Caspar Designs

This site is offered for your viewing in order to show you the construction of some very beautiful Cherry
and bookmatched Striated Fir cabinet doors with 5-piece Cherry and Fir drawer fronts.

sorry the counters are so cluttered ...... but these pictures were taken during installation



Here are the stem wall panels	Here are more of the stem wall panels	Here are the third side of the stem wall panels	Upper glass door cabinets and built-in wine cooler below
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The island with built in trash pullout	the beautiful bookmatched panels	the tall doors are the pull-out pantry cabinets	the Sub-Zero refrigerator with bookmatched Striated Fir panels



most of the lower cabinets have roll-out contained shelves	here is the "country" style sink cabinet	the drawer fronts are 5-piece Fir and Cherry	the built-in wine cooler below


	we added 3/8" glass shelves after this picture was taken

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Here is how these cabinets were constructed

Here the door styles and rails are cut oversize and left to "settle down" and stabilize
Hear are the door pieces and Cherry drawer fronts Here are a few of the Striated Fir Panels before they are resawn

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Here each panel has been sized an then resawn Larger panels are first glued up and them resawn Here is a "bookmatch" of the resawn panels The panels are the joined and glued together in this i-beam form

Here are more panels after they are resawn The panels "relax" and settle down before glue up
Panels ..... and panels ...... glued up for many hours

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Here are the drawer drawer planks coming out of the planer Then they are doweled They will then be glued together And then the planks are glued up

The drawer planks are sanded and are ready to be sized
Here are bookmatched panels, out of clamps ready to be sanded Since the wood has so much "challenging" figure in the grain, they need to be sized in a dimensional sander.

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Here are the panels ready to be machined after sanding with the dimensional sander Here the rabbit is being cut in each panel Then each panel is hand and machine sanded to a furniture quality surface The panels "hang out" ready to be sealed

Here, each piece of rough Cherry lumber is jointed flat on on face ...... then surfaced to thickness more panels are machined for the rabbit to go inside the door frame after machine sanding each panel to a furniture finish, before sealing, we hand detail the edges

more bookmatch panels are "relaxing" before they are glued together to make the panels for the "stem wall" Click Here to view several panels that have sealed and will be used for the doors and panels in this kitchen ...... they are amazing finished panels "hang out" on cushions of foam waiting to be sprayed with a catalyzed vinyl sanding sealer and then catalyzed varnish

Click Here to view the completed and very beautiful Stem wall 2 piece presentation panels

here the panels, which are sealed, just hang out waiting to be placed into their frame Here are some of the pieces for the Cherry door frames Each door frame piece is sized and the marked for doweling The the pieces are then bored for dowels before shaping

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here are the door frame parts ...... bored and shaped ..... ready for glue up Each panel, which has been sealed with vinyl sanding sealer, must be sanded smooth before placing them into the door frames The Cherry door frame parts are then shaped on the shapers The Cherry door frame parts are "coped" to fit into the female shaped groove

Ahhhhh ...... the first door is "dry" fitted to verify all the preceding steps ...... perfect fit !! and.... here are the machined pieces for the kitchen stem wall of panels Here is the 1st panel glued up !! A good days work !! These doors~panels will cure overnight.
These doors are seen here with their backs up

Here are more panels and doors in clamps Here are the pantry pullout bookmatched panels Here are some more sealed panels ready to install in their frames Here are a stack of doors ... ready to finish sand

More doors and panels in clamps A pair of doors for under the sink the refrigerator door panel .... hot !!

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Here the door styles and rails are cut oversize and left to "settle down" and stabilize		Hear are the door pieces and Cherry drawer fronts	Here are a few of the Striated Fir Panels before they are resawn
	Click on Any	Image to Enlarge


Here each panel has been sized an then resawn	Larger panels are first glued up and them resawn	Here is a "bookmatch" of the resawn panels	The panels are the joined and glued together in this i-beam form


Here are more panels after they are resawn	The panels "relax" and settle down before glue up		Panels ..... and panels ...... glued up for many hours
	Click on Any	Image to Enlarge


Here are the drawer drawer planks coming out of the planer	Then they are doweled	They will then be glued together	And then the planks are glued up


The drawer planks are sanded and are ready to be sized		Here are bookmatched panels, out of clamps ready to be sanded	Since the wood has so much "challenging" figure in the grain, they need to be sized in a dimensional sander.

	Click on Any	Image to Enlarge


Here are the panels ready to be machined after sanding with the dimensional sander	Here the rabbit is being cut in each panel	Then each panel is hand and machine sanded to a furniture quality surface	The panels "hang out" ready to be sealed


Here, each piece of rough Cherry lumber is jointed flat on on face	...... then surfaced to thickness	more panels are machined for the rabbit to go inside the door frame	after machine sanding each panel to a furniture finish, before sealing, we hand detail the edges


more bookmatch panels are "relaxing" before they are glued together to make the panels for the "stem wall"	Click Here to view several panels that have sealed and will be used for the doors and panels in this kitchen ...... they are amazing	finished panels "hang out" on cushions of foam waiting to be sprayed with a catalyzed vinyl sanding sealer and then catalyzed varnish


	Click Here to view the completed and very beautiful Stem wall 2 piece presentation panels



here the panels, which are sealed, just hang out waiting to be placed into their frame	Here are some of the pieces for the Cherry door frames	Each door frame piece is sized and the marked for doweling	The the pieces are then bored for dowels before shaping
	Click on Any	Image to Enlarge


here are the door frame parts ...... bored and shaped ..... ready for glue up	Each panel, which has been sealed with vinyl sanding sealer, must be sanded smooth before placing them into the door frames	The Cherry door frame parts are then shaped on the shapers	The Cherry door frame parts are "coped" to fit into the female shaped groove


Ahhhhh ...... the first door is "dry" fitted to verify all the preceding steps ...... perfect fit !!	and.... here are the machined pieces for the kitchen stem wall of panels	Here is the 1st panel glued up !!	A good days work !! These doors~panels will cure overnight. These doors are seen here with their backs up


Here are more panels and doors in clamps	Here are the pantry pullout bookmatched panels	Here are some more sealed panels ready to install in their frames	Here are a stack of doors ... ready to finish sand


More doors and panels in clamps	A pair of doors for under the sink	the refrigerator door panel .... hot !!