Thanks for sharing, Jack!

I'm Shawn, and I'm addicted to boats

[Hi Shawn]

My wife just can't understand how I'd rather build another boat rather than refacing our kitchen cabinets. I'm just not sure I can cope anymore! ;)

I might break down and do the cabinets next summer. I'm thinking raised panels made out of MDF, and paint the whole thing white.

Shawn

> My project for the winter is building new kitchen cabinets. Some how it’s
> just not the same and I suspect before long I’ll be looking to “score”
> another boat project. I love projects that let me justify buying new
> tools. The kitchen cabnets qualifies by letting me get some fancy router
> bits and a router table for the raised panels. But it still doesn’t
> compare to the high I was getting from building the Guillemot last winter.

> Cabinets are an all power tool affair and I really miss quietly shaving
> cedar strips with a really sharp block plane or fairing with a spoke
> shave. Secondly your always under the tyranny of square. So many right
> angles. In boat building the shape of long fair curves are so pleasing to
> look at.

> Clearly this cabnet project is my “methadone program”…. it stops the
> shakes but still leaves me longing for that old high. Somehow I can't
> invision spending time on a kitchen cabinet BBS dicussing issues in this
> depth and I will be back building another kayak

> Jack