Wood Pigeon
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- Joined
- Aug 23, 2026
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- Name
- Charles
- LOCATION
- Schleswig — Holstein, in Germany
I have indeed been really busy this August constructing various furnishings for our kitchen.
Of course, all 100% fir, and with my L-profile, carriage-bolted legs, and painted gloss white.
My counter top from 12. August, 2026
Since this double induction cook field draws 3500 Watts, at full capacity, my electrician suggested hooking it into the 380 Volt, 3-phase service.
He had installed a nice, modern, stove connection, while rewiring the kitchen, but I never did use it anyway. My Medion double induction unit is therefore connected to the 3rd phase which is naturally 230 Volt.
And I installed this emergency shut-off box, so if anything cooks over, or should a grease-fire occur, I can just slap the red button, or kick it with my knee.
Besides that, this induction unit by 'Medion' is under power, as long as it is plugged in, so it needed an external mains switch anyway.
I had worked as a technical draftsman, for an electrical contractor, and all of the big kitchens we did, had such a system, (electrical code).
And here is the 140 cm high and 70 cm wide open-frame oven cabinet.
I completed it on the morning of Christmas Eve, 2025, and was ready just in time to bake the turkey!
It is a large model from IKEA, which was 'supposed to fit into their 60 cm wide particle board cabinets', but no way!!! This one has vents, on each side, which indeed draw air when the blower is running, and also air to cool the wiring there up top.
The space between the oven and top is for pan and rack storage (even hot ones).
The bottom also gets quite hot, as we know, from using it temporarily, set upon two steel saw horses.
So in my cabinet, the oven slides onto 5 hollow, steel, square-bar profiles, for extra safety.
The electrician also installed a heavier 230 Volt line, for the oven, back to the new mains cabinet, which has all 'Harris' breakers, plus FI-Protection on everything.
The single induction unit and bistro oven, across from the new counter top shown above.
And also the sink-table, which I also completed in early August.
And today I completed this bench for my KitchenAid K5 mixer, plus our tea cooker. It still needs a shelf installed underneath, inset into the frame there.
And last but not least:
Here is a garden table, removable from its trolley underneath. I built it in 2004, out of a collection of recycled kid's-bed slats. What is meant to be temporary, sometimes ends up permanent: It is now a well needed cart on wheels, for spices, groceries, spuds, onions, and a small pumpkin.
Charles
Of course, all 100% fir, and with my L-profile, carriage-bolted legs, and painted gloss white.
My counter top from 12. August, 2026
Since this double induction cook field draws 3500 Watts, at full capacity, my electrician suggested hooking it into the 380 Volt, 3-phase service.
He had installed a nice, modern, stove connection, while rewiring the kitchen, but I never did use it anyway. My Medion double induction unit is therefore connected to the 3rd phase which is naturally 230 Volt.
And I installed this emergency shut-off box, so if anything cooks over, or should a grease-fire occur, I can just slap the red button, or kick it with my knee.
Besides that, this induction unit by 'Medion' is under power, as long as it is plugged in, so it needed an external mains switch anyway.
I had worked as a technical draftsman, for an electrical contractor, and all of the big kitchens we did, had such a system, (electrical code).
And here is the 140 cm high and 70 cm wide open-frame oven cabinet.
I completed it on the morning of Christmas Eve, 2025, and was ready just in time to bake the turkey!
It is a large model from IKEA, which was 'supposed to fit into their 60 cm wide particle board cabinets', but no way!!! This one has vents, on each side, which indeed draw air when the blower is running, and also air to cool the wiring there up top.
The space between the oven and top is for pan and rack storage (even hot ones).
The bottom also gets quite hot, as we know, from using it temporarily, set upon two steel saw horses.
So in my cabinet, the oven slides onto 5 hollow, steel, square-bar profiles, for extra safety.
The electrician also installed a heavier 230 Volt line, for the oven, back to the new mains cabinet, which has all 'Harris' breakers, plus FI-Protection on everything.
The single induction unit and bistro oven, across from the new counter top shown above.
And also the sink-table, which I also completed in early August.
And today I completed this bench for my KitchenAid K5 mixer, plus our tea cooker. It still needs a shelf installed underneath, inset into the frame there.
And last but not least:
Here is a garden table, removable from its trolley underneath. I built it in 2004, out of a collection of recycled kid's-bed slats. What is meant to be temporary, sometimes ends up permanent: It is now a well needed cart on wheels, for spices, groceries, spuds, onions, and a small pumpkin.
Charles
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