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Comment by Jill Griffin on February 12, 2015 at 10:02pm

Ken that would look awesome. Just drill and glue plugs in! Thanks you for another idea!!

Comment by Ken Darga on February 10, 2015 at 9:23pm

Jill,

Nice piece.

If you want to give the piece a different appeal, you could add some 1/8" long 1/4" dowels, in strategic locations.  The dowel ends can be painted, a darker color, pressed/tapped in place, flush with the surrounding surface.

Comment by Jill Griffin on February 10, 2015 at 2:15pm

Yes Jay you are right with the difficulty of inset doors.  You have to be very precise and square!  I have done several different door panel styles and I think that insetting the doors shows the accuracy of the dimensions/cuts/construction to someone that knows how exact the measurements need to be!  I do usually fill my pocket holes or hide them, because most of the pieces that I make are a little more formal, but I wanted this to look a little more like an older piece, something that could have been handed down.  I am very happy with the way it turn out, build and finish.  Thank you for your kind words!!  I'll have to wait for Christmas next year for the Foreman : (((

Comment by Jay Boutwell on February 10, 2015 at 1:12pm

Hi Jill, Excellent example of building a cabinet.  Great job on doing the inset doors and the wire panels make this a fine example of a "One of a Kind" cabinet.  Inset doors are the most difficult for any build as the fittings must be precise.   It is nice to see something that is different instead of the same repeated styles that seems to be the normal anymore. 

To be honest with you there is nothing wrong with showing the pocket holes as that is part of the build and showing the method of joinery is always good to see.  The pocket hole method of building a door is strong and does show that there are other methods of building a door.  It shows others who do not have all the cabinet door bits, that a pocket hole and screw is again a different method that works. 

In building anything it is sometimes an advantage to use something different to set it apart from others and it becomes part of the character of the piece.   I often will take a defect and if it can not be fixed so that it is not noticed then I will take the defect and turn it into something that is very noticeable.  That makes the defect look as if it was done intentionally and becomes something that sets that build  apart from all others.   If you plug the pocket holes it is not always easy to completely conceal them so leaving them fully exposed makes it appear as being a normal way of building a door.

Nice job on the skirting of the cabinet bottom.   Be proud of your project as it is very good.

Yes the Kreg Foreman is a good tool especially when you are building such projects I know you will enjoy the ownership of one.  Thanks for sharing and keep on doing the inspirational work.

Comment by Bullet{BS] on February 10, 2015 at 11:29am

Not shameful very helpful thank you for the picture!!!

Comment by Jill Griffin on February 10, 2015 at 11:26am

@Bullet - lining up the wire was pretty easy, I just followed the grids, pulling it tight was another story!  I used my pneumatic stapler with 1/2" staples to attached it about 1 1/2 to 2" in.  I am so embarrassed that my pocket holes were not filled in on this project!!  I hid all the other pocket holes, all 120 of them, but I got lazy in the end!  Shameful!

Comment by Bullet{BS] on February 10, 2015 at 10:37am

Jill, do you have any pictures of the back side of the doors? Great looking Cabinet, my OCD really likes how you kept the wire mesh lines straight in the doors LOL.

Comment by Jill Griffin on February 9, 2015 at 7:16pm

Thank you Michael!

Comment by michael evans on February 8, 2015 at 8:47am

Nice job Jill ,keep Makin shavings .