12-09-2013, 12:50 AM
The good news is that I don't think it had much, if any, faux finish to begin with, I think that there may have been some in the form of a birdseye maple on the front. If you want to have a go at replicating moldings take your time, they probably used poplar or maple to make them out of, if a piece looks wrong, chuck it and make another. I would say that when it comes to cabinetry about 10-20% is measurement and planning, the rest is from experience gained through lots of practice. It would be helpful if you could find someone who has a good cabinet to copy from.
One thing that you may have to do is custom grind a router bit or two to get the right profile, or do a lot of hunting, the typical router bits they sell at a hardware store seldom match.
That set is the big brother to my K-83, except it is not as common, but at least the hard to find bits like the escutcheon and the knobs are there. There is also no shame in farming out some if not all of the work to someone like Steve Davis, unless there is a Korean version of Steve in your area.
Regards
Arran
One thing that you may have to do is custom grind a router bit or two to get the right profile, or do a lot of hunting, the typical router bits they sell at a hardware store seldom match.
That set is the big brother to my K-83, except it is not as common, but at least the hard to find bits like the escutcheon and the knobs are there. There is also no shame in farming out some if not all of the work to someone like Steve Davis, unless there is a Korean version of Steve in your area.
Regards
Arran
