I posted a few of these pics on 3/7 in the “What did you do today?”
This was my first attempt at one of these. This has 30 & 60 degree angles, plenty of compound miter angles, and 51 peices. The “base” is built up with 5 moldings layered & stacked. It took a full day of labor to build & install.
I should have set up a work table for this project…too much time spent crawling around this thing.
You don't have to sacrifice historical elements of a house in the name of energy efficiency.
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Great work... dude if you built & installed it in a day... at least tell me you thought about it for a full day before...
I'm impressed because i know i'd have spent 2 days think'n & draw'n before it ever got started then at least... 2 days building it
very nice
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I built the bottom part and the top part on 1/2 day one...thought about building the tapered middle section to connect the two for a few hours before returning for final assembly and installing. Couldn't stop thinking: "How am I going to do this?"The tricky part was hanging it on the wall. The mechanicals were mounted to the wall, but I had no good way to attach the wood hood surround to the blower/duct assembly. To fit over the mechanical stuff, my hood cover had no back to it. I used steeply angled cleats glued and pocket hole screwed to two horizontal cleats that were lag screwed to two studs. Then used trimhead screws to attach the shroud to the angled cleats. That was the tricky part...other than fitting all the miters.
it's nice work... very few can see things in their minds eye then build em... it's a rare talent that few have... I tell people "yeah i built that in a day" but it took me 3 days of drawing & thinking and look'n around... and usually it's my design to start with :)
alot of people see nice work... very few know it when they see it
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I had a doodled design to go off of. Just a sketch by the kitchen designer with no dimensions. The proportions were limited by the size of the mechanical system, the truss work above and the opening between the wall cabinets.I can't claim any design genius, I basically built it so it fit in the space. I used the maximum taper allowed by the ductwork. Adding the crown molding at the top was my idea. It balanced out the massive molding assembly at the bottom.
Nice work basswood.
You got any pictures of that paint job close up? I'm trying to see how it was done.
You'd think at 40 years old you'd get the hell up off the floor! Man I used to get sh!t for doing that very same thing, its so much easier to stand up and do it. Funny how it takes a guy till he's 40 to figure that out!
Doug
All pre-finished moldings and panels from KraftMaid (HD), so things had to fit tight...especially since the touchup kit was not a close match.I did get tired of working on the floor...even with cardboard to kneel on. Next one will be assembled on a table. : > {Glad you liked it.
Nice work. This would cost you around $2K if you were to buy commercial. Not bad for some thinking and a day of work. I need to build one similar in about 6 weeks. Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks...I think you are right on the price. They looked into buying it and decided to have me build it. That is usually a sign that I should have charged more. I don't know what the materials cost, but my labor bill was $700 for the hood.Post here when you build yours (or during if you want any input). Outside corner molding would make the shroud easier...those long, tapered, compound-angled pieces are tough to fit well.