Yes Shed Plan

Part of the Northville project is to install new cabinet panels on the ends of all of the cabinets, uppers and lowers. Im also installing new base, that was painted and glazed to match the cabinet doors. Kudos to the homeowner for doing highlighting and painting touch ups throughout the project!

Ive started from the ground up by installing the new base. Then, Ive painted and glazed some filler strips to go behind the door panels. This will provide a stable base for the doors, and also give a nice finished look all the way around. This is one area you dont want to cut corners!

Here are some before and after pics of the island and surrounding areas. All endpanels are new additions as well as the base covering the old toekick areas...

Continuing on with my trim project, Im moving to the stairway. The wall of the stairway is bare now, and the owner wants me to install a chair rail, and shadowbox trim underneath.
Im starting with the chair rail. The first thing to do is establish a line for the trim to follow. This line will be the same height and slope as the handrail. Once laid out, I can mount the chair rail.
Ive also managed to mount the top and bottom shadowbox. Ill be cutting the angled middle shadowbox trims in my shop over the weekend, and installing them next week.

I need to cut some odd angles for the stairway shadowboxes. My objective is to make 5 equal polygons. My angles are 49 degrees, and the opposing 131 degree side. These cannot be achieved on my normal Delta 10" miter saw because its too shallow, making it a dangerous cut. I was going to try them on the table saw, but ran into some issues with that. My solution was to cut a template on the band saw, and temporarily secure it to my larger Dewalt 12" miter saw. This will give me a guide to follow, and the ability to cut the pieces more safely. Safety is the key - dont try any cut unless you feel confident in it!

The angles must be halved in order to come up with a properly mitered corner. Therefore, Im after a 24.5 degree cut, and a 65.5 degree cut. With the template I made, I can simply flip it over and backwards to achieve the opposing cuts! Here are the pics, and the final results...

If anyone has another solution for cutting odd angles, please email me - Id like to hear your ideas!