Stove Unit Started up

Now that the floor is all done we have started on the base for stove unit. We posted a picture of what the unit is going to look like a little while ago. It is basically two base cabinets on either side of the stove with a built in hood directly above. You can see the initial base in this picture, it is just made from ripped 3/4" plywood and shimmed so that it is level.

There is a air vent under the cabinet on the left. You can kind of see the hole in the floor and you can see the holes in the front of the kickplate to allow the air to get out. You can see the shims that are placed under both sides to get them level. Because the support is raised off the floor the popular outside is shimmed to the floor profile.

You can see in this picture the outside popular that goes on to cover the plywood base. This picture shows the portion that covers the holes for the vents. The slots were made on the router table with the spiral cut bit and the fence.

Here is a picture of the back showing the holes and slots.

It was painted dark brown so that it will hide once the rest of the cabinets are installed.

All of the pieces for the front and side panels were cut.

And layed out o make sure that they look correct.

All of the panels were cut and glued up.

I then had to try holding them in place to make sure they looked right.

Each base unit was then put together with its plywood base and back panel.

Kristen was then able to start to get paint on things. Both sides are now put together and there is a bunch of other items that will have to be done such as add the bead to all of the openings, make the drawers and the bases. I should be able to get that done this week and start on the more complicated top unit this coming weekend.