Some pics of a wainscotting project I’m almost done with.
They go from shop fab through almost completion.
Raised panel MDF.
Might help someone someday.
Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
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Great project.
MDF dust sucks, but the stock mills/paints great.
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It's only satisfying if you eat it.
About 70 - 80 gallons of dust so far from the dust collector.
The raised cove part of the panels took ALOT of primer.Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
Nice work, first thing I thought of was the barrels of dust at the end of the day routing all that.
What does this situation in my life ask of me?
Looks good, i'm actually doing the same thing right now. i'd show ya' but I cant figure out how to post pics.
As far as dust, i'm about half way through 14' of wainscoting and I have one 35 gal can full of sawdust. I must look like an alien when I mill MDF, ear prorection, dust mask, and the vacuum going (dust still everywhere).
Cant stand breathing MDF dust, that stuff locks into my throat and sinuses and I get sick for a week.
really nice work. Someday I'm going to do something like that, even if it's on my own house and I don't get paid for it.
But I'm with the other guys, MDF dust is nasty. Even with dust collection, it gets everywhere.
But MDF itself makes a fine finished product.
NIce work-I,ve been a framing carpenter for 35 years. I'm embarrassed calling my self a carpenter after looking at work like yours. Thanks for the inspiration.
Greg in Rainy Connecticut
Beautiful work!!!
Certainly a whole lot more work than the powder room I finished a few months ago. My wainscott was some 325 year old flooring I had to pull up from this house...couldn't let it go to waste so....
Be well done
andy
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very nice. Your first pictures had my mind asking "got dust?"
end result, bueno. Kind of like routing solidified talcum powder, though, aint it?
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Nice, thanks for taking the time to post.
Phill Giles
The Unionville Woodwright
Unionville, Ontario
JHOLE -
From the pictures, it looks like you cut all the rails and stiles from the MDF as well as the panels. Is that correct?
Nice work and nice shop. I could never keep a place that clean and organized. Do you do much shop work?
Don K.
EJG Homes Renovations - New Construction - Rentals
Yes the rails and stiles also MDF. Rabbitted and tennoned so I figured I'd keep on making dust.
Made them out of MDF also for the stability and wanted to stay away from dissimilar growth - time will tell.
When it comes to priming/ painting you have to clean and org.
Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
Very nice job!
Not to pick nits.....out of curiousity......where are you planned on attaching handrail for upper stairs?
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
No.
There wasn't one there for the last ten yrs.
No blood stains at the bottom. ;)
It looks like it might need one in that pic - might be the angle - never even dawned on me at the site.
Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
The work looks nice!
Save the MDF dust, send it back and have em press you out a couple more sheets.
Doug