Bloodwood Kitchen Mostly Done

[C Scott McDonald]

Do they make Bloodwood Plywood?

[Richard McComas]

Do they make Bloodwood Plywood?

When I was gathering materials for my kitchen I look everywhere I could think of for bloodwood plywood. I never did find "in stock" bloodwood plywood. I then went to the woodweb's lumber exchange and posted there. I got several response from companies the will lay-up any kind of plywood you want. Of course the draw back to that is cost. I was quoted in the neighborhood of 300 dollars a sheets plus shipping. That was for the two sheets I wanted. I'm sure the price goes down some for more sheet but probably not much unless you buy a lot of it.


I finally ended up having a company make me two sheet of bloodwood veneer at a cost of 175 dollars a sheet plus almost 100 dollars in shipping cost. The company was in NY.

I used that veneer on the sides of the oven , refrigerator and range hood cabinet.

[John Coloccia]

I'll just add another "what a miserable wood to work with" to the mix. Beautiful when it's done but it fights you every step of the way. I've had it twist just sanding out tool marks.

[Richard McComas]

Thankyou Rich. Trust me my friend - you made it ALL SPECIAL!! Beautiful work.

Curious to its color in 6 months or a year - please post it again so we can see how it looks then.

Mike, It took me so long to complete this kitchen that what you see is at least 6 months old. I built the cabinet and stored them in my shop while I re-did the room they go in.

[Richard McComas]

Morning Richard,

Outstanding kitchen design and execution! I was flabbergasted at 1st first, sight to say the least. I have had a notion that I would tackle a kitchen remodel as far back as 10 years ago and have doodles and design concepts stacked a foot high with no certain resolution. I'm floundering a lot. You have incorporated most of the aspects of what I envisioned for my cabinets.

May I ask why you didn't build the cabinets from raw stock, choosing instead to use a ply product? How did you, and what level of difficulty was it attaching your raised panel ends? Last but no least where did you find the indoor grill? I have been looking for one that has an elegant appearance without the clunky commercial look for quite some time. Amana had one a few years back, but it's now discontinued.

Thanks in advance and again outstanding work.
Dave

Everything is solid wood except for the boxes. It would be a shame to use blood wood where it's not readily seen. Also solid wood boxes would have major wood movement to deal with. There is a good reason they invented plywood.

An indoor BBQ grill should be easy to find on the internet with a Google. The one I have is a Thermador.

To apply the end panels I made my face frames and raised end panels. I ran them on my shaper using the dreaded lock miter bit, glued them up and applied them to the cabinet box.

[David Nelson1]

Everything is solid wood except for the boxes. It would be a shame to use blood wood where it's not readily seen. Also solid wood boxes would have major wood movement to deal with. There is a good reason they invented plywood.

An indoor BBQ grill should be easy to find on the internet with a Google. The one I have is a Thermador.

To apply the end panels I made my face frames and raised end panels. I ran them on my shaper using the dreaded lock miter bit, glued them up and applied them to the cabinet box.

Thanks Richard. A picture is worth a thousand words! I thought wood movement would have been your answer for the cases. seems to be the standard. I was thinking to build the cabinets like furniture, but after hanging out here and reading many books your approach as well as everyone else is the way I will build.

LOL yes it was Thermador not Amana's indoor grill I was drooling over. I'll keep looking!

When you attached your face frames and raised panels did you use anything to help with the alignment like biscuits or dowels?