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   CaroleG4 | Sep 29, 2003 01:33am | #1

   Lookin good!!!  What is the wood for the cabinets?

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   AXE | Sep 29, 2003 05:58am | #2

   Love those fully inset doors.  It looks like I see a bead next to the hinges - is that true?  I'm thinking about laying down something like this for my kitchen - your work is very inspiring.

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   DougU | Sep 29, 2003 06:47am | #3

   Dave

   Great looking cabinets, if you got a close up of the details I'd like to see em, someone else mentioned it, is there a beading around the door, and what is the hinge?

   Thanks and looks great.

   Doug

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   DaveHeinlein | Sep 29, 2003 11:50pm | #5

   Thanks for your compliments.

   The wood is Poplar with white acrylic laquer finish. The interiors are my standard pre-finished Maple plywood. Door panels and draw fronts are MDF. The hinges are Amerock non-moritse style in satin nickle, as are the knobs&pulls.

   The 3/16" bead in the openings was mitred in after the frames were built.

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   DougU | Sep 30, 2003 01:57am | #6

   Dave

   Thanks for the detail, very nice indeed.

   Doug

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   StanFoster | Sep 30, 2003 03:31am | #7

   Dave:     Most excellent display of craftsmanship...thanks for sharing

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   DaveHeinlein | Sep 30, 2003 05:45am | #8

   Just doin' my job, Stan. Thanks.

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   HeavyDuty | Sep 30, 2003 05:56am | #9

   "The 3/16" bead in the openings was mitred in after the frames were built."

   Isn't that kind of cheating a little bit?

   Great work.

   Tom

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   DaveHeinlein | Sep 30, 2003 02:04pm | #11

   Cheating? I think not. This is a production job from a small(2-3 man) shop. Milling the bead on the frames ahead of time, then notching in the mitres during assembly would be way too time consuming, with inconsistant results being a definite possibilty.

   The end result is more important to me than tradition or procedure, and the method I used gave me the best results in the least amount of time.

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   HeavyDuty | Sep 30, 2003 08:25pm | #13

   "The end result is more important to me than tradition or procedure, and the method I used gave me the best results in the least amount of time."

   Can't agree more. Dave, just teasing. Keep up the good work.

   Tom

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   DaveHeinlein | Sep 30, 2003 11:53pm | #14

   I knew that. ;^} Thanks.

   Edited 9/30/2003 4:55:21 PM ET by DAVEHEINLEIN

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   NannyGee | Oct 01, 2003 12:12am | #15

   Looks great! I especially like the little "3rd level" top cabinets with glass. I need to do something similar in my kitchen for the stuff you need to store, but rarely use. I'll probably flip the door styles, though - glass mid-level, solid up high. My wife has to use a step stool already to reach the stuff in the regular upper cabinets :-)

   Good work!

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   marv | Oct 01, 2003 04:05pm | #16

   Great kitchen.  So am I out of line in asking what you charged?You get out of life what you put into it......minus taxes.

   Marv

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   DaveHeinlein | Oct 01, 2003 10:04pm | #17

   Just under 20K

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   Richie921 | Sep 30, 2003 08:06am | #10

   Again, beautiful job.  I assume you spray the finish.  What kind do you use and what recommendations would you have for someone doing it for the first time? Thanks.

   Richie

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   DaveHeinlein | Sep 30, 2003 02:09pm | #12

   I used Oxford Matte White PSL, with a satin clear PSL(premium spray laquer) for a top finish coat. The primer used was Bin water base primes.

   Tips? 1. sand between coats with 320 grit wet/dry paper.

   2. be sure your gun is atomising the fluid properly(use plenty of pressure).

   3. I use the little rubber contoured sanding blocks(Tadpoles) found in ww stores.

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   HeavyDuty | Sep 29, 2003 07:38am | #4

   Details, details, details. Look at the side panel and yes definitely the bead around the doors. Beautiful.

   Tom