Canada Post - Ready for paint.

These Canada Posts being the foundation of our "social platform" needed to be simple, Strong and Elegant.   There is nothing special about the carvings in the edges of them,  rather it is the way that the angles meet that create complexity and beauty.

This is a picture of the inside of the posts that accept the beams for the top structure.

And the base of the 4.5" post before receiving the finished exterior that will make the posts 6 x 6".

 

We wrap the bottom 1/8"skinnier than the finished exterior, as they will receive a finished "kick plate that is 7 3/8 wide at the end,  making the foundation stronger for balance.

 

Here are all of the doors that are wrapping the back of the post, on which the cabinets are attached. they don't need to be finished doors as they will be screwed to the cabinet and hidden,  However the edges will protrude 1.5"past the face of the cabinet and so the tops,edges and bottom need to shadow the actual doors on the exterior face.     Made of MDF we rabbeted the edge to match the actual exterior door edge profile.  Then we chamfered the edges of the door so they can mitre on the post with invisible seams.

 The Doors are now being laminated on the post for the finished surface.  They are coated with 4 coats of sprayed All Purpose Primer from Home Depot.  This is a fifth  of the price of the final paint.  So it is wisely used to fill corners,  prime and make the surface smooth with our HVLP sprayer.

 The doors being applied to the 4.5" post make the finished exterior surface.  You can see here how the internal mdf base kick plate will support the external finished kickplate that will be made from Poplar and slightly more durable.

 Clamping the doors onto the post.

Then off we went to Central Fairbank Lumber to obtain some poplar for painted Kick boards.  Here we have rabetted the edge of the poplar kick plate to match the edges of the finished doors and integrate the look of the post.

The profile of the rabbet is 1/4" tall and 3/16 deep.   Using the microadjust fences on the router table and the double flute bit allow us to match the profile exactly with awesome tolerances. Using a test piece of wood allows us to measure against the actual doors before cutting the real material.

 And here are all the pieces finished.

Next we also made some top rims above the doors to complete the surface continuity to the top of the 39 1/4" posts.  this will primarily be hidden behind the 7/8" skirt on the maple top of our island however,  it is important that they are applied,  so their is no gap showing at the top of the post when seen from the lower side of the maple top.

 With the doors wrapped around the center of the post,  the kick plates wrapped and mitred around the bottom,  and the top 1 inch rim wraped around the top for surface continuity,  these posts are now finished and ready for the final two coats of paint.

 Now we are ready for the final coats of finish paint,  coats #5 and 6. Whew!