Adding a built in hutch

[coldwater]

Very nice job and it certainly adds much to the room. The only details I would have done differently would be to make the bottom door rails wider than the others to give more of a grounded look, and to use real mortise and tenons (see "snob" thread) jk!
Great work.
Casey

I have no defense, I cheaped out on the built in! The whole thing was built from scraps that were cut offs and discards from other jobs, and had been sitting around in a pile waiting for either the fireplace, or a little project like this one. Too big to throw out, too small to really build anything worth while with! But yeah, I kept it simple all the way across the board. I didn't really see the need to dovetail the drawer, or mill through tenons for the door frames for a quickie built in. You may be right about the heavier rails, but because of the scale of the hutch, I thought the 2.5" frame added a lightness to the piece. But If I'm going to be perfectly honest, sometimes I just get lazy and go the easy route!

[sooth]

I totally understand the lazy aspect. And I am impressed that this was made mostly out of scrap wood!

[Old Colonial]

I have a suggestion for making your raised panels. I made a horizonal mounting router table for about $20 worth of material. I use a verticle raised panel router bit. The advantage is the verticle bits are safer and cheaper than large wing bits and the table provides a large stable surface for large panels.

Jeff

[coldwater]

I have a suggestion for making your raised panels. I made a horizonal mounting router table for about $20 worth of material. I use a verticle raised panel router bit. The advantage is the verticle bits are safer and cheaper than large wing bits and the table provides a large stable surface for large panels.

Jeff

I have a big shaper in the shop, but rarely use it for these quick little jobs where I'm just doing a couple of simple doors. It's just so much faster to slide the jig over the table saw fence, set the blade at 17* and slide a panel through the blade. I pretty much leave the shaper to cabinet jobs because of the multiple steps in set up for stile and rail, and then raising panels.

[Kansas. 1911.]

Well, ya lost me there, but I wanted to say that the reuse and the "quick" part of this impressed me. Some folks will have a job like this go on forever. I like the stain, also.

[utopia13]

I wish coldwater would keep their photos in the post. I've seen a few posts where they have apparently done some amazing work, but then remove the photos. And the text too....

[airgrabber]

I wish coldwater would keep their photos in the post. I've seen a few posts where they have apparently done some amazing work, but then remove the photos. And the text too....

I think coldwater left after "irreconcilable" differences of opinion (and issues with the presentation of his opinions) with some members of the Old Guard here on OHW...His "slash and burn" exit probably left quite a few of these kind of threads.

[utopia13]

I wish coldwater would keep their photos in the post. I've seen a few posts where they have apparently done some amazing work, but then remove the photos. And the text too....

I think coldwater left after "irreconcilable" differences of opinion (and issues with the presentation of his opinions) with some members of the Old Guard here on OHW...His "slash and burn" exit probably left quite a few of these kind of threads.

AHA....gotcha! See what happens when you drop off the grid for a while? That'll teach me to be out of touch for so long!!