First double

Michele and I escaped the kitchen remodel and headed to Shasta yesterday to chase a bass or two. We had a great time and the weather was perfect. The bite was ok and we found a few fish on beds. Spotted Bass spawn typically in twenty feet of water so finding beds are a little more difficult than the Smallmouth at Lake Almanor. All said, a great day on the lake, the boat ran good and we are having Beer battered bass for dinner tonight.

Waiting for the Granite

All the cabinets are installed and we are waiting on the Granite guy. Michele is in hog heaven putting spices in her two spice racks. One rack for baking and one next to the cook top. The recycling pullout is next then two shelves, barn door for the pantry and crown moulding. It won't be long now.

Eagles take a dump too!

These cabinets must be getting to me because my imagination is starting to wander. While installing a finished end on one of the upper cabinets I noticed the knots in one panel had a unique configuration. Can you see what I see?

New Granddaughter and Sanding Elbow

Garrett call us Monday from the hospital with news the the baby is on it's way and if grandma wanted to participate she better catch a plane ride. So, off we went to Sacto for a 8pm flight. I kissed my wife good bye and now I have a month to finish this project so she can come home to a new kitchen.

All the cutting, planing, routing, screwing and dovetailing is done. I spent most of the day with a sander in hand and boy does my elbow hurt. You would think is just pitched a nine inning game.

I started packing dishes last night so for the rest of the week I will work in the shop during daylight hours and demolition after dinner.

Dovetail Day

I didn't get a whole lot done today. If it is the day of rest how come I'm so tired. I did get six drawer boxes dovetailed and Norm would be proud. The boxes in the photo are just fitted together without glue and look great. I can't wait to get the bottoms in and all glued and puttied. I decided to use Baltic Birch plywood instead of solid wood because the drawers are so big and there is a ton of them. Twenty two drawers and twelve cabinet doors. We now have six drawers and fourteen doors. What an improvement in the same space and I can't wait to see the before and after videos. I hope to finish the drawer boxes tomorrow.

Back in Business

The router bit came in the mail yesterday, but we took the day off from the kitchen and did a short job at Terry's house, delivered a linen closet to Dennis and Jane, picked up seven sheets of Baltic birch plywood for the drawer boxes, had lunch at Costco and looked for reloading components at Sportsman's Warehouse. Almost forgot, I delivered a bi-fold door that I sold on Craig's List. We were tempted to stop at the casino and have dinner but that's on the schedule for next Wednesday.
Today we finished milling and assembling the rest of the door and drawer fronts. We cut up all seven sheets of Baltic Birch for drawer boxes and finished the day by setting up my dovetail jig. I thought a video would be a nice change.

Doors, drawers and more

The cabinet boxes are finished and I moved on to the doors and drawer fronts today. I sized all the panels, made lots of sanding dust and had enough time at assemble one door.