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Build Album https://imgur.com/a/0gujuvz
Pretty simple pocket hole construction with poplar and edge banded birch plywood, painted black with an oil based paint.
I have never worked with caning before, and probably won't again. ๐. Getting it aligned and pulled tight was a chore.
Plans based off of the ones found here, and modified to my wife's requirements. https://www.thisoldhouse.com/house-one/22598580/how-to-build-a-console-cabinet
Looks super good! I like the contrast between the caning and the dark wood and the handles.
Which finish did you use?
Thanks, I don't recall the specific brand of paint, but it was an oil based paint that I mixed with Flood Penetrol, which helps remove brush marks and keeps the paint smooth.
Edit, I primed everything first to help with as smooth a finish as I could
Wow, that looks great!
I did some work on an old trailer with my wife, and we removed a set of the old mirrored closet doors and did caning to try and improve airflow through them. A huge pain to get it tight, and our width was only about 14". It must've been tough to get it tight across that far.
How does it look from the inside? We trimmed our caning, but we should've started with a few inches more width so we could clean it up afterwards better. Its a little wild for us.
Definitely a nice looking cabinet! Well done
Thanks, actually ended up insetting the caning a bit and then put a black painted back panel in, so from the inside its just solid panel. I was worried my kids/dog would push through the caning so it adds some structure and hides all the stuff jammed in the cabinet. Also helped hide the rough canning edges.
There are certainly cleaner and better ways to do this, but this is for my back porch to store mostly dog related items so I tried not to over think it.
That does look much simpler and cleaner than mine!
And if it works, I wouldn't overthink it - you built it for a purpose, and it works for that.
Impressive!
How does the cane attach to the door frame?
There is a roughly 1 inch rabbet around the interior of the frame and the cane sits in that recess and a thin piece of wood is placed over the top to sandwich it in place with staples. I had tried it without the extra pieces of wood first but my staples kept blowing through the cane or ended to loose to pull it tight. That extra strip solved those issues.
The first step involves soaking the cane in water so it expands while you are installing it, then as it dries it pulls tight.