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"My wife loves this setup and of course wants me to build this along our wall in our finished basement. Did you follow any specific plans?"
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Cabinet Doors
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I just got finished build my protype of a cabinet door. It took me three times to get it right. I used pre primed 3x1 pine finger jointed. I cut the styles and railes down to 2". And cut the…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jay Boutwell May 13, 2012.
Cabinet Software
I was looking at Cabinet Planner www.cabinetplanner.com software. I would like to know if anyone use this. And I was also thinking about picking up a…Continue
Started Feb 14, 2012
Lazy Susan
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It is time for me to replace my Lazy Susan. Mine is the Pac Man shaped one. What I am going to do is put a stationary shelf on a cleat. Then build two pie shaped selves and put them on glides. My…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jay Boutwell Feb 10, 2012.
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Jay Boutwell replied to robert smith's discussion 'Cabinet Doors'"Robert I have often ran into the situation where I have had to adjust the tennon length to make a tight fitting joint. One 64th of an inch is getting real close to what you are seeking and in fact is near perfect. I would trim off the…"
robert smith replied to robert smith's discussion 'Cabinet Doors'"Jay
I just got finished making the stiles and rails with the Summerfeld T&G bit. The tongue on the rail is about 1/64" longer than the joint. Leaving a small gap on the corners of the door and no room to glue.…"
John Schaben replied to robert smith's discussion 'Cabinet Doors'"Hi Robert - I'm trying to understand your issue with the table. Being off center on the table, or even the plate, by 1/32" shouldn't be really a big deal unless you are trying to use guide bushings to control the workpiece. If you are…"
robert smith replied to robert smith's discussion 'Cabinet Doors'"So I did some modifications to my Craftsman router table, I am going to try to make the doors again this weekend."
John Schaben replied to robert smith's discussion 'Cabinet Doors'"Hi Robert - I made all the doors on the router table, just cutting to initial size on the table saw. Personally I prefer making tongues, rabbets and dados with a router. I get much better results, probably because I just use Freuds super…"
Jay Boutwell replied to robert smith's discussion 'Cabinet Doors'"Hi Robert, as a cabinet and furniture maker I build doors out of all types of woods including pine. I see one thing in your post of which I would tend to stay away from and that is the finger jointed pine for the rails and stiles.
I…"
robert smith replied to robert smith's discussion 'Cabinet Doors'"John
Did you use a table saw or router fort those doors? What I am trying to do is more craftsmanship less sand paper and wood filler.
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robert smith replied to robert smith's discussion 'Cabinet Doors'"One of the problems could have been was that I was cutting the T&G using a single saw blade instead of a dado blade. I have a router set from…"
John Schaben replied to robert smith's discussion 'Cabinet Doors'"Hi Robert - Pine will work OK, at least it did for the 15 I built last fall. Sounds like your joint is to tight. As was pointed out it just needs to be a slip fit. I used MDF for the panels, that avoids expansion issues for paint grade projects and…"
Hugh Clare replied to robert smith's discussion 'Cabinet Doors'"I've used pine for doors before. I would agree that the joints are too tight. A little snug is OK, but it shouldn't take a lot of force to put them together during dry fit."
justin waldron replied to robert smith's discussion 'Cabinet Doors'"Hey Robert, it sounds to me like your joint is too tight. You want just a little bit of room on your tongues to allow for some glue, the rails and stiles should slip together during a dryfit, you shouldn't have to force them. If you…"
robert smith posted a discussionCabinet Doors
I just got finished build my protype of a cabinet door. It took me three times to get it right. I used pre primed 3x1 pine finger jointed. I cut the styles and railes down to 2". And cut the t&g on the table saw.My issue is I don't know if the pine was too soft. Because when I dry fit the project, and dissemblance the style would break. I wonted to know if my joint is to tight or should I upgrade my wood? See More
robert smith replied to Frank Windsor's discussion 'Kitchen cabinets'"This is a tough question for me. I am one of the few that loves to use MDF. I wouldn't use it for kitchen cabinetry. But use it for anything else.
If cost is the reason you're looking at MDF you can…"
robert smith posted a discussionCabinet Software
I was looking at Cabinet Planner www.cabinetplanner.com software. I would like to know if anyone use this. And I was also thinking about picking up a generic kitchen software to make sure I have the proper egresses. Any suggestions would help.I've tried shechup but you need to be able to draw 3d and I couldn't get it to work for me. See More
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