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I am about to begin a diy kitchen remodel and...well heres the ugly kitchen i have to work with...
along with the beautiful new slabs of wood i just bought to start on the island.
 

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Oh Ironlight I should have mentioned that i will likely put a panel on the right side where the desk will be so "things" dont fall off out of the hole, ... that should help with the rigidity, plus it will provide me a place to glue the corkboard to...or maybe ill paint the panel with chalkboard paint or even magnetic paint so he can hang or post things there...limitless possibilities eh?
 
#91 ·
You go girl, I guess it take out weekend!

I had an idea for your desk - tv area, such as
putting the tv up in a cabinet over the desk.
but I'll wait until you're finished.
Lord knows, I've added on and changed
things in my kitchen as I went along.
 
#92 · (Edited)
The problem here, and the reason i kept the TV low, is because the bed is very low (post #9) and he would have to crank his neck up to watch it, also i have cats that knock things over all the time...dont want to risk the TV.
so with three roughneck boys, three pain in the a** cats...better keeping things at a level where the tv wont break if it falls. The shelf will be for all the video game systems and the cable box.
 
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You guys ever feel like ...since everything else went wrong today, using a saw may not be the right choice?
Well thats how i feel...and a little over whelmed by my saturday to-do list when all i wanna do is VEG OUT! Especially after grooming 5 dogs. Gonna read some of cocobolos thread to get some inspiration and motivation. after that its...

clean up kitchen

cover gaping hood vent hole
get wood for the woodburner to last the next 24 hours
finish desk
clean up basement..thats where i make my cuts
feed all these animals
and last but not least...do some work on one of these unfinished paintings

let's see its 5 oclock now....
 

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so tomorrow i will start on my lower cabinets. I like to call my first victim "The Black Hole" due to the fact that its so deep everything gets lost in there. I plan to block out the back corner to make it shaped like half a hexagon, line the inside with beadboard, then add two rows of shelves. i cleaned it out tonight so it would be ready and further remembered why i call it The Black Hole...I've got way more ugly pitchers than one family needs. Chloe thinks so too...

gotta get firewood still, then off to lala land. too tired to do the desk.
 

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Hopefully I havent bored everyone to tears with my lagging kitchen project, but believe it or not, my local builders wholesale store (1 mile away) is closed on weekends...guess when I need things...weekends!

i did manage to get all the osb cut to reshape "the black hole" but i cant put it all together till the handyman comes tomorrow to move my plugs and switches...then I can get the cabinets built finally. wood plank countertops will come very shhortly after.

Meanwhile...could somebody tell me what type of plywood this is? Its very smooth and dense, and i love it so much.
 

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#105 ·
OK, I'm at a bit of a loss here, but usually 1/2" plywood with that many plies is likely to be Baltic Birch. But that big knot says otherwise.

There is no doubt it is good quality plywood because of the even plies. Perhaps a cherry...?

Jim, can we get your opinion.
 
#106 · (Edited)
Ive been researching it a little ...what do you think of Birch as a suspect? well the verdicts in..i just read your reply. birch it is, providing Jim agrees. Seems strong, i wonder if its the best plywood to use when i build my cabinet...What would you guys use?
 
#107 ·
Any plywood with that many plies is going to be strong, no doubt about that.

It is almost for sure a hardwood plywood, but I am thrown by that open knot. I take it that must be the back side of the sheet, is it?

One other thing, can you see any voids, sort of like small holes, on the edges of the sheet where you have made cuts? If there are any, they should be very small.
 
#108 ·
It looks like a utility grade Birch or an import, it is hard to say not being able to see the grain clearly. It is good wood to work with, are you using it for the sides of your cabinets?
 
#109 · (Edited)
no voids, and i know that there were very few knots..not sure if it was the back or front side because both sides were very smooth and ive had the plywood leaning against the wall for two or more years and it is not bowed at all.
I did read that birch plywoods most imperfect layers are on the outsides, the inner plys are perfect, hence the strength. I guess birch is not known for its beautiful grain...maybe they add interest to the look of it by putting knots and imperfections on the outer layers. Who knows?

Jim- i was thinking about using it for the sides and the floor. i really only have one cabinet to build, the one on the right side of the sink when looking at the picture. i'm trying to make a cabinet to complete the row of lower cabinets so they reach the door. That way i can stretch my counters all the way to the door and gain 3 feet of desperately needed counterspace!
 

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#111 ·
Wow folks let me tell ya...I've probably contacted 20 diffrent lumber suppliers and not one of them carries hard maple planks in 10' lengths!! I'm starting to feel its hopeless :( Is there another kind of wood that may be good to use for countertops? oak, walnut, ash and pine are the most redily available around here.
 
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#114 · (Edited)
Thank you Jim:)

Fixrite- i would look for butcher block which is what i origionally wanted, but i loved the slabs of wood so much that i blew 1/3rd of my budget on them :no:
So now i'm stuck making my own counter..but i vaguely remember someone saying that maple has antibacterial qualities and thats what i should use.

....Edit: Believe it or not A 12' length of maple butcher block countertop from lumber liquidators is only 369.00, and an 8 ft lenth is 289.00..together they would be plenty for what i need and onlya little over 600.00...hmmmmm Fixrite you may have something here!
As hard as it has been to find maple planks it may be worth buying them. But i may have to give up the terra cotta floor to do it. Guess it depends if i can find the T/C at a good price.

WOW thank you guys for brainstorming this with me:thumbup::thumbup:
 
#118 ·
Definitely take a look at IKEA for the butcher block counter tops. A birch 8' x 7/8" x 25 5/8' slab is like $170. They also have beech and oak. I believe they are already sealed and finished.

If you're going to build your own cabinets, also consider Ikea for the door hinge and drawer hardware. They make some good stuff.
 
#115 ·
fourtunately, I came across a great deal on an arsenal of used tools for a great price...unfourtunately I'm getting them because my uncle is too sick to ever use them again. He built his own three story house, deck, two car garage and storage shed from the ground up and all the tools he bought for the jobs are barely used and just sitting there. He's ready to sell me the lot of them and believe me ..theres ALOT of them. My first buy was three porter cable nail guns, all different sizes and these two dewalt sanders at 200.00 for all!

Cocobolo, do you think these sanders will do?
 

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#117 ·
believe me i would still love to get the pc 6inch sander in the near future, but for now..ill start with these because the budget is dwindling fast. Especially if I go with the butcherblock countertop...and its looking like i will. I googled pictures of them and they are pretty, not as rustic as i would like but oh well. anythings better than formica from the '60s:wink:
 
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