Jeffrey Stephenson Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 Drilled out some pilot holes in the veneer covering the side stanchion slots. An X-Acto knife was used to carve out the bulk of the material. Emory boards were used to finish the slots. The three pilot holes can be seen for the opposite stanchions. The end of the legs are slowly being eaten down to the red mark. The grill is being sized up. I think it might look better in a wood frame. The tabletop is a 12" X 24" piece of 3/4" birch plywood I bought at a supply store for architecture students. Action display sequence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaPang Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 A thoroughly meticulous piece of work on the grill. What is it made of & how long did it take you to make it? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Stephenson Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 A thoroughly meticulous piece of work on the grill. What is it made of & how long did it take you to make it?Cheers I purchased the grill. The mesh I wanted to use to make my own was not available. I think this grill design fits in well. On the back left you can see the 1/8" sheet of brown hardboard that is shimming the case. It slides straight out the back just like the case. A couple of action photos while testing clearances. The system will work with or without the case's original side panels. Originally the panels were kept on to give it more support but I might need an internal light source and that means losing them. Either way I'm good to go. Checking the length of the table top after mocking up some pieces. The width is perfect but I know I'll have to trim some length. There is an optical illusion going on that allows me to extend the length overhang while still looking like I'm using the same overhang as the sides. Building a simple frame for the grills. First I lay down some wax paper onto a flat working surface. The wax paper keeps me from gluing the piece to my working surface. Bring in the grill to measure, cut and test fit the pieces. Each layer of wood is cut in a pin-wheel fashion so that the butt joints all face in the same clockwise or counter-clockwise direction. Glue stuff up. Remember to reverse the direction of the butt joints for each layer of wood. A three layer structure will turn out very strong Set the frame in place to check the look. Fail! The frame is too large and bulky IMO. I'm going to either scrap it or use it for the bottom vent. Later I'll build another frame using smaller dimension boards. On to some veneering. I'm targeting the four stanchion support boards that feature the three cutouts. Glue and clamp the pieces without regard to the cutouts. My rule for veneering...do the difficult and boring first. While I'm waiting for glue to dry I whipped up a few shim pieces from basswood to narrow the front face by a 1/4". Each is 1/8" wide and will fit inside the front two legs. This will allow me to properly fit some chrome trim pieces that I'm considering for the front. Using my X-Acto razor knife I carve out most of the material in the cutouts. Emory boards are used to finish up the slots. The wife has noticed her nail files are coming up missing. Time to duck and cover. Both sides done. Time to flip it over and do the other two. The front face shim pieces are being fitted and glued up. Some excess material is sticking out front so it will need to be knocked down with wood files and sandpaper. Some scavenged chrome bits that I dug up to see if they could be used. I'm still "squinting" at this look. I don't know. I'll work around all this for now to see what else might pop up. Opinions are welcome. Thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaPang Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Opinionated me says: the pieces are small and discrete enough to complement rather than over power the fascia. Great addition! The grill is excellent, too. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Stephenson Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 A couple of different versions. The wife likes the last one. I guess I'm still counting on a Eureka moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpovh Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 This is more beautiful than first option ;D Congratulations, your case is fantastic.. Good Luck =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaPang Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Yup, can't go against the wife! I agree with Mpvoh hands down. Looks really classy. I like Art-Deco & with the Mission theme, you can guess my feeling. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Stephenson Posted July 31, 2009 Author Share Posted July 31, 2009 Yup, can't go against the wife! I agree with Mpvoh hands down. Looks really classy. I like Art-Deco & with the Mission theme, you can guess my feeling.Cheers I like the last one also but it has special problems. I took the photo straight-on because the area above and around the lower chrome piece is messy. The other option is cleaner because you would have to stand on your head to see the ugly bits. I would have to build a shield for the lower option to hide this. It could change the look completely. An option/compromise I'm shooting for is to move the chrome pieces directly onto the wooden cross members where they now sit next to. Follow me? It would be a fairly minor change that would solve a big problem. An update: Take a sheet of walnut and cut it down to fit. I use a very sharp X-Acto Gripster razor knife. Test fit. Checking to see if there is adequate overhang all around. Close up. Tiny pencil mark to the right. I finished the back so I thought it was due a photo op. The walnut should darken up nicely when some finish goes on. Thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaPang Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Heck, I saw the addition as perfect, of course I'm only following your worklog pics which usually don't tell the whole story. If you saw a detail you didn't like, it just goes to show me that you are a stickler for perfection. And yes, that is what separates the men from the boys in modding. Cheers & more posts pls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Stephenson Posted August 1, 2009 Author Share Posted August 1, 2009 This is more beautiful than first option ;D Congratulations, your case is fantastic.. Good Luck =) Obrigado and good luck to you also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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