glenn bradley
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There is a near-floor-to-ceiling linen cupboard at the end of a hallway. This is situated so that you see it if you look down the hall when entering the house, walk down the hall to the bathroom or to go to a guestroom . . . in general it is in-your-face. It is not bad per se; it's just that it screams 35 year old contractor grade built-in.
![Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (0).jpg Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (0).jpg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/115/115958-45a891be45c595c7d30e26012cc1cf29.jpg)
Working with LOML as design consultant "we" are wanting something more like this.
![Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (1).jpg Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (1).jpg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/115/115959-96d56f1122ad9679c9d57d5b1c9f40fa.jpg)
We talked about various materials and styles. I even made a run to the lumber yard. If they would have had some red birch or red alder that was wide enough I would have gone with it. Alas, it was not to be. SWMBO says it shall be sepele. Ever since I built her a buffet out of sepele she has been hooked on the stuff. I pull some stock out of the racks.
![Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (2).jpg Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (2).jpg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/115/115960-bc7a619a4fc1d92363bf936f41a61f90.jpg)
I use my "chop saw" to break down a thick plank that will supply all the floating panels. I like to take pieces from the same board (or boards from a flitch). This makes figure and color matching much easier.
![Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (3).jpg Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (3).jpg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/115/115961-04954bc0032199788d653a61a373af9c.jpg)
These get the usual face joint, plane faces parallel, edge joint routine.
![Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (4).jpg Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (4).jpg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/115/115962-c21c0536d473b44eeb8367b1041f6c1d.jpg)
We all have a feel for what material we free hand at the bandsaw and what material we employ some handling aids to process. The board size is right on the line of what I like to muscle through a resawing so I add some feather boards and an outfeed.
![Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (5).jpg Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (5).jpg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/115/115963-3bbfacbea9c88d6bdfb90a70aee9eba8.jpg)
I rip 1/2" off the blanks.
![Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (6).jpg Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (6).jpg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/115/115964-68a637dcb21feaca58d06010a2d9a90a.jpg)
I use the jointed face of the remainder of each blank to re-plane the faces parallel. I then adjust the feather boards and saw another 1/2" off the remainders.
![Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (7).jpg Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (7).jpg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/115/115965-c3cfba40667ef0289bc76e4aa6c613b5.jpg)
These blanks get set aside to get comfy while I work on some frame stock.
![Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (8).jpg Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (8).jpg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/115/115966-642fd71b2b60547f31d28cb23e4cb4bc.jpg)
I will mill them to final size in a day or two.
![Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (0).jpg Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (0).jpg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/115/115958-45a891be45c595c7d30e26012cc1cf29.jpg)
Working with LOML as design consultant "we" are wanting something more like this.
![Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (1).jpg Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (1).jpg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/115/115959-96d56f1122ad9679c9d57d5b1c9f40fa.jpg)
We talked about various materials and styles. I even made a run to the lumber yard. If they would have had some red birch or red alder that was wide enough I would have gone with it. Alas, it was not to be. SWMBO says it shall be sepele. Ever since I built her a buffet out of sepele she has been hooked on the stuff. I pull some stock out of the racks.
![Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (2).jpg Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (2).jpg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/115/115960-bc7a619a4fc1d92363bf936f41a61f90.jpg)
I use my "chop saw" to break down a thick plank that will supply all the floating panels. I like to take pieces from the same board (or boards from a flitch). This makes figure and color matching much easier.
![Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (3).jpg Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (3).jpg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/115/115961-04954bc0032199788d653a61a373af9c.jpg)
These get the usual face joint, plane faces parallel, edge joint routine.
![Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (4).jpg Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (4).jpg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/115/115962-c21c0536d473b44eeb8367b1041f6c1d.jpg)
We all have a feel for what material we free hand at the bandsaw and what material we employ some handling aids to process. The board size is right on the line of what I like to muscle through a resawing so I add some feather boards and an outfeed.
![Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (5).jpg Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (5).jpg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/115/115963-3bbfacbea9c88d6bdfb90a70aee9eba8.jpg)
I rip 1/2" off the blanks.
![Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (6).jpg Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (6).jpg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/115/115964-68a637dcb21feaca58d06010a2d9a90a.jpg)
I use the jointed face of the remainder of each blank to re-plane the faces parallel. I then adjust the feather boards and saw another 1/2" off the remainders.
![Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (7).jpg Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (7).jpg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/115/115965-c3cfba40667ef0289bc76e4aa6c613b5.jpg)
These blanks get set aside to get comfy while I work on some frame stock.
![Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (8).jpg Hallway Linen Cabinet Doors (8).jpg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/115/115966-642fd71b2b60547f31d28cb23e4cb4bc.jpg)
I will mill them to final size in a day or two.