01-02-2017, 06:28 PM
Some progress on the cabinet door....
I made a tracing of the one original good door that I have and using 3M's 77 spray adhesive I use for grill cloths I glued it to the piece of 3/8" plywood I got at Woodcraft.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/25c8nt5s9g9xbg....jpg?raw=1]
There is a 1/32" slot around the main decorative portion that I made with a 1/32" dremel engraving tool. On the flip side of the door there is a similar 1/16" section.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/y5vjfajmwumu6w....jpg?raw=1]
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tb80l7cz71tvpr....jpg?raw=1]
For the main decorative section I used a router to freehand the design. It takes practice, some sections are better than others.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6544qm79vcvy0s....jpg?raw=1]
After finishing the router portion, the paper was surprisingly easy to peel off. I thought I would have to sand it off but with very slow pulling you can almost get the entire pattern off in one piece.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xlxal775qsb5a8....jpg?raw=1]
There will be quite a bit of hand sanding I think to get the bottoms of the decorative portions smoothed out, get the burnt wood off the edges, and round off the edges just a bit. The I'll cut the door out and see how close I came to a decent fit. At least I have a technique now that I can use if this door doesn't turn out well.
I made a tracing of the one original good door that I have and using 3M's 77 spray adhesive I use for grill cloths I glued it to the piece of 3/8" plywood I got at Woodcraft.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/25c8nt5s9g9xbg....jpg?raw=1]
There is a 1/32" slot around the main decorative portion that I made with a 1/32" dremel engraving tool. On the flip side of the door there is a similar 1/16" section.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/y5vjfajmwumu6w....jpg?raw=1]
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tb80l7cz71tvpr....jpg?raw=1]
For the main decorative section I used a router to freehand the design. It takes practice, some sections are better than others.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6544qm79vcvy0s....jpg?raw=1]
After finishing the router portion, the paper was surprisingly easy to peel off. I thought I would have to sand it off but with very slow pulling you can almost get the entire pattern off in one piece.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xlxal775qsb5a8....jpg?raw=1]
There will be quite a bit of hand sanding I think to get the bottoms of the decorative portions smoothed out, get the burnt wood off the edges, and round off the edges just a bit. The I'll cut the door out and see how close I came to a decent fit. At least I have a technique now that I can use if this door doesn't turn out well.