The
arrow points to my answer. Rather than to shorten the doors, I simply inserted the spacer
at the bottom and painted it black, too. The spacer is slightly under dimension so it
allowed me to recess all sides by 1/4". It looks like it was designed for it, and it
was much easier to do this than to cut the doors down and remortise for the hinges.
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With the doors installed and
just about finished, it is time to patch two small gouges. I have this set of assorted
shellac sticks that I have used over the years. I start with the stick that is close
to the lighter portion of the grain. I heat a bit of it and "putty" the hole.
After that, I use a stick that is close to the dark color of the grain and melt a very
small "thread" of it into the lighter brown area. I use my hot knife to create a
match to the local grain.
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When the
repaired area is cool (a few minutes) I use a very sharp wood chisel to ease the top
surface. A few paring strokes removes the excess shellac. Now I am using the 1200 grit
black screen and VelvitOil to even out the finish. It takes just a few minutes with the
Festool Rotex 150. I have reduced the speed to its slowest so that I can watch over the
finish.
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One last task to do
— I drill 1/2" holes with a Forstner bit. This will allow me to place a magnet
for door closing.
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I use rare earth
magnets from Lee Valley. The parts to this door latch method are shown on the edge, from
left: a screw for holding the cup, the cup that is 1/2" wide and is screwed in place
in the drilled hole, the magnet that I place in the cup and a second screw which I fasten
to the door.
Here is link for the magnets - click
here.
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Well I am finished and
I love the grain of the walnut crotch — to think that I was planning to cut this
piece out as a discard.
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