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# 63 |
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Larry Pratt |
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Athens, OH |
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| Dimensions
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Width:
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16.5 |
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Height:
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24.5 |
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Depth:
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10.5 |
| Materials:
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Hardwood door to accept weight of mirror.
Melamine horizontal frame members to assure flatness.
Luan backs since no strength or weight needed.
Poplar vertical frame for strength.
Plywood shelves-light yet non-warping. |
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The contractor did a beautiful job building us a white/white/chrome guest bath that needed an understated, corner medicine cabinet. Our one, local store had no such thing and the computer offered not much better. So I had to build and then tone down this cabinet to reflect the atmosphere of our new guest bath. And I had a budget.
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The oak door frame is dadoed,sanded,primed and painted before being mitered. At least one coat of "white" needs to be inside the dado so that the mirror does not reflect bare wood. The corners are glued and screwed only on the vertical. The door is hung with piano hinge, with screws in alternate holes on opposite sides so no two screw heads can cause the door to wedge open at all.
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There were no plans to build from, so: the depth was decided by the width of the melamine shelving, the height by how far a 4 foot oak piece would go for the door frame, and the width by the dimension of the poplar I had on hand that would form the vertical cabinet frame. Then I found the length of dowel for the towel bar and the pieces of plywood for the shelves.
Lots of sanding and wood putty and painting to clean up the plywood.
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The two shelves are adjustable as is evident by the pin holes. These pins and the piano hinge are the only hardware in the design. All wood is sanded, primed and then painted with at least one coat of semi-gloss. All joints are glued and screwed, and the entire cabinet is screwed to the corner of the bathroom close enough to the counter so a five foot guest can still use the mirror.
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