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New bit of wood what goes over the sink area
11/12/2007 12:12 PM | | This is how it's been for years; ever since I removed the old (boring) one. |
Way, way back I removed that bit of wood above the sink because I didn't like it (it was a boring, wavy design) with the intention of making a new one. At some point I cut one out of scrap OSB with my jigsaw as a test. I actually had it installed and painted but (1) my jigsawing didn't go very well and (2) you can't really paint OSB - it just looks like painted OSB.
Eventually I tore the OSB one out but without a scroll or band saw I didn't think I'd be able to cut a new one with any accuracy. But then I bought a router (actually, the router was bought  | | The new custom piece, cut, fitted and installed. |
to make the circular saw-blade props for Ravenholm). As it turns out, the router is ideal for this sort of thing. You just clamp a fence onto your work piece down and set to it. Sure, there are a couple of blemished from where I was an idiot but I tried to mask them as well as I could (you can't see them in the pictures - only up in person).
Finally, the left-over paint I had was just over four years old and quite unusable. I had to go to Home Depot and have them mix up a new quart of this particular red for me. I bought $12 of paint and used about $.20  | | Painted with new paint mixed to match the existing paint. Done! |
of it. I even tried looking for bits that needed touching up but, in the end, I still have 95% of a quart of red paint that I hope doesn't go bad. (This is kind of funny because the reason the kitchen is this shade of red is because I was given a gallon of this red from a friend of mine who, having bought it, decided she didn't like it. Since then I've probably spent nearly $100 on this color just to finish the job.)
Next up: finish repairing the cabinet doors and re-install them. Estimated date of completion: 2012.
Comments:
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 6:43 PM from
mom
very cool! Add a comment:
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