Hi all

[erasmussen]

I am a transplant from calif. wife is from japan.
Retaired from the USAF here in 1980, this year I finally retaired all the way
was head tech/manager in a large electronics shop.
After retairing my wife wanted me to redo the kitchen,when I got to the cabinets
I planed to resurface them and put new doors and drawer fronts on them.
When my wife found out how much new doors cost I told her I could make some.
Well I had been to busy to do much wood working for many years and only have a cheap table saw and a cheap router, and hand tools, but i built 2 doors to see how she would like them, couldnt afford rail and stile bits for the router so i used miter joints ( put 2 dowels in each one to help me keep them aligned during glue up) did get a vertical raised panel bit, because its a vertical bit I put togather a horazontal router table (ugly but it works).
My wife liked them so much she got me a BT3100 for xmas:-D
Sorry for the long post, and the spelling.
heres a picture
i think it attched?

 

[Ozzie-x]

Nice looking doors! No wonder your wife rewarded you. You're lucky, she already realizes that more tools = more nice stuff! (That's one of my excuses)

 

[SteveColes]

Welcome aboard, nice work

 

[D L Ames]

Welcome to the site. Your doors look great and I hope you enjoy using that new BT3100 while making the rest of them. Be sure and post more pictures as you progress along. I would be interested in seeing the horizontal router table you put together.

D L

 

[DaveO]

Welcome, your doors look great, and you obviously have some talent to put those together with a meager collection of tools. I have made many doors but haven't ventured into the world of raised panel, so I am impressed by all that have. I look forward to your input in the forums. Post more pics and locate yourself on the map. I hope to see you around a bunch. Dave

 

[erasmussen]

Oh sorry I live in Pikeville, thats on hwy 117 about halfwat between Goldsboro and Wilson.

 

[clowman]

Welcome to the site! Glad you found us. Those doors look really good. How many more do you need to make?

 

[ZMan]

Welcome retired zoomie! Those doors do look great. "locate yourself on the map" means clicking on the "NC Woodworkers Members Map&amp" on the left side of the webpage. Check it out - it's really neat. With your zip code, the map will stick a pointer to show where you're located. ZMan - ( former zoomie too)

 

[cskipper]

Welcome to the site! Your doors look great, especially considering what tools you had at the time. Congrats on the new toy, uhm tool!

 

[scoobyJ]

Great job on the doors.:icon_thum I used to live in Pikeville many moons ago. Is the Pikeville Horse Sale still in existance?

 

[sapwood]

Welcome Earl!

Like the cabinets and don't worry about the spelling--you posted a pic on your first thread so you get an A plus for that :mrgreen:

Now we want more, especially like to see your horizontal router top. Ugly would be an improvement in my shop :lol:

Sapwood

 

[Steve D]

Welcome to the group. Your doors look great and I'm sure there will be many more nice projects to come off that new TS. I can relate to your project, I'm neck deep in completely re-doing ours. I've just completed the drawers and getting ready to move on to the raised panel doors. Lot's of fun and lots of dust!

 

[DavidF]

What wood is that - looks red Oaky?