Bushwacked Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Well working on a 102” long fireplace mantle from alder that will be stained dark … going to be 6” deep and 4” tall. going to be attached here: previous builder to install a mantle just used scrap and like 3-4 random pieces just wedged in there. 4x10’ alder MDF core core cutting 45s felt like a died about 4 times lugging that beast around until I got it all broken down. Haha. I think tomorrow I am going to going to cut some dominoes into the 45s to help with alignment and stopping any movement when glueing. Then just lots of blue tape and glue to wrangle this beast together. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 This should be fun to follow! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 I bet that was a bugger moving by yourself. Looking forward to the build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Yea, that sheet had to be a beast! How are you dealing with the ends? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwacked Posted April 18, 2023 Author Share Posted April 18, 2023 Got the 45s cut and dominoed to help support and stop sliding when taped together … somehow forgot to take pics of any of that haha oops. Just imagine 10’ boards getting cut to 45 on the tablesaw. Then imagine dominoes being cut. Lastly imagine track saw cutting 45* on the ends when it’s cut to length at 102” long. still need to cut the 2 end pieces and then also cut the 2 support pieces and glue them together and then drill holes for the wall mounts. Finally stain and install. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenskye (Bryan) Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Good job so far! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwacked Posted April 19, 2023 Author Share Posted April 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Woodenskye (Bryan) said: Good job so far! hah! thanks! I will grab more pics with the rest of the project ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 4 hours ago, Bushwacked said: Just imagine 10’ boards getting cut to 45 on the table saw. Now that’s hard to imagine! How did they come out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwacked Posted April 19, 2023 Author Share Posted April 19, 2023 9 hours ago, Coop said: Now that’s hard to imagine! How did they come out? surprisingly well ... there were a couple spots where a couple boards got wiggly even with a feather board on there , but overall was happy with how it went. Nothing big enough to effect the overall look and it was all close enough to where I can probably just roll the edges over with a screwdriver. Definitely a pain in the butt for sure working with those lengths in my garage!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwacked Posted April 20, 2023 Author Share Posted April 20, 2023 Here’s a flashback to relive how I cut down the the longer pieces .. starting to glue up of the edges … didn’t we talk about long pipe clamps? Haha would have been great … gluing up the inner piece that the mounts will go into. Gluing 2 boards up and then going to drill my holes into them. This will just be glued to the top panel of the mantle 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwacked Posted May 11, 2023 Author Share Posted May 11, 2023 Sorry was slow going with this one with kids school/sports … Jacobean stain … installed yesterday … showed up onsite, got the mantle in the house, found out I left the brackets on the tablesaw at the house haha. An hour and half round trip I could start working .. great way to start install day 🤣 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 That turned out great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenskye (Bryan) Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Looks good! How high is it from the hearth? Picture makes it look low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwacked Posted May 11, 2023 Author Share Posted May 11, 2023 7 minutes ago, Woodenskye (Bryan) said: Looks good! How high is it from the hearth? Picture makes it look low. Very low and pretty sure not meeting any safety standards! About 18-20” above. Luckily they never use the fireplace because of allergies so I felt better doing it after we talked about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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