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Best Welsh dresser ever!

PostPosted: 09 Sep 2017, 16:38
by Mike G

Re: Best Welsh dresser ever!

PostPosted: 09 Sep 2017, 18:27
by MattS
Ooo-er that plays tricks on the eye! There's a hotel near our office on Old Street which has diagonal cladding which really plays tricks with perspective as you approach.

Re: Best Welsh dresser ever!

PostPosted: 09 Sep 2017, 21:01
by Andyp
Gorgeous but imagine coming home half cut and looking at that.

Re: Best Welsh dresser ever!

PostPosted: 09 Sep 2017, 21:06
by 9fingers
I seem to recall you making similar sort of stuff years ago mike?

Bob

Re: Best Welsh dresser ever!

PostPosted: 09 Sep 2017, 21:29
by Mike G
Nowhere near as good as that.

I did draw up a "melting Welsh dresser" for a UKW competition once, but unfortunately my wife saw the drawing before I had the chance to make it. Parts of it were somewhat similar to parts of this one.

Re: Best Welsh dresser ever!

PostPosted: 09 Sep 2017, 21:30
by Mike G
Andyp wrote:Gorgeous but imagine coming home half cut and looking at that.


It might look rectilinear!! :)

Re: Best Welsh dresser ever!

PostPosted: 10 Sep 2017, 18:24
by TrimTheKing
I've seen a few in this style and love them! I might see if the boss will allow me to make something like this for when I remodel our utility...

Cheers
Mark


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Re: Best Welsh dresser ever!

PostPosted: 10 Sep 2017, 19:03
by 9fingers
TrimTheKing wrote:I've seen a few in this style and love them! I might see if the boss will allow me to make something like this for when I remodel our utility...

Cheers
Mark


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Don't forget however quirky the design the hinge pins must be vertical and in line!
Bob

Re: Best Welsh dresser ever!

PostPosted: 11 Sep 2017, 14:52
by Newbie_Neil
Thanks Mike, that dresser is wonderful. Neil

Re: Best Welsh dresser ever!

PostPosted: 11 Sep 2017, 17:50
by Woodbloke
9fingers wrote:Don't forget however quirky the design the hinge pins must be vertical and in line!
Bob

They don't need to be vertical but they must be in line, init? - Rob

Re: Best Welsh dresser ever!

PostPosted: 11 Sep 2017, 21:29
by Tusses
Woodbloke wrote:
9fingers wrote:Don't forget however quirky the design the hinge pins must be vertical and in line!
Bob

They don't need to be vertical but they must be in line, init? - Rob


inline , but ..
over veritcal will swing open, under vertical will swing closed.
and I guess you'd have to watch for corners and angles catching as they open.

Definitely interesting to think about :-)

Re: Best Welsh dresser ever!

PostPosted: 11 Sep 2017, 22:22
by 9fingers
If they ain't vertical the door will tend to self open or self close. It's gravity init.

Bob

Re: Best Welsh dresser ever!

PostPosted: 11 Sep 2017, 22:34
by Woodbloke
9fingers wrote:If they ain't vertical the door will tend to self open or self close. It's gravity init.

Bob

Catches or magnets then, init :D - Rob

Re: Best Welsh dresser ever!

PostPosted: 11 Sep 2017, 22:38
by 9fingers
Woodbloke wrote:
9fingers wrote:If they ain't vertical the door will tend to self open or self close. It's gravity init.

Bob

Catches or magnets then, init :D - Rob


That could fix it but a self closing, nominally side hung door would drive me up the wall. :D

Bob

Re: Best Welsh dresser ever!

PostPosted: 12 Sep 2017, 06:12
by Andyp
If doors are surface mounted on the frames then the hinges only need to be parallel.

Re: Best Welsh dresser ever!

PostPosted: 12 Sep 2017, 07:42
by 9fingers
Andyp wrote:If doors are surface mounted on the frames then the hinges only need to be parallel.


Nope, they need to be on a common axis. Try it and see.

Bob

Re: Best Welsh dresser ever!

PostPosted: 12 Sep 2017, 07:52
by Woodbloke
9fingers wrote:
Andyp wrote:If doors are surface mounted on the frames then the hinges only need to be parallel.


Nope, they need to be on a common axis. Try it and see.

Bob

Yep, when we're out in the charabang and pull up behind a white van with odd shaped doors, I often wonder how they open till I look at the hinges, but they do 'cos the hinge pins share a common axis - Rob

Re: Best Welsh dresser ever!

PostPosted: 12 Sep 2017, 08:09
by Mike G
There are gate hinges which aren't on a common axis, deliberately. They get around the physics of this by having the bottom pin not fully surrounded by the strap, and having a lot of play at the top hinge, so there is a lot of room for movement. These gates are used where they are at right angles to the slope of a hill (or driveway), so that the gate will swing clear of the rising ground. The side effect is that they are self-closing.

Saying all that, it is the hinges on this dresser which are the one thing I dislike. They are too big and clumsy for me, and seemingly randomly positioned on the doors. On the most orthodox doors, where they could be positioned nicely, they are too close together (ie too far up and down the stile).

Re: Best Welsh dresser ever!

PostPosted: 12 Sep 2017, 08:52
by Andyp
9fingers wrote:
Andyp wrote:If doors are surface mounted on the frames then the hinges only need to be parallel.


Nope, they need to be on a common axis. Try it and see.

Bob


Ooops :eusa-doh: That's kinda what I meant.

Re: Best Welsh dresser ever!

PostPosted: 12 Sep 2017, 10:35
by Rod
Would look nice in a house like this

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I know someone who is building one in his garden to house his train set

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Rod