd be hidden. Was also glued and top edge stapled/glued thru the top (I don't have my root plywood yet, only the ceiling one. Shelf is flush with the opening and I planned on an undercabinet plywood but will keep it this way finally, not ugly at all IMHO.
I made the door a weird way. I used oak 1/4 leftover from the floor but instead of slotting wood piece, I cut them to size (+1/2 four sides vs door opening) and glued the 5/16 moulding right on the plywood with TB2 and it turned out great. I screwed the hinges through both plywood and moulding.
Here is the final result:
I will likely have to trash/redo the countertop though
I'll try sanding it tomorrow and recoat it with epoxy. We'll see !