![]() ![]() Dry Fit Before Final Assembly of the ShelvesĪ quick dry fit before the shelves were screwed into place (from the side and back). Using a Forstner bit always lives a detent in the middle, but I plan to glue in some felt pieces later. Here’s the “lower shelf” where the pool cues will rest. The screws will be countersunk and plugged. Glue should be strong enough to hold the barrel staves in place, but I will also have screws from the door sides also holding them into place. Routing the EdgesĪ router was used to give a softer edge to the holes, a bit of a chamfered edge. The upper shelf was drilled all the way through. The lower shelf was drilled to a depth of 3/8″ an inch using the depth gauge on the drill press. Drilling the Shelvesįorstner bits were used to drill the holes for the shelves. A fairly quick cut on the bandsaw, one last dry fit, and the shelves were ready to be drilled. I didn’t snap a photo, but we had shelves cut to width and traced the contour once the staves were cut to size. ![]() ![]() This image also shows a couple pool cues we used to determine rough placement of the shelves. After spending a good amount of time figuring out how to notch the staves to fit flush, the idea was scratched. Based on this, the edge of the door will be hidden when closed. The overall intent is to make the door as inconspicuous as possible and will have some fixed out trim. Originally we intended to have the barrel staves go flush to the edge of the door, however, re-thought our decision on this. Shelves for the Hidden Door Pool Cue Rack We also placed a trim piece to hide the lower section. The upper shelf was positioned to hide the gap at the top. I may have been able to get one single piece from the Murphy bed scrap wood cut differently, oh well. In this photo, you see multiple sections for the back panel. Several clamps keep everything in place for the glue to dry. Close-Up of Rabbet Joint Wood Glue Home-made 90 degree clamp brackets my brother-in-law made Some photos as we built the initial box structure of the door, I’ll add more descriptions later. Planning out for your own build certainly advised though, measure twice, cut once. Definitely don’t try to follow our chicken-scratch. Some of our rough sketch work to figure out what we were trying to build. I’m still a novice with furniture woodworking, so I called upon my brother-in-law to give me a hand over at his shop. With no particle board currently in the cabin, I didn’t want to start adding any. There’s a few kits available on the market for hidden doors, and specifically hidden doors with pool cue racks, but one’s I came across started out at $1200 USD and were made of particle board. With the scrap wood left over from the Murphy bed cabinet I had enough to build a door. This is another in-progress project I’m working on for the cabin. ![]()
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