Fun fact: It’s not using “vacuum force” to press, it’s letting all the air from where you are on up to space to push down on it - the vacuum just gets the other air in the bag out of the way. Beautiful piece!!
@@CoffeyCustomBuilds yea! It totally blew my mind when I learned about how it works (and that our skin is constantly being pressed on with the same force..) not that it really matters unless you are thinking about using a vacuum press in a low atmosphere environment like mars 😅😇
Nice yeah I decided it was too much for front and center. But I prefer it as the back piece because you can see a bit of it in the open bottom shelf and it makes you want to open the door to see if it continues and see more. It was a design choice. I think putting the craziest piece of wood up front is a natural response for sure
Just as a tip for future. I did a bent lam glue up with /8 laminations myself recently, but I first steamed them and put them in the form, let them dry then did the glue up later. Worked fine, that was 100 yo oak too, really dry stuff. What a spectacular build too. Loved how you saved that awesome Burr veneer for whoever opens the door :)
I could do that too if I had a pocket hole jig! But for real great video and the cabinet looks amazing, it is awesome to see the whole process together after seeing it in pieces on stories.
Fantastic. Loved the progression going through step-by-step. Doing this and filming it while working on business is amazing to me. Jumping back in and being excited to get back to a project. My projects are done one process step at a time. Little by little and sometimes shop time is just setting up to do the step so it’s ready for the next time I have shop time. Getting a router out and putting the right bit in or finding the parts and pieces.
Thank you but I don't do it alone. i couldn't do this channel without my channel partner and cinematographer Peter. And my business has amazing team members.
Fantastic cabinet and video Mike! I haven’t enjoyed a video this much in quite a while. I love every part of this design along with the thoughtful approach and custom pull! 🙌
A lovely piece of furniture choice of materials and very well crafted! Can I just ask you on such fine cabinetry why not set the centre of the hinge knuckle to line in with the face of the door?
Great build, great video. I need to make something like this for my bathroom - wife doesn’t leave me much space on the vanity 😂 Out of curiosity, what properties does the Unibond have vs. something like Titebond that made it better for this application? Thanks
It actually sprung inward. I'm not 100% but I believe it's because I made the form so tight. I resawed the wood to give me exactly .625" and the added glue thickness made it extra tight. I think that tightness made it spring in.
