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KrazyKat – geesh, do you have ADHD or something? That post rivals mine!
Project: Barbara wants built-in cupboards for her fabrics (she currently has about 40 plastic bins or tubs, like the rubbermaid ones, loaded with fabric, plus 2 closets, 4 oak cabinets, etc. She wants to wrap the fabric on “half bolts” and store it all on shelves for easy acccess. This will involve half the north wall, the corner, and 1/3 of the east wall of the room where her quilting machine is, floor to ceiling, OAK, with doors.
Time to completion? Unknown, but I expect several weeks of “free time” (weekends, evenings, etc).
About $4,000 if we hired it done – which she was going to do. I said “let me do it, it will be cheaper, and if I need to buy more tools, I’ll have them when this project is done, and it will STILL be cheaper”
STUPID ME.
I spent 1 day so far….. got a base or platform made for them to sit on (basement room, carpeted, there’s a small ledge at the bottoms of the walls, so I’m building a 3.5″ platform to sit the cabinets on so they can be back against the wall and off the floor)
Got to the point of putting varnish/poly on and started to wish I was doing something else.
This was after just one day. Just wait until I decide I’d rather be working on my cars…….
Trip to town for some more oak. Get back, realize I don’t have a plywood blade for my circular saw, and don’t have a plywood dado bit for my router………. town is 30 minutes away.
Short list, was SO sure I’d remember everything. Another trip to town tonight.
Positive – I’ll have some very nice tools when i’m done, and STILL will save a couple grand.
I can also start several parts at one time, have it in various stages so if I get tired of staining, I can cut another shelf, or put some edging or trim on.
Obstacles – Barbara is right – I start and never finish large projects, heck, I don’t finish small projects. She will indeed need to keep after me on this one. When I’m into it, I can relax. I have to do a lot of thinking, measuring, figuring things out (I have NO plans, just a paper with some notes and figures on it) Designing it as I go. We’ll see how long i can stick with this…………
Other than the garden shed I built with no plans, or the porch and closet I did with no plans (other than scratch paper drawings) this will be the biggest for me. And, it will have to be near-perfect. Barbara is a perfectionist and insists things fit nicely, are plumb and square, and look VERY nice.
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