Since I had some free time over Christmas, and someone wanted a
wardrobe, I thought I had better see what I could come up with:
https://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/Building_a_Rock%E2%80%99n%E2%80%99Roll_Wardrobe
(first draft - so don't expect real English!)
John Rumm <see.my.signature@nowhere.null> wrote:
Since I had some free time over Christmas, and someone wanted a
wardrobe, I thought I had better see what I could come up with:
https://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/Building_a_Rock%E2%80%99n%E2%80%99Roll_Wardrobe
(first draft - so don't expect real English!)
Excellent work as always! Not sure it’s to my taste but your workmanship shines through.
I don't expect it will be to everyone's taste - and I am somewhat
surprised that son opted for a walnut style finish on his desk and other furniture
John Rumm <see.my.signature@nowhere.null> wrote:
Since I had some free time over Christmas, and someone wanted a
wardrobe, I thought I had better see what I could come up with:
https://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/Building_a_Rock%E2%80%99n%E2%80%99Roll_Wardrobe
(first draft - so don't expect real English!)
Excellent work as always! Not sure it’s to my taste but your workmanship shines through.
On 3 Jan 2025 at 08:09:38 GMT, Tim+ wrote:
John Rumm <see.my.signature@nowhere.null> wrote:
Since I had some free time over Christmas, and someone wanted a
wardrobe, I thought I had better see what I could come up with:
https://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/Building_a_Rock%E2%80%99n%E2%80%99Roll_Wardrobe
(first draft - so don't expect real English!)
Excellent work as always! Not sure it’s to my taste but your workmanship >> shines through.
+1
What do you use to make sure the angled piece into the roof is accurate?
John Rumm wrote:
I don't expect it will be to everyone's taste - and I am somewhat
surprised that son opted for a walnut style finish on his desk and
other furniture
I'm not getting the Rock'n'Roll connection, unless he's expected to
smash it up?
On 03/01/2025 11:42, RJH wrote:
On 3 Jan 2025 at 08:09:38 GMT, Tim+ wrote:
John Rumm <see.my.signature@nowhere.null> wrote:
Since I had some free time over Christmas, and someone wanted a
wardrobe, I thought I had better see what I could come up with:
https://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/Building_a_Rock%E2%80%99n%E2%80%99Roll_Wardrobe
(first draft - so don't expect real English!)
Excellent work as always! Not sure it’s to my taste but your workmanship >>> shines through.
+1
What do you use to make sure the angled piece into the roof is accurate?
The first approximation was using something like:
https://www.axminstertools.com/gemred-digital-angle-rule-200mm-210170
You can also lock that at and angle like a traditional carpenters bevel (which would also do the trick - but I went with the rule since it is a
bit longer).
I erred on the slightly too shallow side of the angle. Cut the first
side and then offered it up into position to see how close it was. The
wall side was spot on as you would expect since that was easy to
measure, the point was about 10mm too tall however.
So scribed a line from the sloped ceiling onto the side. I then re-cut a straight line approximation of that scribed line, and used that side as
a template for the cut on the second.
Just as well I did it in that order since later I discovered that the
house was actually slightly crooked - the ceiling is about 15mm higher
at the right hand side! However since the "short" side is against the
end wall where you can't see it, it does not really show.
On 03/01/2025 11:12, Andy Burns wrote:
John Rumm wrote:
I don't expect it will be to everyone's taste - and I am somewhat
surprised that son opted for a walnut style finish on his desk and
other furniture
I'm not getting the Rock'n'Roll connection, unless he's expected to
smash it up?
All in the second para under the section "The doors" :
"How it came to be in my position in the first place is perhaps more interesting. My Nan’s friend Eileen, had at some point given her this wardrobe – ostensibly to furnish the guest room. Originally it had been
in the bedroom of her elder son Anthony, but he had moved out some years back, and it was then surplus to requirements. Anthony (actually his
middle name) was far better known by his stage name Vivian Stanshall, renowned “Ginger Geezer” and lead singer in the “Bonzo dog doo-dah band”. The erstwhile owner of the donor wardrobe thus adding the
required provenance to justify the “Rock’n’Roll” in the title! "
On 3 Jan 2025 at 13:06:31 GMT, John Rumm wrote:
On 03/01/2025 11:42, RJH wrote:
On 3 Jan 2025 at 08:09:38 GMT, Tim+ wrote:
John Rumm <see.my.signature@nowhere.null> wrote:
Since I had some free time over Christmas, and someone wanted a
wardrobe, I thought I had better see what I could come up with:
https://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/Building_a_Rock%E2%80%99n%E2%80%99Roll_Wardrobe
(first draft - so don't expect real English!)
Excellent work as always! Not sure it’s to my taste but your workmanship >>>> shines through.
+1
What do you use to make sure the angled piece into the roof is accurate?
The first approximation was using something like:
https://www.axminstertools.com/gemred-digital-angle-rule-200mm-210170
You can also lock that at and angle like a traditional carpenters bevel
(which would also do the trick - but I went with the rule since it is a
bit longer).
I got a four-sided bevel type thing recently from Lidl - helped a great deal, but I still made a bit of a hash of the job, as per :-)
I erred on the slightly too shallow side of the angle. Cut the first
side and then offered it up into position to see how close it was. The
wall side was spot on as you would expect since that was easy to
measure, the point was about 10mm too tall however.
So scribed a line from the sloped ceiling onto the side. I then re-cut a
straight line approximation of that scribed line, and used that side as
a template for the cut on the second.
Just as well I did it in that order since later I discovered that the
house was actually slightly crooked - the ceiling is about 15mm higher
at the right hand side! However since the "short" side is against the
end wall where you can't see it, it does not really show.
Phew. Pre-bevel, I'd generally mucked about with cardboard templates and the like, dealing with the curse of older buildings. The bevel should help - and thanks for the pointers.
Since I had some free time over Christmas, and someone wanted a
wardrobe, I thought I had better see what I could come up with:
https://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/Building_a_Rock%E2%80%99n%E2%80%99Roll_Wardrobe
(first draft - so don't expect real English!)
On 02/01/2025 20:27, John Rumm wrote:
Since I had some free time over Christmas, and someone wanted aA nice job John. How pleasing to reuse old panels.
wardrobe, I thought I had better see what I could come up with:
https://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/
Building_a_Rock%E2%80%99n%E2%80%99Roll_Wardrobe
(first draft - so don't expect real English!)
On 07/01/2025 10:18, TimW wrote:
On 02/01/2025 20:27, John Rumm wrote:
Since I had some free time over Christmas, and someone wanted aA nice job John. How pleasing to reuse old panels.
wardrobe, I thought I had better see what I could come up with:
https://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/
Building_a_Rock%E2%80%99n%E2%80%99Roll_Wardrobe
(first draft - so don't expect real English!)
Yup, they scrubbed up quite nice. Now I need to think of a project to
re-use the original doors which are quite a bit more ornate.
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