The Built-in aka Dad's Wallunit

Well after all of that it turned out great.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Exellent work!

-- Jesus is Lord!

WOW!

Excellent work.

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

phew… I’m glad this is over as well—sounds like a lot of headaches!

But, as you say—the end result?!!!!! Well worth it.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Mot,

Those are gorgeous. I eventually want to do something similar in my own office/computer room.

Even with all the frustration, and it still turns out looking Great!!! Woodworking Personified, eh?

-- Sawhorse - Sulphur Springs, TX - www.sawhorseworkshop.com

Nice job. I love to here that a 30 day project took a year – happens to me ALL the time. I feel validated.

Great job Mot. I hope that your parents were understanding about the delays.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Thanks for the comments guys. My parents were very understanding of the delays. In fact, they later told me that they enjoyed a few good laughs about my 30 day time frame. My father wondered if I payed attention to the fact that I work, my wife works, my daughter was 5 and my wife was about to go on maternity leave…it’s pretty funny in retrospect. However, the thing I’ve still tried to remember is, I haven’t the room in my shop for this sort of size.

Have a great weekend folks!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Worth the effort!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

What a project. I know about committing to a “project” for other family members. I am in the midst of such a one. It brings its own special challenges… :-)

-- John

Your time with this really paid off! I am sure your father loved it.

-- Charlie, Connecticut

Wow. I’ve got a room that is destined to be a study someday. It will have a window seat 3 walls of bookcases, and one wall of cabinets with bookcases above.

Can I send you a gift card to your favorite woodworking store and pick your brain on the phone for half an hour?

You can pick my brain all you want without sending me the gift card. Go grab an application called Teamspeak (www.teamspeak.org) It’s a voice over IP application. Then we can chat without you speding the long distance charges as well. I keep a server open for some friends that I used to online game with, so it’s always on. Drop me a private message and we can hookup if you like!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

That is a really nice project! Excellent work. Must have been very difficult with all the sheet goods handling but you pulled it off. I’m sure your father must have loved it.

-- RonR, Massachusetts

Great job. I really appreciate your candor in telling us about all the headaches. It’s not all glory when we take on some of these projects.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Wow, That makes it so much more appreciated. I feel you pain, i have the wife , baby, job, etc… and no time… Very nice outcome. Looks so very professional… Thanks.

-- JAnderson: Columbus, OH

Nice Job! I remember I did some conference tables for the Bank of North Dakota. It was agreed that I would deliver them to the loading dock and they would move them in. Two days later I was called to come and repair them on site. The tops were scratched, top mouldings were broken off and one keel board was broken loose from a leg. They hired a moving company to get them in. Now for the rest of the story. . . They would not fit in the staircase so they took them up the closed in fire escape using block and tackle AFTER they took the roof off the fire escape, removed all the landing grates and took out the door on the top floor. I basically set up shop in the bank. One job I got paid twice for when it was all done. I have no idea what it cost to open up the fire escape and put it back. Thanks for the welcome.

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Great story of a large project with plenty of pitfalls. AKA “real life.”

Looks amazing. You did a very nice job.

-- Remember, measure twice, cut once