i am currently in the design process of a cabinet that looks like a full length mirror but upon further investigation it opens up into a fairly deep cabinet which will eventually hold jewellery, scotch, or both!
its certainly possible, i am just having trouble working out how to make it structurally sound while still having it be able to angle slightly to accomodate different heights. i was planning on putting some type of large round dowel through the middle supported by a (hopefully) well triangulated base. as for a locking mechanism i was fiddling with the idea of a couple anchor holes along the sides of the support legs and that correspond to ones on the side of the cabinet, and some type of pin or key that holds it in place once the desired angle is established.
also, wondering what would be suggested as the best material to make it out of. thin and light, but strong is what i need. im definitely going to veneer this baby.
i dont really know what im talking about, that is why i am here!
heres a not very detailed side view of what i am trying to accomplish….
any thoughts!?
thanks for your time and input everybody. its appreciated
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Random thoughts.
If the heavy stuff was kept low, below the pivot point, the Scotch, firearms and lead sinker collection, and the lighter stuff kept on top, the jewelry etc, there would be no problem of the whole thing flipping end for end around the pivot point. Then perhaps a friction device could be incorporated into one or both pivots, whereby a knob is turned to lessen the friction, the mirror adjusted to the right angle, and the knob re- tightened. Then the worst case is that it will settle back to vertical if the friction slips rather than conking the user on the head. I would keep in mind what happens to the things stored inside when the angle is shifted. As the flite attendants say, contents may shift and fall on your head when the door is opened.
Tippy?
I would think every time you opened the mirrored door it would cause the cabinet to rotate forward dumping scotch and diamonds across the floor. So yes you can build it a lot of ways. I just am not tumbling to the why.
Peter
thanks for the feedback.
i plan on making it NOT tippy! the degree to which it'll move won't be more than 10, and i plan on making some sort of stop on either end of the locks, or friction locks, to ensure that it cannot rotate/tip outside of my desired range.
as for the scotch it's going to sit at the very bottom behind a panel so i'll have to reach down and grab it, thining about making some sort of grate so each individual bottle has a bit of support around it.
thoughts?
In the past this thread would have turned into a big single malt battle. Where the hell are all you woodworking Scotch drinkers?
Yoou are really thinking of tilting the whole cabinet, just in order to change the angle on the mirror?
First if the cabinet is large enough to hold a reasonable supply of single malt, then the mirror will be tall enough not to need any adjustment at all. While a mirror needs to be only 1/2 a persons height to see his whole image, that assumes the mirror is positioned exactly correctly. If the tallest user is 6'4", then the top could be a little over 6' and would need to go down to about 3' from the floor. Expand the size of the mirror a bit to cover people of all heights from head to toe, This without tilting. It will take very little tilt capacity to make a smaller mirror cover everyone. I suspect 10° would be well more than enough. A small experiment would be in order.
But there is no need at all to make the entire cabinet tilt. It's only the mirror than needs move. Build the cabinet to hold what you want. Then, make the door a frame, with a back for stability, and hang the mirror from it's pivot within that frame. So you have a solid cabinet setting firmly on the ground--no chance to breaking a bottle of nectar. The door is hinged as usual, but is a box several inches deep so the mirror has ample room to tilt. The only problem is that this lets you build a cabinet that is too small to hold a fully ample scotch supply.
what kind of cabinet design in fashion ...
what kind of cabinet design in fashion these days?
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